Opportunity Information: Apply for SMK800 25 PAS003
The 2025 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia (Public Diplomacy Section) to support projects that deepen people-to-people connections between the United States and North Macedonia. The central idea is to fund cultural and exchange-style programming that highlights shared values and strengthens bilateral cooperation. A core requirement is that every proposed project must include a clear American element, such as U.S. cultural content or an active connection to American experts, organizations, or institutions in a relevant field, with the aim of increasing understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.
Projects can take many forms, as long as they fit the public diplomacy purpose. Examples listed include academic and professional lectures, seminars, and speaker series; artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, and exhibitions; cultural heritage conservation and preservation initiatives; professional and academic exchanges (not travel to the U.S. for professional development, but exchange-style programming more broadly); and activities focused on entrepreneurship and innovation. The program also welcomes proposals that empower youth and underserved communities, advance democratic processes and values, address gender issues, support human and equal rights, strengthen critical thinking and media literacy, build resilience against false information and malign influence, protect natural resources and ecosystems, and contribute to North Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic integration process.
Within that broad scope, the Embassy highlights several priority program areas. A major priority is youth development, especially projects that build practical skills and future potential through innovative STEM programming (including areas like health awareness), as well as entrepreneurship and vocational training. Another priority is encouraging youth civic participation through social entrepreneurship, volunteerism, and community engagement. A third priority area is strengthening understanding of U.S. values and institutions and spotlighting U.S. culture, including American Studies, English language teaching and learning, and pathways related to study in the United States. The program also emphasizes diversity and inclusion, supporting efforts that encourage acceptance of minority groups, including individuals with disabilities and other underserved populations.
The Embassy places strong emphasis on diversity both in who applies and who participates. Applicants are encouraged to design programs that include a wide range of participants, trainers, speakers, and communities across different geographic regions, ethnicities, religious backgrounds, genders, and disability statuses (including visual, hearing, speech, and other physical disabilities). In practice, competitive proposals will typically show thoughtful outreach beyond the usual audiences and explain how participation will be broadened in a realistic way.
The solicitation also clearly lists activities that will not be funded. Ineligible proposals include printing or promoting books or manuscripts; travel to the United States for professional development; promotion of local arts scenes as a primary purpose; partisan or inherently political projects (including anything that appears to support candidates or political parties in elections); charitable or development assistance activities; construction; programs supporting specific religious activities; fundraising campaigns; lobbying for specific legislation or government programs; scientific research; commercial or trade activities; individual travel to conferences and meetings; social welfare projects; projects mainly intended to grow the applicant organization itself rather than deliver public programming; ongoing salary costs and office equipment; paying to finish activities that started with other funding; and projects that duplicate existing programs.
Eligibility is broad, as long as the entity is registered in either the United States or North Macedonia. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations (including think tanks and NGOs/civil society groups), public and private educational institutions, individuals, and governmental institutions. The funding opportunity is titled "2025 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program" with opportunity number SMK800 25 PAS003, under CFDA 19.040. The application deadline is listed as June 15, 2025. Awards can be up to $20,000, and the Embassy anticipates making about 12 awards under this call.Apply for SMK800 25 PAS003
- The U.S. Mission to North Macedonia in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2025 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program" 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 2024-12-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-06-15. (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 $20,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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