Closed · C-NOFO-21-106 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Lower Mekong Media Reporting Tour

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

$60K-$80K
Award range
Closed
Status
August 11, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Lower Mekong Media Reporting Tour is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $60,000 -- $80,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 329 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to India.

$60K-$80K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Lower Mekong Media Reporting Tour is closed (last close August 11, 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 August 11, 2021

Posted Jul 12 Closes Aug 11

Est. Total Funding

$80,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

This project seeks to convene eight Indian journalists, factcheckers, or media experts in a virtual environment with a range of experts to shine a light on external influences in the wider South and Central Asia region and in other Southeast Asian countries, specifically Cambodia. 1. Identify and select eight journalists from across India using the above criteria. Applicant should pay attention to gender balance and regional diversity. 2. Organize, for a cohort of eight Indian journalists, participation in a series of high-quality online seminars with U.S. and international experts on the Lower Mekong Region, including background on the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy. 3. Facilitate a work-study reporting trip for a cohort of eight Indian journalists to travel to Cambodia to interact with Cambodian press. 4. Facilitate both virtual and in-person opportunities for the cohort of eight Indian journalists to interact with Cambodian journalists, civil society members, academic experts on the region, and other key stakeholders. 5. Develop professional opportunities for Indian journalists, informed by the experiences and knowledge from the visit, to share broadly with larger audience through their respective media outlets and public engagement systems evidenced by production/publication of at least one article per person. 6. On return, in association with local press clubs, think tanks, and NGOs, support high-quality opportunities for the cohort of journalists to sensitize and educate audiences, as evidenced by the participation of each individual in at least one such event. 7. Facilitate a mechanism to continue ties between Indian and ASEAN journalists. The U.S. Mission to India, in association with the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia, will: 1. Approve final slate of journalists. 2. Recommend U.S. expert speakers as appropriate, including senior U.S. officials. 3. Host a networking event for Indian journalists in Cambodia, to include an information session on U.S. policy in ASEAN.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Lower Mekong Media Reporting Tour 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 Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). 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

Grants Application Manager, U.S. Consulate, Chennai

What to do next

Lower Mekong Media Reporting Tour 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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