Bilateral Policy Dialogue to Counter Disinformation - U.S.-Japan Think Tank Collaboration | TOKYO PAS FY22 01 12

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The Bilateral Policy Dialogue to Counter Disinformation - U.S.-Japan Think Tank Collaboration is a U.S. Department of State funding opportunity administered by U.S. Mission Japan (U.S. Embassy Tokyo) to support projects that help think tank organizations raise awareness of disinformation and strengthen efforts to counter it. The program is framed as a bilateral U.S.-Japan policy dialogue effort, meaning proposals should generally be oriented toward collaboration, exchange, and joint problem-solving between U.S. and Japanese stakeholders, with a practical focus on understanding how disinformation spreads and how institutions can respond more effectively.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary grant under Funding Opportunity Number TOKYO PAS FY22 01 12, with an activity focus spanning information and statistics, science and technology, and other research and development-related work. The overall intent is to fund programming that increases visibility of the disinformation problem and supports strategies to mitigate its impact, especially through think tank engagement. In practice, that typically points toward activities like structured dialogues and workshops, policy-oriented research discussions, briefings, convenings that connect experts across sectors, and dissemination of findings to relevant audiences. Because it is explicitly described as a think tank collaboration, competitive proposals would be expected to show how they will convene or partner with policy research organizations and how those engagements will translate into clearer public understanding and more resilient policy responses.

Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, as well as nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (so long as they are not institutions of higher education when applying under the nonprofit category). The agency anticipated making up to three awards, with an award ceiling of $70,000 per award. The opportunity was posted on February 17, 2022, and originally closed on April 15, 2022, indicating it was a time-bound competition within that fiscal period.

In short, the grant supports relatively modest, targeted projects designed to bring U.S. and Japanese think tank communities and related experts into coordinated policy dialogue and collaborative work aimed at countering disinformation. The emphasis is less on large-scale service delivery and more on research-informed engagement, cross-border exchange, and producing usable insights, networks, and public-facing awareness that can help democratic institutions and the broader information environment resist manipulation.

• The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Japan in the information and statistics, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Bilateral Policy Dialogue to Counter Disinformation - U.S.-Japan Think Tank Collaboration" 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 Feb 17, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 15, 2022. (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 $70,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 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, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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