Closed · H-NOFO-24-100 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Countering Disinformation Training for Vernacular Language Journalists

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

$100K-$175K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 17, 2024
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Countering Disinformation Training for Vernacular Language Journalists is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to India that offered $100,000 -- $175,000 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.

$100K-$175K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Countering Disinformation Training for Vernac… is closed (last close May 17, 2024). 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 May 17, 2024

Posted Apr 5 Closes May 17

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Department of State’s Consulate General of the United States in Hyderabad announces an open competition to implement a program, “Countering Disinformation Training for Vernacular Language Journalists”, in four consular regions and the embassy region. Based on funding availability, this project will provide 20 to 25 journalists in five regional languages of Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Bengali, and Hindi from media outlets and digital platforms in Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, and New Delhi with 18-month-long, hands-on training in countering disinformation, consulting multiple sources, and utilizing fact checking resources. This project will build skills among local language journalists to verify news, views, photos, and videos prior to release. This project will also help build a network of responsible journalists in India who will advocate for fact checking, and recognize that the need to build audience trust outweighs being first to break the news.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Countering Disinformation Training for Vernac… 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: Grant. 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

Hyderabad grants team US Consulate of Hyderabad

What to do next

Countering Disinformation Training for Vernac… 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

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