U.S. Mission to India

Description

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy’s North India Office (NIO-PAS) seeks proposals for a project entitled “North India Workshops on Media Challenges in the Digital Age” for students, between the ages 20-35, pursuing a post-graduate diploma/degree course in journalism/mass communication and civil society representatives. Based on funding availability, this project will equip a minimum of 75 participants with tools to validate news sources and thereby create a credible counter to disinformation via three two-day workshops in New Delhi; Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; and Jaipur, Rajasthan. The grantee may partner with a local organization or academic institution to conduct these workshops. The workshops will focus on: • Identifying disinformation and false narratives; • Tools available to validate news sources; • Best practices to counter disinformation; and • Strengthening community ties and developing mentorship opportunities amongst program participants. Each workshop should be held for two days with a minimum of three sessions each day, and designed for a minimum of 25 participants. The participant group should be gender-balanced and equally divided between post-graduate journalism students and civil society representatives, ages 20-35 from the above-mentioned North Indian states. Participants from civil society should be existing influencers with the capacity to have a multiplier effect on communities. The grantee may also reach out to and invite participants who are U.S. government-sponsored exchange program alumni and alumni from other U.S. government-funded grants/programs. Each workshop should incorporate at least one U.S. expert and one local expert as in-person trainers. To sustain networks and skills developed during the program, a virtual mentorship phase will follow the three workshops including a post-workshop assignment and one follow-up virtual group session for each workshop cohort, utilizing the U.S. expert(s) as mentor(s). (Please refer to the full announcement available under related documents tab.)

Who can apply

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education

Contact

Grant Applications Manager, <br/>U.S. Embassy, New Delhi
ND_GrantApplications@state.gov