Building a Network of Holocaust Educators in Poland | WAW NOFO FY24 05

Opportunity Information: Apply for WAW NOFO FY24 05

The U.S. Mission to Poland is offering a discretionary grant opportunity called "Building a Network of Holocaust Educators in Poland" (Funding Opportunity Number: WAW NOFO FY24 05). The central aim is to support projects that create or strengthen a connected, ongoing network of Polish educators and education-adjacent professionals who can work together over time to improve Holocaust and human rights education where they teach or serve the public. The program is framed around U.S. remembrance of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of World War II, and it is intended to produce concrete, time-bound results rather than provide general operating support.

Projects are expected to focus on accurate Holocaust history education, teaching the Holocaust and human rights in proper context, countering antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, and supporting Holocaust memorialization or remembrance activities. In practice, this points toward initiatives like educator networks, professional development series, collaborative workshops, peer-learning communities, curriculum or lesson-plan development (explicitly allowed), and partnerships that help participants bring improved content and methods back to their own schools, ministries, museums, or cultural institutions.

Applicants must clearly define who will be reached and how. The opportunity distinguishes between primary audiences (the people who directly take part in program activities) and secondary audiences (those reached indirectly through the primary participants, such as students taught by trained teachers or community members engaged by museum educators). Proposals should name both groups and include estimated numbers for each. The primary participants must be citizens or residents of Poland who live and work in Poland. The funding is geared toward those involved in education and public history, including secondary school teachers, school administrators, education officials (such as ministry staff), and museum or cultural institution personnel who support secondary or tertiary history education in their communities.

A number of activity types are explicitly not eligible. The grant cannot fund partisan political activity, construction, fundraising campaigns, lobbying for specific legislation or programs, or programs supporting specific religious activities. It also does not support academic or scientific research as a main purpose (though curriculum development is permitted). Direct legal services and direct physical or mental health services to individuals are excluded, although group-based guidance or supportive activities may be allowed in certain cases. The grant also will not cover individual travel whose primary purpose is attending a conference or taking courses at an educational institution. Importantly, the program will reject proposals that mainly underwrite an organization’s routine operations or typical day-to-day work; the emphasis is on specific projects with defined objectives that can be achieved within a set timeframe.

Eligible applicants include Polish and U.S. nonprofit organizations, such as think tanks and civil society or nongovernmental organizations, as well as Polish and U.S. cultural and educational institutions. This includes public and private universities, museums, and cultural or educational centers. The funding instrument is a grant under CFDA 19.900, with an award ceiling of $150,000. The U.S. Mission to Poland anticipates making up to 10 awards. The opportunity was created on 2024-05-10, and the original application deadline listed is 2024-07-09.

• The U.S. Mission to Poland in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Building a Network of Holocaust Educators in Poland" 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 2024-05-10.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-09. (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 $150,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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