Deadline: 10 April 2017
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is seeking applications for its program entitled “Bridging Community Divides in the Central African Republic” to reduce tensions among communities and contribute to the peaceful return of refugees and internally displaced people to their homes.
USIP seeks to strengthen innovative approaches to bridging religious and ethnic community divides, and advance reconciliation and trust-building.
The projects will pilot approaches to reconciliation, such as using innovative technology (e.g., mobile phones applications, or video messages between divided communities), or traditional conflict resolutions mechanisms as a means to initiate interaction between communities that have been divided or isolated due to the conflict. Funded projects will also contribute to learning about successful approaches to bridging divides through a clearly outlined monitoring, evaluation and learning component.
Funding Information
Under this grant competition, USIP seeks to make one or two (1-2) grants in the range of $30,000 (minimum) to $100,000 (maximum).
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-profit and academic institutions are eligible to apply for funding, provided they are duly registered organizations with demonstrated capacity to manage U.S. government funding. Private sector for-profit organizations are not eligible to apply. USIP does not make grants to individuals.
- Support cannot be provided to government agencies or to employees thereof.
- Support cannot be provided to non-governmental organizations for a formal evaluation of their own programming unless otherwise indicated. USIP will, however, consider applications that propose an NGO research or evaluation consortium for the purposes of conducting a comparative study.
- Those currently working on USIP-funded projects or contracts may not be eligible to apply.
- USIP does not provide funds for the creation of a new organization, the construction or maintenance of an office, direct social services, or micro-enterprise projects.
- Grant funds are not available for degree-related work. Requests for dissertation research support should be directed to USIP’s Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program.
- Applications that list as participants, consultants, or project personnel any members of USIP’s Board of Directors, staff or fellows will not be accepted, nor will applications that list USIP as a collaborator in the project’s activities.
How to Apply
Applicants must register for this competition via given website.
For more information, please visit USIP.