Deadline: 29-Apr-22
The USAID Energy Secure Philippines (ESP) Activity through its Energy Evolution Challenge grant facility seeks applications to fund in the form of grants, qualified organizations/companies that can lead the development and strengthening of regional knowledge hubs that support the US climate change strategy and aligned with the goals of the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute (PERPI).
This applications seeks to respond to the development challenge of underutilized energy data and information from both local and international sources.
This grant will support the establishment of at least three to four (3-4) innovative institutional systems and programs that will manage and harness energy knowledge and mobilize its use to effectively inform policy formulation, investments programming, and project implementation.
Objectives
This grant seeks to distill lessons and good practices to make energy knowledge more cutting-edge, accessible, and useful for policy formulation and project implementation. This grant will have major objectives:
- Assess the state of energy information gathering, consolidation, and use in the country
- Establish or strengthen a regional energy knowledge network or consortium
- Conduct a priority research that will provide relevant input to vital energy programs and policies
- Enhance or develop educational curricula and trainings on renewable energy and energy efficiency
- Establish or strengthen energy field schools and laboratories
Funding Information
- Up to PhP 12, 000,000 for each regional hub
- The total value of any individual grant to a U.S. organization, if any, must not exceed $100,000.
- This limitation does not apply to grant awards to non-U.S. organizations
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following minimum eligibility requirements to qualify for funding under this RFA:
- This grant prioritizes applications from private higher academic institutions, technical and vocational institutes, Affiliated Renewable Energy Centers, civil society organizations, and other local organizations involved in energy knowledge generation, gathering, analysis, sharing, and application.
- Primary applicants may partner with government entities such as state universities and local government units. Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements.
- Demonstrated experience working in the energy industry in the Philippines, with preference to organizations with established track record in research, organizational development, data analytics, and knowledge management.
Ineligibility Criteria
All Energy Secure Philippines grant support may not be extended to the following:
- Organizations that are not legally registered.
- Any entity that has been found to have misused USAID funds in the past (unless Specifically approved by USAID contracting officer).
- Any entity that will have conflict of interest by participating in the call for grants.
- Political parties, groupings, or institutions or their subsidiaries and affiliates.
- Any entity whose name appears on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non-procurement Programs.
- Any entity with a member that appears on the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons list.
- Any entity with members directly or indirectly involved in money laundering, acts of terrorism, gambling, prostitution and child trafficking, drugs.
For more information, visit https://www.rti.org/sites/default/files/rfa-2022-04_usaid_esp_development_of_regional_energy_knowledge_hubs.pdf