Opportunity Information: Apply for DOS CT 201902
The U.S. Embassy in South Africa (Department of State, U.S. Mission to South Africa) is offering a discretionary cooperative agreement to support a one-year public education initiative titled "Becoming a Responsible Consumer of Media." The project is designed to strengthen media literacy in South Africa by training trainers and educators who can then teach adults and young people how to engage with news and information more responsibly. The overall goal is to build practical skills and habits that help communities navigate today s media environment, especially where misinformation and disinformation can spread quickly through social media and other channels.
Funded activities are expected to center on a structured series of workshops and lectures, paired with a broader media campaign. The educational component should help participants learn how to frame and deliver responsible media consumption training in settings that reach a wide range of audiences. The opportunity specifically highlights schools and classroom environments at the high school and university levels, but also points to libraries, broadcast news platforms, and social media as important avenues for outreach. In other words, the project should not only teach the skills, but also model how those skills can be communicated effectively across multiple real-world environments where people encounter news and commentary every day.
A core emphasis of the program is teaching methods for identifying misinformation and disinformation, and doing so in a way that is engaging and adaptable. Applicants are expected to incorporate creative approaches that encourage people to take responsibility for their own media consumption habits, rather than relying only on external gatekeepers. This can include practical techniques such as source evaluation, cross-checking claims, recognizing manipulative or emotionally charged content, understanding how algorithms and virality influence what people see, and distinguishing between reporting, opinion, satire, and propaganda. The initiative is meant to equip educators with teachable tools and lesson approaches that can be reused and scaled after the grant period ends.
In addition to trainings, the awardee must develop a responsible media consumption campaign tailored specifically for South African audiences. This campaign is intended to be rolled out after the workshops, using the workshop participants as amplifiers who can extend the message through their own networks and institutions. The campaign element implies deliverables that can live beyond in-person events, such as digital content, broadcast segments, shareable toolkits, short videos, posters, classroom-ready materials, community challenges, or other public-facing resources that encourage critical consumption of information and reinforce the training themes.
The Embassy also requires an American component that connects the project to shared democratic values around freedom of information and responsible journalism. This requirement can be met in several ways, including bringing in American experts, partnering with a U.S.-based organization with similar aims, or using curriculum created by an American institution or specialist. The intent is to ground the work in a credible exchange of approaches and experience, while supporting the broader theme that open societies depend on informed citizens and ethical media ecosystems.
The opportunity is open to a range of eligible applicant types, including public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations (both those with U.S. 501(c)(3) status and those without). The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates the funder expects a more active role in coordination or oversight compared to a standard grant. The program listed an award ceiling of $50,000, with one expected award. The funding opportunity number is DOS CT 201902, the CFDA number is 19.040, and the original application closing date was May 31, 2019 (with a creation date of March 26, 2019). Applicants are directed to follow the full notice instructions, which usually contain the required format, budget rules, reporting expectations, and evaluation criteria for how proposals will be reviewed.Apply for DOS CT 201902
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to South Africa in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Becoming a Responsible Consumer of Media" 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 Mar 26, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 31, 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 $50,000.00 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, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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