Closed · AFPRA-FY21-03 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Supporting a Professionalized Press Corps in Cabo Verde

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

$50K-$80K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 30, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Supporting a Professionalized Press Corps in Cabo Verde is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Cape Verde that offered $50,000 -- $80,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 13 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Cape Verde.

$50K-$80K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Supporting a Professionalized Press Corps in… is closed (last close June 30, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to Cape Verde still indexes 13 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 30, 2021

Posted May 26 Closes Jun 30

Est. Total Funding

$80,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The U.S. Embassy Praia of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to support the growth of a professionalized press corps in Cabo Verde. Please follow all instructions below.Program Objectives: This program seeks to award a cooperative agreement for up to $80,000 to host four quarterly conferences bringing the Cabo Verdean press corps together to gain knowledge and tools to better combat fake news, discuss the principles of investigative journalism, and how to ethically and responsibly report on fake news in the Cabo Verdean context amongst other topics. As part of the cooperative agreement, U.S. Embassy Praia will provide additional speakers for these conferences either virtually or in person.In addition to hosting these conferences, the grantee is expected to work with the Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) at U.S. Embassy Praia to identify press outlets who need equipment upgrades, purchase the equipment and provide the equipment to the specified press outlets. Applicants should budget for equipment purchases for five to ten press outlets, for conference space rental and conference services including coffee/tea service and lunch during each conference, honoraria and travel costs for local speakers and any technical support including costs for WIFI.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · AFPRA-FY21-03

Grants.gov marks Supporting a Professionalized Press Corps in… 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 Cape Verde book (13 peers, 93% of 14).

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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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

U.S. Embassy Praia PD Grants Team

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What to do next

Supporting a Professionalized Press Corps in… 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 Cape Verde lists 13 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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