Deadline: 1 February 2019
UNOPS is currently inviting interested and eligible applicants to join the 2019 round of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Pooled Fund grant applicants.
The SUN Movement Pooled Fund (The Pooled Fund) is a catalytic and last resort source of grants to support multi-stakeholder platforms in SUN Countries, in order to increase the effectiveness and impact of national efforts to end malnutrition in all its forms.
The Pooled Fund grants will promote engagement of additional relevant actors in the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder national plans for nutrition.
Thematic Areas
In particular, the Pooled Fund will support actions which reinforce in-country capabilities of all stakeholders in SUN Countries across four thematic areas.
- Continuously improve country planning to end malnutrition.
- Mobilise, advocate and communicate for impact.
- Strengthen capacity of government and non-governmental systems, multi-sectoral teams, and their individual members, for scaled-up nutrition action at all levels.
- Ensure equity, equality and non-discrimination for all, with women and girls at the centre of efforts.
Funding Information
Grant support will be allocated according to the following parameters:
- Maximum award amount per grant: Up to USD 200,000
- Match requirement: There is no requirement for a grantee to match or co-finance any portion of the proposed grant activities
- Indirect/overhead costs: Indirect costs should not exceed 10% of direct costs
- Period of activity: maximum 18 months from the date of the signature of the Grant Support Agreement
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo DR, Congo-Brazzaville, Costa Rica, Cote d Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Eswatini, Tajikistan, Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
For more information, please visit https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/80543