Closed · C-NOFO-23-004 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

The Partner of Choice: Explaining the Significance of U.S.-India Strategic Partnership

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

$130K-$150K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 24, 2023
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

The Partner of Choice: Explaining the Significance of U.S.-India Strategic Partnership is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $130,000 -- $150,000 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.

$130K-$150K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

The Partner of Choice: Explaining the Signifi… is closed (last close June 24, 2023). 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 June 24, 2023

Posted Apr 26 Closes Jun 24

Est. Total Funding

$150,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

Project Goal: A group of Indian opinion leaders will have a deeper understanding of the extent, scope, and significance U.S.-India strategic partnership in the current geopolitical scenario; analyze the prospects and challenges of taking it to the next level; recognize that in the present geopolitical scenario, the United States is able and willing to be a partner of choice for India; and disseminate this knowledge to key audiences through media platforms of their choice. Program Objectives: · Within six months of the project period, a group of at least 40 Indian strategic analysts and opinion leaders representing key thematic areas and sectors influencing U.S.-India Defense and Security partnership will engage in a series of (at least four) virtual meetings to analyze the current extent and significance of the partnership and identify prospects and challenges of taking it to the next level. · Within eight months of the project period, the 40 analysts representing different sectors will convene in a city in Southern India to explore cross-sectoral cooperation by participating in a series of interactive engagements, networking opportunities, and site visits, and formulate a media plan to further disseminate the significance of the partnership to key audiences. · Within 10 months of the project period, the grantee will work with the U.S. experts and Indian participants to create/produce/broadcast at least five opinion pieces in leading Indian publications; 10 podcasts and/or interviews with prominent Indian media with significant viewership. · Within 12 months of the project period, the grantee will organize follow on virtual meetings with the participants as required and assess the change in understanding and behavior of project participants through curated pre-and post-event polls and surveys and conduct qualitative as well as quantitative analyses of the participants’ traditional and social media output over a period of time, including (but not limited to) writings, interviews, podcasts etc. commissioned as part of the project. (Please refer the full announcement available in related documents tab)

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

The Partner of Choice: Explaining the Signifi… 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

Grants Application Manager U.S. Consulate, Chennai

What to do next

The Partner of Choice: Explaining the Signifi… 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
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