The Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) has announced the 2021 Request for Concept Notes
for NGO Programs Preventing, Preparing for, and Responding to COVID-19.
Areas
Proposed activities must support one or
more of the following program areas:
- Prevent, prepare for, and
respond to the health impacts of COVID-19 on PRM’s POCs as well as the
health and humanitarian aid workers who serve them; and/or
- Prepare for, mitigate, and
address the economic, education, and protection impacts of COVID-19 on
PRM’s POCs, including, but not limited to:
- Safe and managed access to
asylum and protection services amid COVID19-related restrictions;
- Gender-based violence risk
mitigation, prevention, and response;
- Child protection;
- Efforts to prepare for,
prevent, respond to, and recover from setbacks in accessing education due
to COVID-19;
- Assistance to meet basic needs
and recover from economic and livelihood losses resulting from
COVID-19;
- Provision of mental health and
psychosocial services (MHPSS) for POCs as well as the health and
humanitarian aid workers who serve them
Global, Regional, and Country Provisions
Global, regional, and country guidelines appear
below. Concept notes for regions and/or countries not specifically listed may
be submitted but PRM will prioritize for funding concept notes received for
regions and countries specifically covered in the guidelines below:
- Global - Improve and Strengthen
Global Humanitarian Response: PRM
will consider global concept notes that document and disseminate lessons
learned and evidence from partners' response to COVID-19 with the
objective of improving the humanitarian system's capacity to continue
effective program delivery during a large-scale disease outbreak. This
could include sector or response-wide tools, guidance, and evidence
generation, with a focus on PRM’s populations of concern (refugees and
asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless populations,
conflict victims, and vulnerable migrants). Concept notes should address
how investments will strengthen internal and system-wide approaches to the
COVID-19 pandemic response and support institutional preparedness for
future outbreaks.
- Regional Specific Guidelines: Proposed programs should be for 1 or 2 years, and
for a funding amount not less than $500,000 and not more than $5 million
per year.
- Country Specific Guidelines: Proposed programs should be for 1 or 2 years, and
for a funding amount not less than $500,000 and not more than $5 million
per year.
Funding Information
- Funding floor per award (lowest
$$ value): $500,000 per year
- Funding ceiling per award
(highest $$ value): $5,000,000 per year
- Duration of Activity: Program
plans for 1 or 2 years will be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants:
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3)
status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education (U.S.-based
NGOs must be able to demonstrate proof of non-profit tax status);
and
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3)
status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education
(overseas-based NGOs must be able to demonstrate proof of registration in
country of domicile).
- International multilateral
organizations, such as United Nations agencies, are not eligible to submit
new applications toward this funding opportunity.
Post Date - 23-Apr-2021