Opportunity Information: Apply for SRB10023FO 06
The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, through its Public Diplomacy Section (PDS), is offering the Serbian-American Cooperation Grants (FY2023) to support projects that deepen ties between Serbia and the United States and help Serbian audiences better understand U.S. culture, society, values, and policies. The opportunity is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of State (U.S. Mission to Serbia), with Serbia listed as the priority region. In practice, the Embassy is looking for practical, audience-focused projects that build relationships, spark dialogue, and create visible community benefit, while also reinforcing broader priorities such as economic development, reducing brain drain, strengthening democratic participation, supporting media freedom and human rights, and encouraging regional stability and cooperation.
A core requirement is that every funded project must include a clear American element. This can be built in a few different ways: partnering Serbian organizations with U.S. organizations or institutions, bringing in an American expert to participate either in person or virtually, designing programming that explores shared Serbian-American values or national interests, or applying a U.S.-based approach or methodology to a local challenge facing a community, institution, or professional field. The key is that the U.S. connection is meaningful and integrated into the project design rather than added as an afterthought.
The Embassy is open to a wide range of activity types, as long as they are creative, engaging, and aligned with the program goals. Examples listed in the notice include academic competitions, summer camps (including language or sports-focused camps), cross-border exchanges, conferences, workshops, courses, curriculum development, exhibits, hackathons or app development initiatives, online projects, mock trials or moot court competitions, simulations and role-playing formats such as Model Congress or Model United Nations, as well as film or theater festivals and performances. While the formats can vary, proposals are expected to be strategic about who they reach and how they will produce measurable impact.
Timing matters for eligibility. Projects should start no earlier than July 1, 2023 and no later than July 1, 2024. The expectation is that both the activities and the project evaluation are completed within 12 months, although in exceptional cases projects may be allowed to run up to 18 months. Programming should primarily focus on audiences in Serbia, but partnerships or participants from neighboring Western Balkan countries may be included if that clearly supports the project objectives. At the same time, the notice emphasizes that participants or audiences should generally be citizens or legal residents of Serbia, and applicants are directed to consult the full NOFO language (specifically section C.4.) for restrictions if other nationalities would be involved.
Equity and inclusion are also explicitly part of what PDS wants to see. In line with the U.S. Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities, proposals should explain how the project advances equity across factors such as race, ethnicity, religion, income, geography, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability. Applicants are expected to show how they will reach underserved communities and why that approach strengthens the overall outcomes and participant experience, rather than treating inclusion as a separate or purely symbolic component.
Public visibility is another expectation. Grantees are required to publicize their activities through social media and/or traditional media and to clearly acknowledge U.S. Embassy support, including using the Embassy logo on project materials. This is framed as part of the public diplomacy purpose of the program: funded projects should be recognizable to the public and communicate the partnership behind them.
In terms of funding scale and competitiveness, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $50,000 and anticipates roughly 12 awards. The grant is identified under CFDA 19.040 and categorized under “Other” for funding activity. Eligibility is broadly described as open to individuals and organizations, including non-governmental organizations, governmental institutions, and individuals, with the full eligibility details provided in the complete notice.
Applications were due by April 1, 2023, and PDS expected to make final funding decisions by May 15, 2023. Applicants were instructed to download the required application forms from the “Related Documents” section or the Embassy grants page (https://rs.usembassy.gov/grants-programs/) and submit all materials by email to belgradepdsgrants@state.gov. The notice is strict that incomplete submissions received after the deadline would be deemed technically ineligible and not reviewed. For applicant support, PDS scheduled a virtual information session on February 14, 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time, with registration/details available via the same grants email address.Apply for SRB10023FO 06
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Serbia in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "U.S. Embassy Belgrade - Serbian-American Cooperation Grants (FY2023)" 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 Jan 17, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 01, 2023. (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 12 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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