Deadline: 1-Mar-22
The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) is seeking Concept Notes for Benefiting Afghan Refugees in Pakistan.
Program area
- Humanitarian Protection and Assistance
Program Sectors and Modalities
- Education
- Priority will be given to programs that support enrollment and retention of Afghan refugee children, especially girls, in Pakistani government schools.
- Priority will be given to programs that prevent overlap and coordinate with other education programs, if any, in the intervention area.
- Livelihoods and Economic Empowerment
- Livelihoods programs should consider the impacts of the pandemic.
- Note: Full proposals that include at least one livelihoods objective must include and be informed by recent market analysis, or they will be disqualified.
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
- Priority will be given to programs that integrate MHPSS as a cross-cutting intervention with education, livelihoods, economic empowerment, or gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response.
- Protection: GBV Prevention and Response
- Priority will be given to programs that prevent overlap and coordinate with other GBV programs if any in the intervention area.
- Priority will be given to programs that include cross-cutting interventions with MHPSS or livelihoods and economic empowerment.
Funding Information
- Funding floor per year (lowest $ value): $500,000 per year
- Funding ceiling per year (highest $ value): $1,250,000 per year
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education (U.S.-based NGOs must be able to demonstrate proof of non-profit tax status);
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education (overseas-based NGOs must be able to demonstrate proof of registration in the country of domicile); and
- International Organizations. International multilateral organizations, such as United Nations agencies, should not submit concept notes 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 this announcement.
- To be eligible, NGO applicants must have legal authorization to operate in Pakistan or have applied for registration in Pakistan at the time of proposal submission.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337744