Go Viral Festival & Network — U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan funding opportunity
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Go Viral Festival & Network

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Executive Summary: The Department of State's Consulate General in Almaty, Kazakhstan announces an open competition to implement Go Viral, a program aiming to diversify Central Asia's economy by dev...

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Award $600k–$637k Deadline 744 days ago Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Closed posted Jun 19, 2024
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  • Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Funding amount: $600,000 – $637,499.
  • Next deadline: August 5, 2024.
  • Issued by: U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan.
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  • Eligible applicants: see the Eligibility tab for the criteria from the official announcement.
  • Where: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia.
  • Award: $600k–$637k.
  • Matching funds: not required.
  • Deadline type: Fixed.

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Award amount
$600k–$637k
Deadline
744 days ago
Aug 5, 2024

About this opportunity

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Executive Summary: The Department of State's Consulate General in Almaty, Kazakhstan announces an open competition to implement Go Viral, a program aiming to diversify Central Asia's economy by developing emerging talent in youth 18-35 in industries, and media. By establishing a comprehensive experiential curriculum and fostering an interactive educational environment with expert-led sessions, we envision the program will nurture regional talent, facilitate knowledge exchange, and foster regional interconnectivity. Additionally, the program will organize at least one regional festival to showcase participants' achievements and maintain an extensive network of industry professionals to ensure ongoing collaboration and support. This effort seeks to drive economic diversification, enhance regional interconnectivity, and integrate expertise into Central Asia's development. Background: Past project activities: Go Viral began in Almaty, Kazakhstan in 2017, inspired by the SXSW Festival in to empower a new generation of voices and ideas in Central Asia. While Central Asia is home to thousands of energetic young innovators in technology, they lacked a platform to share their ideas, a mechanism to network with partners across the region, and an opportunity to engage with leading practitioners from the United States and Eastern Europe. Go Viral sought to address this need by sustaining connections among regional creative people to share ideas, help achieve their goals, and solve problems important to them and their communities. In the past four years, the annual festival has grown and evolved, along with the network, strengthened by an increasing number of country-specific events throughout the year in all five Central Asian countries. The project brings together people who are experts, creative professionals, and media specialists to share their knowledge, come up with new ideas, and make important connections during the events. The festival's collaborative environment helps people from different fields learn about each other and work together, creating exciting partnerships across fields and countries. Through hands-on sessions, attendees learn about the latest trends and technologies with a focus on innovation that gives people in the region the skills they need to succeed in a fast-changing economy and information landscape. By supporting the growth of creative industries, the project has been helping create a more diversified and stronger economy for Central Asia. Problem Statement: Although civil society is playing an increasing role in addressing local and regional challenges, connections between these individuals, and access to best practices, remain limited across Central Asia. Central Asia has traditionally been dependent on a limited range of industries, and there is a need to invest in creative or emerging industries to help diversify its economy, creating a more robust and varied economic landscape, requiring foreign investment, as well as cooperation among public and private sector professionals. Improving interconnectedness among Central Asian states is equally important for fostering regional stability and cooperation, which can drive collective economic growth and innovation. We aim to address these issues through this funding opportunity, providing the necessary resources and support to provide a platform through which individuals across Central Asia can collaborate, forming a durable, self-sustaining network of innovators to help promote the region’s economic and social development. Project Audience(s): Established Opinion Leaders 1. Social Media Macro- and Micro-Influencers 2. Entrepreneurs 3. Tech Experts 4. Creative Industry Professionals 5. Media Figures Emerging Voices: 1. Young Entrepreneurs 2. Aspiring Tech Innovators 3. Creative Industry Students 4. Up-and-coming Media Professionals 5. New Influencers in Digital Platforms 6. Alumni of other USG programs Beneficiaries: 1.

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Source ID355032
PostedJun 19, 2024

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