Opportunity Information: Apply for SRB10023FO 02
The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, through its Public Diplomacy Section (PDS), is offering Democracy Commission Small Grants for FY2023 to support democracy and human rights-focused work across Serbia. This is a discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SRB10023FO 02; CFDA 19.900) administered by the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Mission to Serbia. The competition is open to local, non-profit civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations operating in Serbia, with projects expected to advance democratic reforms, strengthen democratic institutions and practices, protect human rights, and build the capacity of local organizations to sustain these changes over time.
The program is designed to be flexible in terms of project format, encouraging practical, community-facing activities that can create measurable civic impact. Eligible project concepts can include trainings, workshops, conferences, short courses, curriculum development, and academic competitions, as well as youth-oriented initiatives like summer camps (including language, sports, and leadership themes). The Embassy also signals interest in more innovative or public-engagement formats such as cross-border exchanges, exhibits, hackathons, app development, online projects, mock trials and moot court competitions, simulations and role-playing programs (for example Model United Nations or Model Congress), and arts-based civic programming such as film or theater festivals and performances. Regardless of the format, proposals are expected to clearly connect activities to the Embassy's democracy and human rights objectives and show how the project will contribute to broader reforms in Serbia.
A central expectation in this funding call is meaningful inclusion of underserved communities. Applicants are asked to explain how their projects will expand engagement in underserved areas and with individuals from underserved groups, and to describe how attention to racial equity and underserved populations strengthens the project goals and improves participant experience. In other words, inclusion is not meant to be an add-on; it should be integrated into project design, outreach, participation, and anticipated results.
The primary intended audiences are youth, students, teachers and school administrators, and young professionals, though proposals may also name secondary audiences when relevant, such as media actors, other civil society groups, or broader professional communities tied to the project theme. As a general rule, participants and target audiences should be citizens or legal residents of Serbia. Projects that might involve non-Serbian participants are subject to additional limitations, and applicants are directed to review the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (including the section referenced as C.4.) for restrictions related to funding activities that include citizens of other countries.
Award sizes can be as high as USD 50,000, and the Embassy anticipates making about 10 awards. Grantees are expected to actively publicize their activities, using social media and/or traditional media, and to visibly acknowledge U.S. Embassy support by using the Embassy logo on project materials and communications related to the grant.
Applications were due by March 1, 2023 at 1500h. The required application package and forms are available in the Related Documents section and on the Embassy grants webpage (https://rs.usembassy.gov/grants-programs/). Submissions must be sent by email to DemComSerbia@state.gov, and incomplete submissions received after the deadline are treated as technically ineligible and will not be reviewed. The narrative proposal is capped at 10 pages (attachments do not count toward this limit). As a backup, applicants are strongly encouraged to mail a paper copy postmarked by the deadline to: Democracy Commission, Public Diplomacy Section (PDS), U.S. Embassy, Bulevar Kneza Aleksandra Karadjordjevica 92, 11040 Belgrade.Apply for SRB10023FO 02
- 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 - Democracy Commission Small Grants (FY2023)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.900.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 10, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 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 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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