The Embassy encourages the submission of unique and creative proposals from a wide variety of sources. All programs must include a link to the United States and/or an element that builds understanding of the United States including, but not limited to U.S. policy, people, culture and/or perspectives. Programs must be focused on Swedish or regional audiences/participants.
Goals and Objectives
Embassy Stockholm’s public diplomacy programs are directly tied to our Mission goals and support our joint efforts to address today’s most pressing challenges.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between thinkers working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health. In the three years between Fall 2023 and Summer 2026, we will dedicate $1M to supporting small, early stage grants of $2,500–$50,000 toward achieving this goal.
- Read more about Early Childhood Welfare, Early Childhood Education and Play, and Parenting Education
The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood is an incubator of promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the United States.
Welfare is broadly defined to support, acculturation, societal integration and childcare. Grants are only made if a successful project outcome will likely be of significant interest to other professionals, within the grantee’s field of endeavor, and would have a direct benefit and potential national application.
The Mission of the Glenn W.
Nestled in the cranium, the human brain is a dynamic, living system — a malleable organ that grows, rewires and adapts in response to experiences and interactions.
Education has its share of myths: beliefs that there was a golden age of student behavior or academic rigor, the story of the little red schoolhouse or how summer vacation has its roots in the agrarian calendar. The problem with myths is that they tend to crumble upon further scrutiny.
As part of a $1.3 million grant from the U.S.
Congratulations graduates!
At Undergraduate Commencement, your degree will be officially conferred upon you. Students, faculty and staff from all colleges and all ASU campuses participate. Graduates are recognized by college rather than individually, and stand as a group to be presented prior to degree conferral.
Where: Mountain America Stadium, Tempe campus (Google maps)
Who: All undergraduate graduates and their guests
Congratulations graduates!
At Graduate Commencement, master’s degree candidates will be presented collectively by Dean Carole Basile to President Crow. Master's students will not be individually recognized at this event. Doctoral candidates will be hooded by a faculty mentor.
Where: Desert Financial Arena, Tempe campus (Google maps)
Who: Master's and doctoral graduates and their guests
We look forward to celebrating with you!
Service-learning, which blends community service with academic instruction, can be an effective way for K–12 educators to encourage deeper student engagement with subject areas.