Closed · ND-NOFO-19-101 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

North India Workshops on Media Challenges in the Digital Age

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

$25K-$30K
Award range
Closed
Status
February 28, 2019
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

North India Workshops on Media Challenges in the Digital Age is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $25,000 -- $30,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 329 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India.

$25K-$30K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

North India Workshops on Media Challenges in… is closed (last close February 28, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to India still indexes 329 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 February 28, 2019

Posted Dec 20 Closes Feb 28

Est. Total Funding

$30,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy’s North India Office (NIO-PAS) seeks proposals for a project entitled “North India Workshops on Media Challenges in the Digital Age” for students, between the ages 20-35, pursuing a post-graduate diploma/degree course in journalism/mass communication and civil society representatives. Based on funding availability, this project will equip a minimum of 75 participants with tools to validate news sources and thereby create a credible counter to disinformation via three two-day workshops in New Delhi; Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; and Jaipur, Rajasthan. The grantee may partner with a local organization or academic institution to conduct these workshops. The workshops will focus on: • Identifying disinformation and false narratives; • Tools available to validate news sources; • Best practices to counter disinformation; and • Strengthening community ties and developing mentorship opportunities amongst program participants. Each workshop should be held for two days with a minimum of three sessions each day, and designed for a minimum of 25 participants. The participant group should be gender-balanced and equally divided between post-graduate journalism students and civil society representatives, ages 20-35 from the above-mentioned North Indian states. Participants from civil society should be existing influencers with the capacity to have a multiplier effect on communities. The grantee may also reach out to and invite participants who are U.S. government-sponsored exchange program alumni and alumni from other U.S. government-funded grants/programs. Each workshop should incorporate at least one U.S. expert and one local expert as in-person trainers. To sustain networks and skills developed during the program, a virtual mentorship phase will follow the three workshops including a post-workshop assignment and one follow-up virtual group session for each workshop cohort, utilizing the U.S. expert(s) as mentor(s). (Please refer to the full announcement available under related documents tab.)

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

North India Workshops on Media Challenges in… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to India book (241 peers, 73% of 330).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

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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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

Grant Applications Manager, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi

What to do next

North India Workshops on Media Challenges in… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.040 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • USAID International Development Grants indexes 47 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. Mission to India lists 329 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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