Closed · DOS-UG-PEPFARPAS-FY19 · CFDA 19.029 · Discretionary

Health-Based Journalism Training

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

$50K-$50K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 28, 2020
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Health-Based Journalism Training is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Uganda that offered $50,000 -- $50,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 28 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Uganda.

$50K-$50K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.029
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Health-Based Journalism Training is closed (last close May 28, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Uganda still indexes 28 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 28, 2020

Posted Apr 28 Closes May 28

Est. Total Funding

$50,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission in Uganda announces an open competition for media training organizations interested in submitting applications for a grant to implement and manage training of both print and broadcast mid-level journalists on how to effectively and accurately report about health stories with a focus on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, and other key health issues as agreed by the U.S. Mission. The project aims to support one of the U.S. Mission’s central goals of improving the professional development of the Ugandan media corps. The one-year project aims to train over 100 journalists and editors from throughout the country in the following areas, with a special emphasis on health issues relating to HIV: · Skills and knowledge to effectively investigate and report on health and HIV issues in a way that informs and empowers the ordinary person to demand and enjoy his or her right to health; · Understanding Uganda’s healthcare policy and system and the individual rights allowed for within the policies and system; · Innovative reporting on HIV/AIDS, shaping public response to HIV/AIDS, and other health issues through reporting; · Covering disease outbreaks and the business/economics of healthcare with a focus on maintaining HIV prevention and treatment during an ongoing disease outbreak like COVID-19; · Evaluating and covering healthcare quality and performance; · Understanding and reporting on health disparities; including those among key populations living with HIV; · Covering issues related to the need of linking key affected populations to HIV/AIDS care services, reporting on consumer and lifestyle health, trends in global health policy’ · The importance of effective and accurate headlines in health and HIV reporting; · Understanding and reporting the impact Gender Based Violence (GBV) has on the health of Ugandans and the role that it plays in the HIV epidemic. The implementer will also be expected to make available small grants for select journalists to carry out in-depth health investigative stories pertaining to HIV and relating issues. See the US Embassy Kampala website for additional information.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DOS-UG-PEPFARPAS-FY19

Grants.gov marks Health-Based Journalism Training 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 Health (HL). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Uganda book (22 peers, 76% of 29).

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

Public Affairs Section US Embassy Kampala 0312-306-001

What to do next

Health-Based Journalism Training is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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