Deadline: 25-Mar-22
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) is pleased to announce an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for a research project that helps develop better, evidenced-based methods to assess the use and application of contact theory in DRL projects and within the Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) sector.
DRL’s goal is to contribute to building a portfolio of evidence to further identify democracy and rights program strategies that are effective. In doing so, DRL seeks to promote the use of sound evidence, and generate findings on what works, for whom, and why in democracy and human rights programming abroad.
Projects should support the following objective: DRG programming, regarding contact theory, is improved through the utilization and sharing of empirical evidence and tested methods.
Funding Information
- Funding Floor: $150,000
- Funding Ceiling: $500,000
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1-3
- Period of Performance: 24-36 months
- Anticipated Time to Award, Pending Availability of Funds: 3-6 months
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 in excess of allowable direct and indirect costs.
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For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337520