US Department of State
Regional Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) Program for Northeast and Southeast Asia
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html
Countries: Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Application language: English
Deadline: 09 June 2017
Grant size: 24,999 USD (4 applications will be awarded)
Duration: Start date should be between July 1, 2017 – September 1, 2017, and the period of performance should be between 12 months to 24 months.
DESCRIPTION:
The U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asia Pacific Affairs (EAP) announces an open competition for environmental awards (up to $24,999) to support local and regional small-scale environmental projects in eligible countries in Southeast Asia. These awards are funded through EAP regional foreign assistance funds, and managed by the OES Regional Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) Officer for Northeast and Southeast Asia posted to Bangkok.
Projects should address one or more of the following environmental areas of focus:
- Food security: agriculture and/or fisheries
- Sustainable economic development
- Adaptation to changing environmental conditions, e.g., coastal management
- Waste management, including marine litter
- Air quality
- Maintaining biodiversity and healthy ecosystems
- Creation and/or management of marine protected areas
- Environment or health-related education (particularly for underserved groups)
- Capacity building for scientific research on environmental issues
- Development of new technology for application to environmental issues
Projects should seek to meet local or regional needs, involve local expertise and know-how in the design and implementation phases of the project, and should build monitoring and evaluation – including time-bound milestones for performance/results into the project. Projects may serve to implement discrete phases of larger projects or programs (e.g., one country of a multi-country program, only the public education phase of an environmental law project, tree planting in only one region of a country-wide program, only a fish population study of a broader river quality program, etc.)
ELIGIBILITY:
EAP welcomes applications from U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernmental organizations (NGO), public international organizations, private, public, or state institutions of higher education; and for-profit organizations or businesses. EAP’s preference is to work with non-profit entities.
Notes:
- Grants cannot be awarded for research projects.
- Conducting training is allowed.
- Grants can be awarded to universities and NGO/Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
- Grants cannot be awarded to foreign government agencies, offices, or departments.
- For-profit organizations may apply, but are subject to further review.
- The SF-424 forms must be completed and submitted along with the grant application.
- All fields on the SF-424 and the grant application must be completed in English.
- All organizations applying to this notice will need a DUNS number and SAM.gov registration. This can be obtained online and is free. See Section D for more information. Please see: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/pages/CCRSearch.jsp
Providing cost sharing, matching, or cost participation is NOT an eligibility requirement for this NOFO.
Applicants must have an active registration in SAM (www.sam.gov) prior to submitting an application, must prove a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number, formerly referred to as a DUNS number, and must continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application or plan under consideration by the U.S. government.
For technical submission questions related to this solicitation, please contact: REOBangkok@state.gov.