The U. S. Embassy Tashkent Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U. S. Department of State is pleased to announce funding is available through the Embassy’s Democracy Commission Small Grants Program.

This program supports the development of Uzbekistan’s democratic institutions and

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civil society by competitively awarding small grants to Uzbekistan’s nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and associations, to nonprofit civil society organizations (CSOs), and to independent local media organizations.

The Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) in Tashkent is soliciting proposals for grants from Uzbekistan civil society and independent media organizations that focus on one of the priority areas/themes specified below under Section C.

Applicants should pay close attention to the Public Diplomacy Section’s goals, priority program areas, target audiences when developing their proposals.

Please carefully follow all instructions below.

The submission of the SOI is the first step in a two-step process.

Applicants must first submit a concise 3-page statement of interest designed to clearly communicate projects idea and objectives.

This is not a full proposal and will not result in a federal assistance award at this step.

The purpose of the SOI process is to allow applicants to submit project ideas for evaluation prior to requiring the development of a full proposal application.

Upon a merit review of eligible SOIs, selected applicants will be invited to expand on their project idea(s) by submitting a full proposal application.

Full proposals will go through a second merit review before final funding decision(s) are made.