Climate Change Reporting Workshop | K NOFO 24 101

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The Climate Change Reporting Workshop is a U.S. Mission to India grant opportunity designed to strengthen how Indian media covers climate change, pollution, and related public health impacts. The central aim is to improve data-driven, accurate reporting and to help journalists translate climate and environmental issues into clear, factual stories that connect directly to policy choices and practical actions. A major emphasis is also placed on shaping and amplifying credible social media narratives so that climate communication is not only technically correct, but also widely understood and able to counter misinformation.

The funded project is expected to deliver at least six national-level media training workshops over an 18-month period. These workshops will be hosted at the American Center and other American Spaces in major cities such as New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai, plus at least two additional second-tier locations selected for relevance and impact. Potential sites mentioned include the Sundarbans, where communities face acute climate threats, as well as cities like Ghaziabad or Lucknow. Each workshop is intended to train roughly 40 to 50 journalists, resulting in a total reach of about 300 participants across all sessions.

Training content is expected to be practical and technically grounded, drawing on U.S. case studies, policies, and approaches to environmental governance and climate action. By pairing U.S. and local experts with working journalists, the program seeks to build reporting capacity in areas such as interpreting climate data, covering pollution and public health linkages, evaluating scientific claims, and producing stories that offer actionable context rather than surface-level headlines. The workshops are also intended to create space for discussion on priority themes the media can highlight to encourage public engagement in environmental conservation and to support broader goals such as net zero emissions and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Success is framed in outcome-oriented terms, not just attendance. The opportunity specifically calls for increasing the volume of substantive climate and environment reporting produced by participants, expanding the reach and effectiveness of climate-related narratives on social platforms, and boosting the number of stories that explicitly connect environmental conditions to policy decisions and accountability. Another key outcome is improving the overall reliability of information circulating in the public sphere by equipping journalists to report with greater accuracy and evidence, thereby raising the quality of climate communication in India.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity issued by the U.S. Mission to India under a cooperative agreement structure, meaning the funder is likely to remain actively involved during implementation. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with U.S. IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding universities in that category). The opportunity number is K NOFO 24 101, aligned with CFDA 19.040. The application deadline listed is May 13, 2024, with an award ceiling of $150,000 and an expectation of up to 10 awards.

• The U.S. Mission to India in the environment, other, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Climate Change Reporting Workshop" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-13. (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: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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