U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program

The U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program (P2P), funded by the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and administered by the Eurasia Foundation, provides support to nonprofit organizations and institutions in the U.S. and Russia seeking to expand U.S.-Russian communication and cooperation through jointly implemented projects.

Support is provided for projects promoting U.S.-Russian collaboration in professional and cultural areas of mutual interest, including, but not limited to:

• entrepreneurship;
• social inclusion;
• public health;
• community service;
• volunteerism;
• science and technology; and,
• the arts.

Projects proposing U.S.-Russia partnerships between previously unaffiliated organizations will be given priority consideration. Competitive projects will seek out project topics that can lead to productive international partnership and have potential to spark long-term peer-to-peer relationships.

Funding will not be provided for projects that engage in political activism or lobbying, support public policy reform movements, or seek to sway public opinion about policy.

All public and private organizations registered in the U.S. are eligible for funding, including nonprofit and for-profit organizations, higher education institutions, schools, and other entities. Russian non-governmental organizations are also eligible to apply for funding; however, Russian government bodies, government-funded social institutions, non-governmental organizations receiving funding from the Russian government, and Russian federal academic and research institutions are not eligible to serve as project partners or apply for funding.