Closed · M-NOFO-21-100 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Promoting Gender Equality by Addressing Gender Disparities in Popular Indian Films and the Film Industry

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

$60K-$90K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 4, 2021
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Promoting Gender Equality by Addressing Gender Disparities in Popular Indian Films and the Film Industry is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $60,000 -- $90,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 329 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India.

$60K-$90K
award range
Closed
application status
19.040
CFDA program
329
other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India

Archived opportunity record

Promoting Gender Equality by Addressing Gende… is closed (last close May 4, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to India still indexes 329 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 4, 2021

Posted Mar 5 Closes May 4

Est. Total Funding

$90,000

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

Through this funding opportunity and based on funding availability, PAS Mumbai is seeking application for promoting gender equality by addressing gender disparities in popular Indian films and the film industry. This project will support women's empowerment in western and southern India by encouraging gender equality in popular media. Project Objectives: * Produce one data-based report that measures the level of on-screen and off-screen gender equality in Bollywood; * Increase public awareness of the problems associated with entertainment media that reinforces harmful gender stereotypes; * Persuade at least one local film industry influencer to commit to take action to combat gender stereotypes and/or increase gender balance on its team of creative directors for a future film. (For further details, please refer to the full announcement available under, "related documents" tab)

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Promoting Gender Equality by Addressing Gende… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. 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 U.S. Mission to India book (241 peers, 73% of 330).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

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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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

Grant Applications Manager, U.S. Consulate General, Mumbai

What to do next

Promoting Gender Equality by Addressing Gende… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.040 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • USAID International Development Grants indexes 47 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. Mission to India lists 329 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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