Closed · SCAISB-20-AW-014-04232020 · CFDA 19.501 · Discretionary

Capacity-building in Countering Disinformation and Fake News

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

$200K-$250K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 8, 2020
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Capacity-building in Countering Disinformation and Fake News is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Pakistan that offered $200,000 -- $250,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 146 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Pakistan.

$200K-$250K
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
19.501
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Capacity-building in Countering Disinformatio… is closed (last close June 8, 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 June 8, 2020

Posted Apr 23 Closes Jun 8

Est. Total Funding

$250,000

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The U.S. Consulate General Karachi Public Affairs Section is seeking proposals for workshops, roundtables, and training sessions aimed at improving Pakistani journalists’ ability to decipher and counter false narratives, while building their capacity to produce data-driven investigative stories. Proposals have a funding floor of $200,000 and a funding ceiling of $250,000. Proposals should cover an 18-month period of performance and specify activities in major cities of KPK, Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan, including Islamabad. Please review below the full Notice of Funding Opportunity for the complete list of requirements.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · SCAISB-20-AW-014-04232020

Grants.gov marks Capacity-building in Countering Disinformatio… 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

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