Grant recipients may include newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations, broadcast networks, newspaper groups, news agencies, press associations, journalism schools, professional associations and other entities engaged in media-related activities. Funding is provided to both Russian and American partners for internships, exchanges, training, site visits and equipment. Organizations already in bilateral relationships or newly formed Russian-American partnerships may apply for support. Russian applicants must demonstrate potential for financial viability and support open information exchange in Russia. U.S. partners should have the capacity to provide technical assistance and a willingness to make in-kind contributions.
Emphasis is placed on regional and national activities as well as on efforts that can be replicated.
Grants will be awarded in each of three phases through early 1996. I is Friday, March 31, 1995. The second and third phase deadlines will be announced at a later date. Internews was founded in 1982 to support the independent broadcast media in the former Soviet Union and other parts of the world through training programs and equipment grants. The organization has offices in Moscow, Kiev, New York, Washington, DC, and San Francisco.