Opportunity Information: Apply for DOS NBO PDS FY23 001
The U.S. Embassy Nairobi Public Diplomacy Section (PDS Nairobi), under the U.S. Department of State, offers funding through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program as part of an Annual Program Statement. The overall goal is to support projects that deepen cultural, academic, and professional connections between the United States and Kenya. Proposed activities are expected to highlight shared values and encourage practical cooperation between the two countries, typically through public-facing programming, exchanges, or skills-building initiatives. A core requirement is that every project includes a clear American element, such as engagement with U.S. experts, U.S. organizations or institutions, or U.S.-related content that helps Kenyan audiences better understand U.S. policy perspectives and society. The program also signals a preference for fresh, creative approaches, especially ideas that have not been funded recently under previous PDS Nairobi annual solicitations.
Funding priorities fall into three main thematic areas. The first focuses on strengthening rule of law, democracy, and good governance. Projects in this track can address topics like democratic governance and civic participation, inclusion and social cohesion, media literacy and media independence, anti-corruption efforts, prevention of gender-based violence, and prevention of violent extremism. The second priority area centers on climate resilience, including food security, with an emphasis on reducing or responding to the health, environmental, and economic harms linked to pollution and environmental degradation, particularly for marginalized or underserved communities. The third priority is expanding access to STEAM education and entrepreneurship opportunities. This area supports efforts that help more people, especially women and girls and members of underserved groups, participate in STEAM learning, innovation, and related economic opportunities, including training and pathways into entrepreneurship.
The opportunity has a strong geographic inclusion requirement. At least one third (33 percent) of grant-funded activities must take place outside Kenya's five largest metropolitan areas: Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, and Eldoret. In practice, this means proposals should be designed to reach communities beyond the main urban centers, whether through regional workshops, county-level outreach, satellite events, or hybrid models that still include meaningful in-person engagement in non-metropolitan locations.
Target audiences include Kenyans ages 15 to 30 (including students), emerging voices such as civil society leaders and social influencers, business leaders and entrepreneurs, established opinion leaders (including leadership in cultural or academic institutions), and underserved or underrepresented groups and communities. Proposals that clearly define who will participate, why they are the right audience for the goal, and how the project will reach them are aligned with the stated intent of the program.
The announcement also clearly lists what it will not fund. Ineligible activities include partisan political programs, charitable or development work, construction, support for specific religious activities, fundraising campaigns, lobbying for specific legislation or programs, scientific or narrowly academic research, projects mainly intended to build the applicant organization's institutional capacity, scholarships or tuition assistance, commercial or for-profit activities (including seed money), and programs that duplicate existing initiatives. In other words, the grants are meant for public diplomacy programming with direct public engagement and exchange value, not political campaigning, humanitarian aid, infrastructure, research-only work, or business capitalization.
Eligibility is geared toward Kenya-based applicants. PDS Nairobi encourages proposals from Kenyan organizations, institutions, and individuals, and while partnerships with U.S.-based entities are allowed and often helpful for meeting the "American element" requirement, the primary grant recipient must be based in Kenya. Eligible applicants include Kenya-registered nonprofit organizations (including think tanks and civil society/NGOs with relevant programming experience), Kenyan individuals, Kenya-based nonprofit or governmental educational institutions, and governmental institutions.
From the source details provided, the opportunity is a discretionary grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) administered by the U.S. Mission to Kenya, with an award ceiling of USD 50,000. The opportunity number is DOS NBO PDS FY23 001, the CFDA number listed is 19.040, and the original closing date shown is 2023-04-30, with a creation date of 2023-01-25.Apply for DOS NBO PDS FY23 001
- The U.S. Mission to Kenya in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "U.S. Embassy Nairobi, PDS Annual Program Statement – 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 2023-01-25.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-04-30. (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 $50,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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