Closed · S-NEA-PPD-20-CA001 · CFDA 19.021 · Discretionary

NEA/PPD Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Press and Public Diplomacy, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$750K-$750K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 22, 2020
Close date
100
Expected awards

The verdict

NEA/PPD Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) is a closed discretionary listing from Press and Public Diplomacy that offered $750,000 -- $750,000 across 100 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 6 other opportunities from Press and Public Diplomacy.

$750K-$750K
award range
Closed
application status
100
expected awards
19.021
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

NEA/PPD Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) is closed (last close June 22, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Press and Public Diplomacy still indexes 6 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 22, 2020

Posted May 8 Closes Jun 22

Expected Awards

100

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy (NEA/PPD), in consultation with Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), announces an open competition for support to the FY-20 Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI). The goal of the activity is to support training and creative collaborations between TV, broadcast media and digital professionals in the U.S. and the Middle East to engage the imaginations of viewers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, especially young people. The activity seeks to establish professional and educational exchange programs that advance values-based entertainment programming, content development and production, and production methods and business standards that also supports linking American industry and MENA regional established and emerging voices in television and episodic series production. These exchanges will seek to advance American methods and standards of production, American media industry business values and practices, American industry linkages to the region and vice versa, while promoting a pluralistic, values-based, high quality future for the industry in the MENA region as the market for content continues to grow.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Education

The printed eligibility set for NEA/PPD Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the Press and Public Diplomacy book (4 peers, 57% of 7).

Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)

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

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Office of Press and Public Diplomacy

What to do next

NEA/PPD Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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