Opportunity Information: Apply for STI400 24 CA 0006
The 2025-2026 English for Journalists Program is a U.S. Embassy Dushanbe Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) grant opportunity seeking one organization to design and run a year-long English language and journalism skills program for media professionals in Tajikistan. The embassy is looking for proposals from accredited non-governmental schools, institutes, teacher training centers, universities, or other organizations that can manage instruction and program delivery under a cooperative agreement. The basic premise is straightforward: because English dominates global news and online information, limited English proficiency among Tajik journalists restricts their ability to research international sources, verify information, and professionally respond to misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda. By strengthening English in a journalism-specific context, the program aims to widen access to credible sources and improve the quality and competitiveness of reporting.
The grant builds on earlier embassy-supported English for Journalists efforts that reportedly trained hundreds of journalists and bloggers, improved participants ability to read and write in English, strengthened investigative skills, and helped media workers adapt to digital journalism. This new cycle continues that trajectory, but emphasizes structured language development tied directly to newsroom tasks and international standards. The program is meant to help journalists not only consume English-language media more confidently, but also produce content in English, conduct interviews in English, and apply ethical and professional norms commonly used in global journalism.
Program design expectations are fairly specific. Proposed courses should target intermediate and upper-level English-speaking journalists and provide at least 20 hours of instruction per month, totaling 240 instructional hours over 12 months. Implementation can take place in Dushanbe, Khorugh, Khujand, and Kulob, and the overall cohort should include roughly 75 to 175 professionals drawn from private and independent media organizations in those locations. The embassy encourages cost-effective models, specifically noting that proposals reaching higher numbers of journalists at lower cost are preferred. Instruction must be delivered by qualified teachers with demonstrated relevant experience, including at least three years teaching English to adults, which signals that the program is expected to be rigorous and tailored to adult professional learning rather than general classroom English.
The overarching goal is to strengthen the capacity of journalists and content creators in Tajikistan to produce diverse, high-quality media content by improving English language skills. The target audience includes working journalists as well as managers, editors, and translators at media outlets, plus social media influencers who can show a real commitment to engaging on social issues in English through published or online work. Participants are expected to already have some level of English, spanning CEFR levels from roughly A2-B1 (pre-intermediate) through C1-C2 (advanced), suggesting that applicants should plan for placement, grouping, and differentiated instruction rather than a one-size-fits-all course.
The embassy lists several outcomes that proposals may aim to achieve, and strong applications typically align activities and evaluation methods to these objectives. Over the 12-month period, one major objective is measurable language growth: participants should improve speaking, writing, reading, listening, grammar, and vocabulary by at least one standardized CEFR level, with emphasis on journalistic style and terminology. Another objective focuses on newsroom judgment and verification: participants should strengthen critical thinking, investigative approaches, source evaluation, fact-checking, and media literacy through English-medium activities. Additional objectives emphasize modern global practice, including better understanding of digital journalism, multimedia storytelling, data journalism, and citizen journalism, as well as practical skills for identifying and countering misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda. A final objective highlights professional networking, encouraging virtual connections with international journalists and media professionals through webinars, online forums, and virtual conferences.
Suggested activities show the program is intended to be applied and production-oriented, not just traditional language instruction. Examples include journalism-focused English classes that develop speaking, reading, and writing; immersive English language camps; seminars on newswriting conventions, interviewing techniques, and media terminology; and practical reporting assignments such as interviewing in English, analyzing and summarizing English-language reporting, and producing original media content in English. The embassy also points to case-study analysis of real journalism successes and failures, ethical dilemmas, and best practices, along with expert lectures and panel discussions on topics like digital reporting, data-driven storytelling, media ethics, and cross-cultural communication. In practice, this implies a blended curriculum where language learning is integrated with real reporting tasks and editorial decision-making.
On the administrative side, this is a discretionary award with a cooperative agreement instrument, meaning the embassy is likely to stay engaged during implementation rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The opportunity is issued by the U.S. Mission to Tajikistan under CFDA 19.900, with an anticipated single award and a funding ceiling of $50,000. Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, civil society/non-governmental organizations, and educational institutions. Subcontracting is allowed, but only one non-governmental entity may serve as the prime recipient, and any division of responsibilities between partners must be clearly described in the proposal. The funding opportunity number is STI400 24 CA 0006, and the original closing date listed is July 30, 2024.Apply for STI400 24 CA 0006
- The U.S. Mission to Tajikistan in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2025-2026 English for Journalists Program" 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 2024-06-26.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-30. (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 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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