U.S. Mission Public Diplomacy Grants Program – Cook Islands & Niue

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: April 22, 2026

Archive date: August 14, 2026

Close date: July 15, 2026

Opportunity ID: 361867

Opportunity number: PDS-NEWZEALAND-2026-02

Opportunity category: Mandatory

Agency name: U.S. Mission to New Zealand

Agency code: DOS-NZL

Award floor: $10,000

Award ceiling: $50,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Cooperative Agreement
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Business and Commerce
  • Disaster Prevention and Relief
  • Education
  • Energy Infrastructure and Critical Mineral and Materials
  • Humanities
  • Natural Resources
  • Regional Development
  • Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible Applicants
  • Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
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  • category_of_funding_activity:disaster_prevention_and_relief
  • category_of_funding_activity:education
  • category_of_funding_activity:energy_infrastructure_and_critical_mineral_and_materials
  • category_of_funding_activity:humanities
  • category_of_funding_activity:natural_resources
  • category_of_funding_activity:regional_development
  • category_of_funding_activity:science_and_technology_and_other_research_and_development
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  • eligible_applicants:nonprofits_that_do_not_have_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
  • eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
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  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:mandatory
  • status:forecasted
Description

The U.S. Department of State’s U.S. Mission New Zealand announces an open competition to implement a program to advance U.S.-Cook Islands and U.S.-Niue maritime cooperation, economic and cultural ties. The program is intended to support local solutions and build local capacity to: 1. Increase economic linkages with the United States 2. Promote long-term economic prosperity through natural resource management 3. Reduce threats against the United States and the Pacific region. Projects are encouraged to include a plan to build capacity and technical expertise among local communities and organizations. Projects may address one or more of the following areas, but are not strictly limited to the following topics: · Increasing economic linkages with the United States through exchange, education, work, and trade promotion programs; · Promoting long-term prosperity by incorporating best practices for natural resource management; · Advancing U.S.-Cook Islands and U.S.-Niue cooperation to enhance safety, especially in digital media, information technology, emergency preparedness, artificial intelligence, maritime, health, and other related sectors. Projects may propose activities targeted through this solicitation in the following countries: Cook Islands and Niue.

U.S. Mission Public Diplomacy Grants Program – Cook Islands & Niue
The U.S. Department of State’s U.S. Mission New Zealand announces an open competition to implement a program to advance U.S.-Cook Islands and U.S.-Niue maritime cooperation, economic and cultural ties. The program is intended to support local solutions and build local capacity to: 1. Increase economic linkages with the United States 2. Promote long-term economic prosperity through natural resource management 3. Reduce threats against the United States and the Pacific region. Projects are encouraged to include a plan to build capacity and technical expertise among local communities and organizations. Projects may address one or more of the following areas, but are not strictly limited to the following topics: · Increasing economic linkages with the United States through exchange, education, work, and trade promotion programs; · Promoting long-term prosperity by incorporating best practices for natural resource management; · Advancing U.S.-Cook Islands and U.S.-Niue cooperation to enhance safety, especially in digital media, information technology, emergency preparedness, artificial intelligence, maritime, health, and other related sectors. Projects may propose activities targeted through this solicitation in the following countries: Cook Islands and Niue.
[Forecasted] U.S. Mission Public Diplomacy Grants Program – Cook Islands & Niue
Forecasted
U.S. Mission to New Zealand
Business and Commerce
Disaster Prevention and Relief
Education
Energy Infrastructure and Critical Mineral and Materials
Humanities
Natural Resources
Regional Development
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Cooperative Agreement
Grant
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
2026-04-22