Closed · SCAKAB-22-GR-001-SCA-03022022 · CFDA 19.501 · Discretionary

Supporting Afghan Media

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

$200K-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
April 29, 2022
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Supporting Afghan Media is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Afghanistan that offered $200,000 -- $500,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 100 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Afghanistan.

$200K-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.501
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Supporting Afghan Media is closed (last close April 29, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Afghanistan still indexes 100 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 April 29, 2022

Posted Mar 2 Closes Apr 29

Est. Total Funding

$500,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul (Doha) is pleased to announce an open competition for eligible organizations to submit applications to carry out a program that implements activities that support media freedom and freedom of expression in Afghanistan. PDS seeks proposals for a project that will support media freedom and freedom of expression in a majority of the provinces in Afghanistan by addressing at least two of these areas: 1) journalist safety, 2) lack of access to information and restrictions on information, 3) underlying conditions that exacerbate economic challenges, 4) coordination between media-advocacy, media-support, and free speech organizations. Program approaches could include: improve journalists' ability to safely conduct interviews and share information, particularly those outside of major cities, promote increased access to information and/or the ability to verify information, advocate for increased accountability for actors implicated in crimes against journalists, alleviate difficulties and impediments that contribute to economic hardship for journalists in Afghanistan to do fact-based and investigative reporting [note this grant is not intended to pay salaries or otherwise compensate journalists for work], increase collaboration and coordination among media-advocacy, media-support, and free-speech organizations inside and outside of Afghanistan with journalists in Afghanistan. PDS intends to issue an award for a period of 12 months (base period) with the option for one additional 12-month period.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · SCAKAB-22-GR-001-SCA-03022022

Grants.gov marks Supporting Afghan Media 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 Afghanistan book (91 peers, 90% of 101).

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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