Empowering Girls through STEM (DOS)

• Date: 18 February 2021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31572
• Published date: 18 February 2021

Federal Grants & Contracts ■ February 18, 2021 Page 5

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Grants alert (cont.)

both the implementation of new functionality and

the porting of existing functionality to new systems.

Moreover, for a development cycle to be productive, its

stages must be productive, including but not limited to

design, implementation, verication, optimization, and

integration.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# DE-FOA-0002460

Brown Treesnake Program (DOI)

Scope: The Interior Department’s Office of Insular

Affairs seeks applications for the FY21 Brown Treesnake

(BTS) Program announcement to prevent the spread of

BTS to other islands, outreach programs to educate the

public on BTS, and other projects for interdiction and

early detection and rapid response.

Deadline: April 1, 2021.

Funds: $3.5 million total for up to three awards

Eligibility: Representatives of the governments of

Guam, the Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands,

the state of Hawaii, and federal agencies.

Areas: DOI said funding focuses on preventing the

dispersal of this invasive species from Guam to other

geographic areas and population suppression with the

goal of eradication.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# OIAOIA-BTS2100288

Building Better Media Business Models (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s U.S. Mission to

Pakistan seeks applications for the Building Better

Media Business Models announcement to provide

training to Pakistani media outlets on new business

models to generate and diversify private sector revenue

and strategies for becoming more economically viable

and independent.

Deadline: March 26, 2021.

Funds: $120,000 for one award.

Eligibility: Nonprot organizations.

Areas: DOS said the media changes will take place

by training 50 media outlet owners and journalists on

alternate business models and revenue diversication

during FY21. Training topics will include how to

monetize content by selling rights-to-use or recurring

subscriptions, selling advertisements to private

business, or selling data on consumers.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# SCAISB-21-

AW-001-01252021

Strengthening Digital Media through Journalist

Capacity Building (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s U.S. Mission to

Pakistan seeks applications for the Strengthening

Digital Media through Journalist Capacity Building

announcement to support efforts to build media capacity

in an increasingly digital space through a series of

virtual workshops, webinars, and one-on-one support for

developing digital media skills.

Deadline: March 26, 2021.

Funds: $100,000 for one award.

Eligibility: Nonprot organizations.

Areas: DOS said participant selection will be subject to

the approval of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates, and

the program must ensure at least 50 percent female

participation. The program should include both Urdu

and English language journalists. Grant proposals must

explain how activities will support efforts to help shape

the future of digital media in Pakistan and expand the

digital skills of journalists seeking to break into that

space, including the development of online audiences

and the monetization of digital platforms. This program’s

target audience is young, established, professional

journalists who are seeking to expand their presence

on one of more of the following platforms: personal

websites, blogs, microblogs, online video channels,

podcasts, or internet radio.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# SCAISB-21-

AW-003-01252021

Empowering Girls through STEM (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s U.S. Mission to

Pakistan seeks applications for the Empowering Girls

through STEM announcement to organize a series of

technology-based programs on Science, Technology,

Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) themes for

middle to high school-aged girls in the Islamabad and

Lahore districts, in partnership with the network of

Lincoln Corners.

Deadline: March 26, 2021.

Funds: $50,000 for one award.

Eligibility: Nonprot organizations.

Areas: DOS said the grantee will develop a curriculum

for and organize a total of 20 foundational, technology-

based programs focused on imparting skills like creative

problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and

design thinking in ve Lincoln Corners in Pakistan

(Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, and

Muzaffarabad), with 40 girls at each site. They will

feature a hands-on, experience-based facilitation style

that encourages young women to explore STEM careers

through participation in, for example, maker/Do-It-

Yourself (DIY) camps and coding workshops.

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