U.S. Talent Program for the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada
This award funds a cooperative-agreement program to recruit and connect U.S. citizen experts, artists, cultural professionals, athletes, and coaches with Canadian audiences and institutions for short in-person or virtual exchanges on U.S. strategic priorities.
⚑ Cooperative agreement; recipient likely carries substantial programmatic coordination and recruitment responsibilities. · Applicants must be able to identify and recruit U.S. citizen talent for in-person and virtual programming in Canada. · Eligibility text was not included in the notice excerpt; direct applicant eligibility cannot be confirmed from the provided text.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | peripheral portfolio topic: national_security_defense; signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is minor; funds technical assistance, not research (capped); eligibility unclear — verify in the NOFO; capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 20 weak | technical depth: minor; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
The U.S. Department of State’s Embassy Ottawa announces an open competition to implement a program to connect U.S. citizen talent, including subject matter experts, artists and cultural professionals, and current and former American athletes and coaches, with Canadian audiences and institutions on topics of strategic importance to the United States. Recipients should be prepared to identify and recruit U.S. citizen experts in the following strategic areas, in addition to arts, cultural, and sports experts that showcase American excellence:
· U.S. prosperity and economic security (e.g. supply chains; digital policy; trade; transboundary water issues, etc.).
· Defense (e.g. defense spending, procurement; NORAD modernization; Arctic domain awareness and deterrence, etc.).
· Border security (e.g. combatting illegal trafficking, smuggling, migration, etc.).
· Freedom of speech (e.g. exposing censorship, promoting transparency etc.).
· Artificial Intelligence (e.g. promoting American AI exports, building enabling infrastructure, countering foreign influence in emerging technologies, etc.).
Programs will be conducted in-person and/or through virtual platforms. The proposal should outline how the grantee would address both options. In-person programs will generally range from two days to one week in length. Virtual programs will usually take place on a single specified date and time and may be part of a continuing series. U.S. talent will address topics identified by the U.S. Mission to Canada that will advance Administration and U.S. Mission to Canada strategic goals.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Jennifer Acuff Grantor <ottawa-pa@state.gov>
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