Opportunity Information: Apply for K NOFO 19 105
The U.S. Department of State, U.S. Mission to India (PAS Kolkata) offered a discretionary grant opportunity called "Strengthening Youth Voices: Promoting Diversity, Peace, and Inclusion" (Funding Opportunity Number: K NOFO 19 105). The program was designed to support one project, depending on funding availability, with the goal of using participatory theater to build youth partnerships, strengthen leadership, and promote peace and stability across South Asia, with a specific regional emphasis on India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. The concept builds on earlier Department of State-supported performative storytelling workshops at the American Center that focused on gender and empowerment, and it aims to expand that approach toward themes of diversity, inclusion, and non-violence.
The core activity envisioned is an intensive workshop lasting roughly one and a half weeks, hosted at the American Center in Kolkata. The workshop is expected to train participants in a participatory theater model that blends performative arts, storytelling, and public performance as a way to spark dialogue and collective problem-solving. Programming should directly develop leadership skills while encouraging multicultural understanding and interfaith tolerance. Rather than limiting the experience to classroom-style training, the workshop is meant to prepare participants to take their work into public spaces and interact with real audiences in dynamic, inclusive ways.
A major deliverable is a series of multimedia, mobile performances to be presented in at least three cities in eastern India after the workshop concludes. These performances should be structured to draw and hold large public audiences and should intentionally prioritize engagement with marginalized communities. The announcement emphasizes interactive formats that invite audience participation and discussion, including spectator interventions, forum-style engagement, debate and facilitated discussions, playback techniques, and image theater. The overall intent is to use these methods to surface and examine pressing social and socioeconomic issues connected to diversity, exclusion, and violence, and to encourage communities to consider nonviolent, inclusive responses.
The opportunity also highlights the importance of meeting audiences where they already gather. Suggested venues include open grounds and stadiums, transportation hubs, shopping malls, marketplaces, and university campuses, along with live streaming on social media platforms to extend reach beyond those physically present. In practice, this means applicants would likely need to demonstrate strong logistical planning, community partnerships, and an outreach strategy capable of attracting broad public participation while keeping the events accessible and safe.
In terms of funding details, the grant had an award ceiling of $60,000 and anticipated a single award. Eligible applicants included public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education). The opportunity was posted on June 11, 2019, with an original application deadline of July 15, 2019. The funding activity category is listed as education (CFDA 19.040), reflecting the program's emphasis on learning, skills development, and public engagement through arts-based civic education. For implementation specifics and any required application components, the notice directs applicants to consult the full announcement in the related documents.Apply for K NOFO 19 105
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to India in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening Youth Voices: Promoting Diversity, Peace, and Inclusion." and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 11, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 15, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $60,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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