Closed · 7200AA22RFA00016 · CFDA 98.001 · Discretionary

Strengthening Transparency and Accountability through Investigative Reporting (STAIR) Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Agency for International Development, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $20M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 18, 2022
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Strengthening Transparency and Accountability through Investigative Reporting (STAIR) Program is a closed discretionary listing from Agency for International Development that offered Up to $20,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 753 other opportunities from Agency for International Development.

up to $20M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
98.001
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Strengthening Transparency and Accountability… is closed (last close May 18, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Agency for International Development still indexes 753 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 18, 2022

Posted Apr 8 Closes May 18

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The USAID/Europe & Eurasia (EE) Bureau seeks to partner with relevant stakeholders to strengthen the investigative journalism sector in the Europe & Eurasia region. The Strengthening Transparency and Accountability through Investigative Reporting (STAIR) program will advance key USAID/EE priorities, as noted in the Department of State and USAID’s Joint Regional Strategy for Europe and Eurasia (https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/JRS_EUR-EE_UNCLASS_508_CMC.pdf), the Interim National Security Strategy (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NSC-1v2.pdf), and the U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/United-States-Strategy-on-Countering-Corruption.pdf). These include addressing malign influence; revitalizing support for democracy, human rights, and inclusive development; and fighting corruption as an entry point for malign influence, a barrier to U.S. investment, and a corrosive societal force.Under this award and subject to the availability of funds, USAID intends to provide up to $20 million for the total estimated award amount for five years. The program will seek to support the role of investigative journalism in promoting greater government accountability and transparency in Europe and Eurasia, including building resilience against authoritarian influence, and to improve the sustainability of the investigative journalism sector. Building on USAID’s support to investigative reporting in the region since 2007, STAIR will operate in Europe and Eurasia, including, but not limited to, the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Hungary, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine (the final set of countries in which STAIR will work will be confirmed when the award is made).STAIR has the following objectives:Objective 1: Collaborative Journalism. Support collaborative investigative journalism networks, including the next generation of investigative reporters and editors, to expose crime, corruption, and corrosive capital across Europe & Eurasia;Objective 2: Capacity. Foster investigative outlets’ organizational and financial viability; andObjective 3: Security. Develop and advance proactive, holistic approaches to safety and security support for investigative journalists.Please see the "Related Documents" tab of this posting for the full RFA. Questions are due by April 18, 2022 at 10 am EDT. Please see the RFA for additional information.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 7200AA22RFA00016

Grants.gov marks Strengthening Transparency and Accountability… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). 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 Regional Development (RD). This eligibility-code string dominates the Agency for International Development book (340 peers, 45% of 754).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

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