U.S. Mission to Georgia -- Book Translation Program

The Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Embassy Tbilisi is pleased to announce the 2024 Book Translation Program.  Through funding translation of key works into Georgian PDS aims to increase the accessibility and affordability of the latest research, analysis, and popular contemporary literature by American authors to the Georgian students, researchers and the general public.

PDS is soliciting proposals to award grants to the publishing houses and public and private educational institutions to translate books by American authors under the following themes:

• Public Policy/Civic education: general public policy, also public policy on issues related to the environment, cybersecurity and cyber education, agriculture, health, and education management.
• Media: media ethics, media management, mass communication, strategic communication, cybersecurity and cyber education and related topics.
• Economics: entrepreneurship, business administration, management, economics, tourism, and related topics.
• Rule of Law: international law, intellectual property rights, jury trials, and related topics
• Basic Education: educational management and administration, curriculum planning and development, educational technology, special education and education related topics.
• Social Sciences and Humanities and related topics.
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education and related topics.
• Literature: classic literature, contemporary literature, children’s books.

Each applicant can submit up to five (5) proposals per call. Organization can submit projects on both deadlines, but same proposals cannot be re-submitted on the second call of the same year. 

Interested applicants from within Duke should contact fundopps@duke.edu as early as possible.

Deadlines: March 15, 2024; May 15, 2024