Deadline: 31 May 2020
U.S. Embassy has announced the Small Grants Program to support civil society development in Belarus.
This call for proposals will be devoted to projects that contribute to:
- Support to vulnerable and underserviced groups of the population
- Inclusive development
- Women’s empowerment and gender equality
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.
- The Program designed to achieve specific goals within a particular time frame, and focusing on target audiences. 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.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant amount: $25,000
- The maximum period of the grant: One year
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
Eligibility Criteria
- Competition is open to registered Belarusian non-governmental non-profit organizations.
- 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.
- 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.
For more information, visit https://by.usembassy.gov/u-s-embassy-announces-small-grants-program/
