DOS - U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires PAS Annual Grants Fund

Overview

PAS invites academic, cultural, educational and non-profit organizations, as well as individuals, to submit proposals that strictly adhere to the priority areas of interest of the US Embassy in Argentina detailed below.

The Grants Fund assists organizations in carrying out programs, providing new opportunities for citizen engagement, sharing best practices, and promoting and advancing issues of public importance, focused exclusively on the following priority areas:
 

1. Projects that increase and further strengthen awareness of American values, with a particular emphasis on human rights and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility. Projects should showcase the United States’ diverse population to Argentine priority audiences; engage civil society organizations and the media to raise concerns about human rights violations in the Western Hemisphere; engage with the above-mentioned communities in support of professional and educational exchanges and partnership with the United States on human rights; and foster economic growth, improved business climate, entrepreneurship, innovation, and corporate social responsibility with a focus on the above-mentioned communities.

2. Projects that increase media literacy, press freedom, and how to best counter dis/misinformation. Projects should focus on improving the transparency and quality of investigative journalism; reinforce journalistic standards to counter disinformation and support freedom of information; strengthen independence of the press by increasing capacities to build sustainable business models; and promote media literacy as well as the responsible use of social media.

3. Projects that increase awareness and best practices in accountability, good governance, transparency, and shared democratic principles. Projects should promote democratic institutions in Argentina; professional exchange projects that emphasize U.S. best practices in accountability and institutional integrity, promoting good governance, and building transparency and public trust; and engage and mobilize U.S. government (USG) program alumni to serve as mentors and policy advocates for accountability, good governance, and transparency.

All awards must include a U.S. element or a clear, explicit connection with experts, organizations, or institutions from the United States in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy, values, and perspectives.
 

Examples of types of prior projects include, but are not limited to:

• U.S. experts conducting speaking tours/public talks or roundtable discussions with counterparts in Argentina;
• Joint U.S.-Argentina conferences or workshops that produce concrete advances or other results;
• Programs that expand U.S. Department of State American Spaces (Binational Centers) activities;
• Projects showcasing U.S. best practices, models, or curricula;
• Development of initiatives aimed at maintaining contact with alumni of U.S. government exchange programs;

Priority Region: Project activities must take place or be initiated in Argentina and be directed towards Argentinian audiences/participants. Priority will be given to projects taking place in underserved, marginalized areas.

Priority Audiences:

• Historically underrepresented groups in the public commons, e.g.: women, people with disabilities, racial and ethnic minority groups and the LGBTQI+ community.
• Residents of Argentine provinces outside of the City of Buenos Aires.
• U.S. government (USG) program Alumni
• Students from less-resourced backgrounds who can't afford U.S. university tuition but have the potential to win scholarships.

Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate cost-sharing, public-private partnerships, cooperation among multiple partners, or innovative means to implement cost savings in their proposals.