Closed · TASHKENT-PDS-FY26-002 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Storytelling to Safeguard Cultural Identity and Sovereignty: Bolstering the Tourism Industry

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

$30K-$50K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 30, 2026
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Storytelling to Safeguard Cultural Identity and Sovereignty: Bolstering the Tourism Industry is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Uzbekistan that offered $30,000 -- $50,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 29 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Uzbekistan.

$30K-$50K
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
19.040
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 30, 2026. Watch CFDA 19.040 (USAID International Development Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $30,000 -- $50,000.

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 30, 2026

Posted May 21 Closes Jun 30

Est. Total Funding

$50,000

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The U.S. Department of State's Embassy Tashkent announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to implement " Storytelling to Safeguard Cultural Identity and Sovereignty: Bolstering the Tourism Industry" in Uzbekistan. This program aims to maximize the impact of U.S. investments in cultural heritage preservation and Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) projects amplifying shared civilizational values and U.S. linkages while enhancing tourism experiences and building capacity for story-telling and content creation related to AFCP-supported heritage sites across Uzbekistan. The selected implementer will work in partnership with the Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), Cultural Heritage Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan (CHA), National Tourism Committee, National Content Creation Center, and local creative industry partners to deliver an integrated training program targeting two key audiences: tourism professionals and tour guides, and content creators (bloggers, journalists, filmmakers, and digital creators). The program will establish a specialized lab – Heritage Content Creation & Storytelling Lab – to develop practical skills and increase quality of heritage-related storytelling in different formats and platforms. This program will enhance the visibility and impact of U.S. cultural preservation investments while strengthening U.S.-Uzbekistan cultural cooperation in support of a Joint Statement of Intent in the Field of Cultural Heritage declared during a C5+1 meeting in November 2025.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · TASHKENT-PDS-FY26-002

Grants.gov marks Storytelling to Safeguard Cultural Identity a… 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Uzbekistan book (25 peers, 83% of 30).

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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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

Mission Uzbekistan Public Affairs Grants Management Team

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What to do next

Storytelling to Safeguard Cultural Identity a… 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 Uzbekistan lists 29 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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