Closed · SFOP0005101 · CFDA 19.703 · Discretionary
Strengthening Investigative Journalism on Corruption and Illicit Finance through Capacity Building and Awareness Raising in the Western Hemisphere
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $400K-$500K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 16, 2018
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Strengthening Investigative Journalism on Corruption and Illicit Finance through Capacity Building and Awareness Raising in the Western Hemisphere is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement that offered $400,000 -- $500,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 533 other opportunities from Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement.
- $400K-$500K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 19.703
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Strengthening Investigative Journalism on Cor… is closed (last close July 16, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement still indexes 533 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed July 16, 2018
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Grant
Description
To support investigative journalism on the topic of corruption, corruption proceeds, and illicit financial transactions (i.e. money laundering) of such proceeds, the U.S. Department of State has allocated $500,000 in FY 2017 International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) funds to this grant opportunity. Foreign assistance will support work in at least two of four target countries in the region (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru) to support investigative capacity building and awareness-raising between journalists and law enforcement, where possible. These countries may serve as a pilot for future programming. The program's goal is to improve the quality and quantity of investigative pieces exposing corruption and illicit finance, particularly as facilitators of transnational crime, in the Western Hemisphere. The project also seeks to increase awareness among justice sector actors and journalists of relevant information produced by each group (i.e. law enforcement alerts, tips, or actionable reporting), and to identify and promote ways in which they might more effectively engage each other when possible. Project Objectives: Objective 1: Improve the ability, including the capacity, of investigative journalists to expose corruption and related illicit financial activity, and increase journalists' awareness of law enforcement activities and what makes information actionable, to include skills in producing such information and in accessing publicly available investigative information. Objective 2: Increase justice sector awareness of the work of investigative journalists and their willingness to draw upon helpful information for operational leads in their own investigations, and build relationships between law enforcement and journalists, only if it would be both possible and helpful in the countries selected.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · SFOP0005101
Grants.gov marks Strengthening Investigative Journalism on Cor… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement book (344 peers, 64% of 534).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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Agency Contact
Schuyler Miller
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