OpportunityTitle: Annual Program Statement - Public Diplomacy Programs with Chile
CategoryExplanation: The Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States (U.S. Embassy) in Chile is pleased to announce the availability of funding for public diplomacy programs with Chile. This initiative was developed to support projects proposed by U.S. and Chilean cultural, educational, and other non-profit organizations and/or individuals that fulfill U.S. Embassy goals and objectives: to promote greater understanding of the United States and to foster academic, cultural, and other people-to-people exchanges between the United States and Chile.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The Public Affairs Section encourages applications from all sectors:  civil-society organizations, local representatives of civil society, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, academic and cultural institutions, and individuals. For-profit businesses/institutions are not eligible to receive public diplomacy awards.
Description: Priority areas for project funding are: &#8226; Expanding English language proficiency (priority: training secondary school teachers of underserved populations and English language teaching in institutions of higher education); &#8226; Increasing academic exchanges between the United States and Chile (priority: higher education students and the 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative); &#8226; Increasing cultural exchanges between the United States and Chile (priority: reaching higher education students, underserved young professionals, and/or artists outside of Santiago); &#8226; Increased social inclusion (priority: equal rights and opportunities for immigrants, LGBTI people, people with disabilities, indigenous communities, and racial minorities, as well as civic education); &#8226; Fostering entrepreneurship and innovation (priority: projects that multiply the number of women and minority small business owners); &#8226; U.S.- Chile cooperation in science and technology (priority: renewable energy, marine conservation and climate change); &#8226; Advancing excellence in journalism (priority: investigative journalism).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: grantschile@state.gov
GrantorContactText: Karina Granados &lt;br/&gt;Resource Coordination Assistant &lt;br/&gt;Phone 56 2 2330 3412