Deadline: 10 April 2020
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) has announced a 2020 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO projects benefiting refugees in Chad, northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southeast Nigeria.
Program Areas
Proposals must support one or more of the following program areas:
- Humanitarian Protection and Assistance
- Interim and Durable Solutions
Priority Sectors
- Protection
- Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response
- Child protection
- Health
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
Country-specific Provisions
CHAD Country-Specific Guidelines
- General Guidance: Proposals should explain how they align with the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), show evidence of coordination with UNHCR to address gaps, and indicate how they align with current response plans.
- Duration of Activity: Program plans for one, two, or three years will be considered, and multi-year proposals are strongly encouraged.
- Period of Performance: Program period of performance of one-year (12 month) cycles for a period not to exceed three years (36 months) will be considered.
- Funding limits: Program proposals must not be less than the funding floor and not more than the funding ceiling per year or they will be disqualified.
- Funding floor per award (lowest $$ value): $800,000
- Funding ceiling per award (highest $$ value): $2,000,000
Note: Funding ceilings and floors pertain to the PRM cost per year.
- Anticipated Amount to be Awarded Total: PRM anticipates, but makes no guarantee, to award up to approximately $3,000,000 total through this NOFO for this country.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Country-Specific Guidelines
- General Guidance: Proposals should show evidence of coordination with UNHCR to address gaps and indicate how they align with current response plans. PRM will only consider programs supporting Central African refugees in the Nord Ubangi and Sud Ubangi provinces.
- Duration of Activity: Program plans for one, two, or three years will be considered.
- Period of Performance: Program period of performance of one-year (12 month) cycles for a period not to exceed three years (36 months) will be considered.
- Funding limits: Program proposals must not be less than the funding floor and not more than the funding ceiling per year or they will be disqualified.
- Funding floor per award (lowest $$ value): $800,000
- Funding ceiling per award (highest $$ value): $2,000,000
Note: Funding ceilings and floors pertain to the PRM cost per year.
- Anticipated Amount to be Awarded Total: PRM anticipates, but makes no guarantee, to approximately award up to $2,000,000 total through this NOFO for this country.
NIGERIA Country-Specific Guidelines
- General Guidance: For Nigeria, only Protection and Health programs will be considered. Proposals should show evidence of coordination with UNHCR to address gaps and indicate how they align with current response plans.
- Duration of Activity: Program plans for one, two, or three years will be considered, and multi-year proposals are strongly encouraged.
- Period of Performance: Program period of performance of one-year (12 month) cycles for a period not to exceed three years (36 months) will be considered.
- Funding limits: Program proposals must not be less than the funding floor and not more than the funding ceiling per year or they will be disqualified.
- Funding floor per award (lowest $$ value): $800,000
- Funding ceiling per award (highest $$ value): $2,000,000
Note: Funding ceilings and floors pertain to the PRM cost per year.
- Anticipated Amount to be Awarded Total: PRM anticipates, but makes no guarantee, to approximately award up to $2,000,000 total through this NOFO for this country.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education;
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education;
- International Organizations.
- International multilateral organizations, such as United Nations agencies, should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to this Notice of Funding Opportunity. Multilateral organizations that are seeking funding for programs relevant to this announcement should contact the PRM Program Officer on or before the closing date of the funding announcement.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325256