NEA/PPD Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI)

The summary for the NEA/PPD Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Press and Public Diplomacy, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

NEA/PPD Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI): The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy (NEA/PPD), in consultation with Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), announces an open competition for support to the FY-20 Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI). The goal of the activity is to support training and creative collaborations between TV, broadcast media and digital professionals in the U.S. and the Middle East to engage the imaginations of viewers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, especially young people. The activity seeks to establish professional and educational exchange programs that advance values-based entertainment programming, content development and production, and production methods and business standards that also supports linking American industry and MENA regional established and emerging voices in television and episodic series production. These exchanges will seek to advance American methods and standards of production, American media industry business values and practices, American industry linkages to the region and vice versa, while promoting a pluralistic, values-based, high quality future for the industry in the MENA region as the market for content continues to grow.