Deadline: 23-May-22
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for a program that supports DRL’s goal to better enable civil society and human rights defenders to promote and defend democracy and human rights through evidence-based advocacy.
Civil society-led advocacy campaigns to advance democracy and human rights are most impactful when grounded in evidence-based approaches that incorporate learning from academic research, comparative analyses, and/or key findings from impact evaluations of previous advocacy efforts.
To better understand and address this challenge, the purpose of this NOFO is to first assess the extent to which practitioners in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are applying evidence-based approaches in advocacy campaigns and then to connect them with tools and resources that address any gaps identified in the application of key research findings.
Funding Information
- Total Funding Floor: $250,000
- Total Funding Ceiling: $250,000
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1-2
- Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement or Grant
- Period of Performance: 12 months
- Anticipated Time to Award, Pending Availability of Funds: 6-8 months
Expected Deliverables
- The expected deliverables of this project are:
- a data collection effort (survey, interviews, and/or document review.) of practitioner evidence use and needs, and
- the creation of a suite of practitioner-oriented learning resources drawn from an aggregation of relevant literature and evidence.
Expected Outcomes
- The expected outcomes of this project are:
- increased practitioner access to, and use of, evidence-based approaches in advocacy to advance democracy and human rights in LAC, and
- strengthened networks and collaboration among practitioners and researchers in the design and evaluation of civil society-led advocacy efforts.
Eligibility Criteria
- DRL welcomes applications from U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernment organizations (NGO) and public international organizations; private, public, or state institutions of higher education; and for-profit organizations or businesses.
- DRL’s preference is to work with non-profit entities; however, there may be some occasions when a for-profit entity is best suited.
- Applications submitted by for-profit entities may be subject to additional review following the panel selection process.
- Additionally, the Department of State prohibits profit to for-profit or commercial organizations under its assistance awards.
- Profit is defined as any amount over allowable direct and indirect costs.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338879