The U.S. Mission to Somalia is offering a grant opportunity through the Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. The grant aims to strengthen cultural, academic, and professional ties between the United States and Somalia. The program seeks proposals that promote bilateral cooperation and highlight shared values between the two countries. The grant has a funding floor of $5,000 and a maximum of $20,000, with an average amount of $10,000 for projects up to one year in duration. The target audience for the proposals includes youth, entrepreneurs, journalists and media professionals, human rights activists, academics, and teaching professionals. The priority program areas include counter violent extremism, promoting economic prosperity through innovation and entrepreneurship, equal participation in politics, peacebuilding, and the economy, youth leadership and development, professionalizing the media, promoting rule of law, democracy, and respect for human rights, and encouraging awareness and efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. The grantee must demonstrate the capacity to implement activities in the proposed locations and with the target audiences. The full announcement and contact information can be found at https://so.usembassy.gov/u-s-embassy-mogadishu-pds-annual-program-statement-small-grants-program/.