Closed · SCAISB-19-AW-002-02082019 · CFDA 19.501 · Discretionary

Information Office – Leveraging Press to Foster Understanding and Improve Reporting

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$125K-$600K
Award range
Closed
Status
April 9, 2019
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Information Office – Leveraging Press to Foster Understanding and Improve Reporting is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs that offered $125,000 -- $600,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 149 other opportunities from Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.

$125K-$600K
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
19.501
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Information Office – Leveraging Press to Fost… is closed (last close April 9, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs still indexes 149 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 April 9, 2019

Posted Feb 8 Closes Apr 9

Est. Total Funding

$725,000

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Information Office (IO) in the Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy Islamabad of the U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce a funding opportunity, contingent on funding availability, through the Public Diplomacy Grants program. IO Islamabad invites all eligible organizations to submit proposals for grants to provide training to media professionals through two (2) projects specified in this NOFO. Project 1: Reporting on Cross-Border Issues of Mutual Concern This Track II project will bring together journalists from India and Pakistan to develop stories on cross-border issues of mutual concern to both countries. American journalists who have expertise in the subject area will work with teams consisting of at least one (1) Pakistani and one (1) Indian journalist to help them develop story ideas. The teams of journalists will return to their home countries and develop news pieces that can be printed or shown on their respective television channels in each country, exposing audiences to the common issues. Project 2: Journalism Ethics for Television Broadcasters Pakistan television news has grown exponentially since independent channels were first allowed less than two decades ago. As the number of television stations has multiplied, stations have veered toward sensationalism, every story is a breaking news story and speed sometimes triumphs over accuracy.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · SCAISB-19-AW-002-02082019

Grants.gov marks Information Office – Leveraging Press to Fost… 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 Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs book (104 peers, 69% of 150).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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Agency Contact

Ellen M Delage Program Specialist

What to do next

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