Deadline: 2 May 2019
The U.S. Embassy in Belarus is currently seeking proposals from eligible organizations for its 2019 Small Grants Program to support civil society development in Belarus.
The program is interested in projects promoting:
- Civic dialogue
- Public advocacy
- Social development and the strengthening of local communities
- Gender equality
- Entrepreneurship
- Support to vulnerable and underserviced groups of the population
- Environmental awareness
Proposals that reach the broadest number of users, involve networking with other organizations, focus on activities in the regions, and include funding from other sources will have a strong advantage.
Grant Information
- The maximum grant amount is $25,000.
- The maximum period of the grant is One year.
Focus/Priorities
- The Small Grants Program only funds proposals that contain accurate and well-developed implementation plans and clear explanations of how the project goals will be achieved, where those goals address the Program’s themes and priorities.
- The Program prefers supporting complete projects instead of individual activities, such as one-time conferences, publications, or round tables. A complete project involves a sequence of coherent events, logically interwoven and linked in time, designed to achieve specific goals within a particular time frame, focusing on target audiences, and leading to concrete and measurable results that will directly benefit the local community. The time frame for the project should be appropriate to the project activities and should not exceed 12 months. The project proposals should be submitted on the standardized application form and be modest in size (up to 6 pages in Times New Roman font 12).
Criteria
- Belarusian registered NGOs.
- Applications from governmental, international, political party organizations or religious organizations will not be considered.
- Projects can only be submitted by organizations and not by individuals.
Guidelines
- Grant activities may not violate Belarusian legislation.
- Grants may not be used for partisan/political activity.
- Grants are normally made on a one-time basis. Duplicative projects will not be supported.
- Administrative expenses should be linked to specific grant activities, not fixed overhead costs.
- Embassy Small Grants Program funds should not be used to pay for international travel.
- Proposals should be in English and Belarusian (or Russian).
- Proposals that fail to meet the Small Grants Program criteria or submission requirements will not be reviewed
How to Apply
Applicants should send their project application via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit https://by.usembassy.gov/u-s-embassy-announces-small-grants-program-2019/