U.S. Mission to Kyrgyzstan; Embassy of the United States in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic Notice of Funding Opportunity

Overview

The U.S. Embassy Bishkek Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State is
pleased to announce funding is available through the Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Small Grants
Program. Based on funding availability, projects awarded under this program will support U.S.
foreign policy goals in the Kyrgyz Republic in the areas of combating transnational threats,
promoting sustainable economic growth, and accountable governance and stability in the
Kyrgyz Republic.

Purpose of Public Diplomacy Grants: The PDS invites proposals for programs that strengthen
ties between the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic and support a priority program area
(see below) in order to highlight shared values and promote bilateral cooperation. All proposed
programs must include an American element, either through a connection with American
expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s, usage of American educational/informational
resources, or any other activities that promote or contribute to increased mutual
understanding between the people of the United States and people of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Competitive proposals will promote continued/sustainable cooperation between the people of
the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic even after the project concludes.

Special consideration will be given to proposals which include partnership with Kyrgyz
governmental bodies, and to organizations that have a demonstrated track record of
implementing these types of partnerships.

PDS invites proposals for programs that support one of the following U.S. Embassy priority
program areas:

1) Sustainable Economic Growth
Proposals should promote an inclusive creative economy built upon regional connectivity,
enhanced human capital, clean energy, and sustainable development.

2) Accountable Governance and Stability
Proposals should advance a more transparent, accountable, inclusive and democratic system of
governance in the Kyrgyz Republic.

3) English Language Programming
Proposals should improve English language instruction, spoken language production, and
written and oral comprehension in the Kyrgyz Republic, especially for those in the regions
outside of the capital and residents of the “novostroika” marginalized communities of Bishkek.

4) Climate Change Resilience and Environmental Protection
Proposals should engage government, industry, business and/or local communities in
developing strategies for mitigation of the effects of climate change, adaptation measures, and
in implementing locally driven projects which protect the environment and save resources.

5) Combating Transnational Threats
Proposals should strengthen regional security and stability and combat transnational threats
through engagement with diverse, targeted stakeholders on key issues like violent extremism,
human trafficking, and emergency preparedness.

To ensure a wider distribution of funding, organizations may only have one active Annual
Program Statement grant at a time in Fiscal Year 2024 (October 1, 2023 – September 30,
2024). 

An organization may only submit more than one Annual Program Statement proposal
for consideration if the periods of performance do not overlap and if the final reports for
previous grants awarded through the APS NOFO have been submitted.

Accepting applications on a rolling basis until August 17, 2024 at 11:59 PM Bishkek time.

Applications with no clear description of a Kyrgyz‐Republic‐registered partner and its role in the proposed project will be rejected during the pre‐screening stage.