Closed · SCAISB-19-AW-017-04252019 · CFDA 19.501 · Discretionary

Information Office – Press Engagement Program

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

$50K-$110K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 9, 2019
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Information Office – Press Engagement Program is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs that offered $50,000 -- $110,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 149 other opportunities from Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.

$50K-$110K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.501
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Information Office – Press Engagement Program is closed (last close June 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 June 9, 2019

Posted Apr 24 Closes Jun 9

Est. Total Funding

$110,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Information Office (IO) in the Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States of America in Islamabad, Pakistan, is pleased to announce a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for an assistance award through the Public Diplomacy Grants program. PAS Islamabad invites organizations to submit proposals for an award to provide training to media professionals through the program specified in this specified in this NOFO. Programs will take place in various locations in Pakistan including Islamabad, Karachi, Kyber Paktunkhwa and the newly merged tribal areas (the former FATA). The objective of this program is to strengthen Pakistan's free press. Its aim is to strengthen the capacity of journalists and the accuracy of reporting in Pakistan. This program seeks to address the gaps in their professional knowledge by providing training to journalists in new or traditional forms of media that also support professional standards in journalism, increasing participants’ knowledge and skills in producing and reporting quality news stories, and exposing them to high professional standards. The program will consist of several workshops for reporters who cover violent extremism. The purpose is to teach reporters how to ethically cover acts of violence in order to protect victims and their families. Workshops should encourage reporters to responsibly report on the impacts of terrorism and violence in local communities. Workshops should also encourage journalists to contextualize their reporting to show the wider social impact and consequences of the incidents upon which they report. Workshops will be held in Islamabad, Karachi, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · SCAISB-19-AW-017-04252019

Grants.gov marks Information Office – Press Engagement Program 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: Cooperative Agreement. 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)

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

PakistanGrants@state.gov

What to do next

Information Office – Press Engagement Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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