Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0008700
The 2022 West Africa Mali, Mauritania and Niger Notice of Funding Opportunity (SFOP0008700) is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) grant competition focused on humanitarian protection, assistance, and durable solutions in the context of displacement affecting Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. The opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning PRM anticipates an active partnership role with the recipient during implementation. The program is aligned with PRM's mandate, so proposals are expected to be clearly refugee-centered and grounded in protection principles and evidence of need.
A central requirement is that proposed activities must primarily support refugees, while also allowing support to local host communities and other conflict-affected people impacted by the displacement crisis in the three named countries. PRM will only consider programs where at least 50 percent of the intended beneficiaries are refugees and/or refugee returnees, and applicants are expected to define and justify how they will meet and verify that threshold. The overall intent is to ensure the funding directly advances refugee protection and assistance outcomes rather than broadly addressing conflict impacts without a strong refugee or returnee focus.
The NOFO places strong emphasis on prioritizing the most vulnerable and underserved groups within the affected populations. It explicitly highlights groups such as children, LGBTQI individuals, older persons, people who are sick, persons with disabilities, indigenous persons, and survivors of gender-based violence (or people at risk of GBV). Proposals are expected to go beyond listing these groups and instead explain concrete steps the program will take to identify them, reduce barriers to access, tailor services to their specific risks, and deliver assistance in a safe and dignified way. In practice, this implies applicants should describe protection-sensitive outreach, safe referral pathways, confidentiality and data protection practices, inclusive service design, and mechanisms for meaningful participation and feedback from affected communities.
The opportunity also allows applicants to include COVID-19 related components, but these must be connected to demonstrated gaps in the core program areas and designed around the needs of populations of concern and the humanitarian staff serving them. COVID-19 activities may address prevention and response to health impacts as well as secondary impacts such as economic harm, learning disruption, and heightened protection risks linked to the pandemic. The NOFO stresses that any COVID-19 request must be clearly separated and traceable throughout the proposal package, with distinct COVID-19 objectives, indicators, and budget lines, so PRM can assess pandemic-related activities as a defined subset of the overall program rather than as loosely integrated additions.
From an administrative standpoint, the funding opportunity was released on March 14, 2022, with an original application closing date of April 12, 2022. The listed award ceiling is $1,400,000. The CFDA number associated with the program is 19.517, and eligibility is described broadly as "Others," indicating that applicants must consult the opportunity's eligibility clarification language to confirm which organization types may apply. The listing notes "ExpectedAwards: 0," which often reflects that the number of awards was not predetermined in the synopsis or could vary based on available funds and proposal quality, rather than implying no awards would be made.
Overall, this NOFO is designed for organizations proposing targeted, protection-oriented humanitarian programming for refugees and refugee returnees in Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, with careful attention to those facing the highest barriers and risks. Competitive proposals under this call would be expected to clearly define the refugee-majority beneficiary base, demonstrate an intentional strategy for reaching vulnerable groups, and, if including COVID-19 elements, present them with fully disaggregated plans, metrics, and budgets.Apply for SFOP0008700
- The Department of State, Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2022 West Africa Mali, Mauritania and Niger NOFO" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.517.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 14, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 12, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,400,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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