Closed · DOS-KAZ-NS-AEECA-20-007 · CFDA 19.900 · Discretionary

Small Grants for Media Development

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

$10K-$40K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 9, 2020
Close date
8
Expected awards

The verdict

Small Grants for Media Development is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan that offered $10,000 -- $40,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 58 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan.

$10K-$40K
award range
Closed
application status
8
expected awards
19.900
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Small Grants for Media Development is closed (last close July 9, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan still indexes 58 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 July 9, 2020

Posted Jun 9 Closes Jul 9

Est. Total Funding

$130,000

Expected Awards

8

Instrument

Grant

Description

The United States of America and the Republic of Kazakhstan cooperate on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues, including the support of Kazakhstan’s intentions to increase journalistic professionalism and strengthen the competitiveness of Kazakhstani media. The Embassy of the United States announces this call for applications for grants to implement ideas to strengthen Kazakhstan’s media market in one of the following ways: Project proposals must address one of the following themes: Theme 1: Innovative approaches to gathering or sharing news, particularly with younger audiences.Theme 2: Promote professional journalism standards, particularly fact checking, verification, and fact-based reporting.Theme 3: Support financial sustainability of media outlets in Kazakhstan, including alternative sources of revenue, by teaching media outlets about different business models and techniques for growing their audiences.Theme 4: Support the development of peer-to-peer exchanges or grassroots networks of professionals for higher quality reporting, ethical and objective journalism, etc. Theme 5: Analyze trends in media consumption, disinformation/misinformation in Kazakhstan, and other biases. For all themes, priority will be given to projects that yield concrete, measurable results. Projects, consisting solely of conferences or roundtable discussions, theoretical research or surveys, or writing or publishing of books, are unlikely to be funded.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DOS-KAZ-NS-AEECA-20-007

Grants.gov marks Small Grants for Media Development 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 Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan book (52 peers, 88% of 59).

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

Karla Jamankulova Senior Regional Media Advisor

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