APS 2022 PDS Italy

Key Facts

Status: Open

Posted date: January 18, 2022

Opportunity ID: 337410

Opportunity number: 4

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: U.S. Mission to Italy

Agency code: DOS-ITA

Award floor: $10,000

Award ceiling: $100,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
  • Other
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
Tools
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  • category_of_funding_activity:other
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  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:open
Description

The United States Embassy is pleased to announce the 2022 Annual Program Statement (APS). The APS makes funding available for cultural and exchange programs that strengthen ties between the United States and Italy, highlight shared values, and promote bilateral cooperation. The APS is a best practice utilized by many U.S. embassies around the world to solicit proposals for funding via an open and transparent competition process.The United States Embassy invites proposals from all qualified individuals and organizations. All programs must include a significant American cultural element and/or a connection with American experts, organizations or institutions in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. foreign policy and perspectives. The deadline for submission of proposals is March 31, 2022.***Please carefully read our Priority Program Areas and the Evaluation Criteria below: proposals which do not match our priorities will not be considered for funding.Please note that for the 2022 APS, the maximum request for funding will be $100,000. The U.S. Embassy may award smaller amounts than the full proposal, as deemed appropriate. The U.S. Embassy also strongly encourages proposals with cost-sharing.Priority Program Areas Are:Prosperity: Fostering empowerment, economic recovery, and shared prosperity throughSTEM education and entrepreneurship;Climate: Addressing the climate crisis through U.S.-Italy partnershipsDemocracy: Strengthening and/or explaining democratic institutions, principles, andnorms and renewing trust in democracy, and combatting disinformation;Shared Values: Promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in support ofU.S.-Italy shared democratic values;Security: Advancing shared interests in the realm of security and transatlantic relationsbetween the United States and Italy;Human Rights: Innovatively promoting human rights through education and the arts;American Studies, to include university linkages.

APS 2022 PDS Italy
The United States Embassy is pleased to announce the 2022 Annual Program Statement (APS). The APS makes funding available for cultural and exchange programs that strengthen ties between the United States and Italy, highlight shared values, and promote bilateral cooperation. The APS is a best practice utilized by many U.S. embassies around the world to solicit proposals for funding via an open and transparent competition process.The United States Embassy invites proposals from all qualified individuals and organizations. All programs must include a significant American cultural element and/or a connection with American experts, organizations or institutions in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. foreign policy and perspectives. The deadline for submission of proposals is March 31, 2022.***Please carefully read our Priority Program Areas and the Evaluation Criteria below: proposals which do not match our priorities will not be considered for funding.Please note that for the 2022 APS, the maximum request for funding will be $100,000. The U.S. Embassy may award smaller amounts than the full proposal, as deemed appropriate. The U.S. Embassy also strongly encourages proposals with cost-sharing.Priority Program Areas Are:Prosperity: Fostering empowerment, economic recovery, and shared prosperity throughSTEM education and entrepreneurship;Climate: Addressing the climate crisis through U.S.-Italy partnershipsDemocracy: Strengthening and/or explaining democratic institutions, principles, andnorms and renewing trust in democracy, and combatting disinformation;Shared Values: Promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in support ofU.S.-Italy shared democratic values;Security: Advancing shared interests in the realm of security and transatlantic relationsbetween the United States and Italy;Human Rights: Innovatively promoting human rights through education and the arts;American Studies, to include university linkages.
APS 2022 PDS Italy
Open
U.S. Mission to Italy
Other
Cooperative Agreement
Others
2022-01-18