Closed · DOS-BAGHDAD-PD-2018-008 · CFDA 19.021 · Mandatory

Promoting Reconciliation in Iraq through Journalism

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to Iraq, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$900K-$900K
Award range
Closed
Status
September 5, 2018
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Promoting Reconciliation in Iraq through Journalism is a closed mandatory listing from U.S. Mission to Iraq that offered $900,000 -- $900,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 92 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Iraq.

$900K-$900K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.021
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Promoting Reconciliation in Iraq through Jour… is closed (last close September 5, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Iraq still indexes 92 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 September 5, 2018

Posted Jul 31 Closes Sep 5

Est. Total Funding

$900,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s Public Affairs Office (PA) is seeking an implementer to assist the Embassy in building the capacity of existing grassroots media organizations working in the areas of Iraq liberated from ISIS (Anbar, Salahaddin, Ninewa) and their surrounding multi-ethnic communities to use their programming to allow citizens a platform for discussion on topics related to tolerance, peace building, peaceful coexistence, and countering and preventing extremism. The program, to take place between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 should benefit a select group of existing, community-based media outlets (television stations, radio stations, online news platforms, newspapers, etc.) that are working in or broadcasting to/targeting the liberated areas by investing in equipment and infrastructure, as well as training in journalism by competent experts. The media plays an important role in promoting dialogue within communities. Additionally, unskilled or irresponsible journalists often fall prey to or are guilty of perpetuating fabricated or fake news stories from malign sources. ISIS’ occupation of the areas in question led to the freezing or deterioration of local media entities. Those media outlets that survived or that have sprung up post-liberation are fledgling, underfunded, and often under-trained entities that are, however, working to advance a top U.S. priority in Iraq: post-conflict reconciliation, inclusion of minorities, and preventing the resurgence of violent extremism. These outlets do their programming in Arabic, Kurdish, Turkoman, Assyrian, English and other languages to reach all members of these multi-ethnic areas, and their programming is centered around promoting dialogue, discussing differences, processing the damage done by ISIS – both physically and psychologically – and planning for the a peaceful future. The goals of this project are to attempt to support these community-based media outlets at their outset and during the vulnerable post-liberation period. Through investments in grassroots media infrastructure and training in responsible journalism, the project aims to offer communities responsible journalists through which to learn to engage in civil discourse and build peace with their neighbors in a post-war era.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Other

The printed eligibility set for Promoting Reconciliation in Iraq through Jour… is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Iraq book (44 peers, 47% of 93).

Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)

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Agency Contact

Zahraa Alssenaid Grants Specialist

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