Closed · SCAISB-20-AW-006-04012020 · CFDA 19.501 · Discretionary

Supporting Citizen Journalists

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

$25K-$100K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 18, 2020
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

Supporting Citizen Journalists is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Pakistan that offered $25,000 -- $100,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 146 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Pakistan.

$25K-$100K
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
19.501
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Supporting Citizen Journalists is closed (last close May 18, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Pakistan still indexes 146 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 May 18, 2020

Posted Apr 1 Closes May 18

Est. Total Funding

$100,000

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Information Office (IO) in the Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the Embassy of the United States of America in Islamabad, Pakistan (hereafter referred to as “IO Islamabad”), is pleased to announce a competition for an assistance award through the Public Diplomacy Grants program. U.S. Embassy Islamabad invites eligible organizations (see Eligibility Requirements) to submit proposals that provide training to citizen journalists through the award program specified in this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Program activities will take place in the major cities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). The program aims to expand the digital media skills and capacity of citizen journalists, working to build and support an open, democratic, and prosperous society in AJK and GB. The proposals should conceptualize how the training program will equip citizen journalists to fill the gaps in information in areas with poor infrastructure, lack of access to technology and traditional media sources, and limited economies. The program will aim to equip budding citizen journalists with the broad-based journalism skills needed to report accurately and ethically. The target audiences of this program are citizen journalists or startups using personal websites, blogs, microblogs, YouTube Channels, or social media. Proposals have a funding floor of $25,000 and a funding ceiling of $100,000. Proposals should cover a one-year period of performance and clearly outline all training activities in the major cities of AJK and GB. Review the Notice of Funding Opportunity for a complete list of requirements.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · SCAISB-20-AW-006-04012020

Grants.gov marks Supporting Citizen Journalists 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 U.S. Mission to Pakistan book (144 peers, 98% of 147).

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

Mission Pakistan Public Affairs Grants Management Team

What to do next

Supporting Citizen Journalists is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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