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AFLAG-22-01: U.S. Consulate Lagos Public Affairs Section(PAS) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

Closed Closed January 31, 2022 Opportunity AFLAG-22-01 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Austrian-American Partnership Fund (AAPF) (OFOP0002825). Status: Closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Nigeria notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$125,000
• Award floor$120,000
• Total funding$125,000
• Expected awards100
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

All registered U.S. Government-sponsored Nigerian alumni associations in southern Nigeria (USGEAA southern chapters, IVLP, MWF, YALI, TechWomen, AWE, CYFAN, Humphrey, and Fulbright)

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $125,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Consulate General Lagos, Public Affairs Section (PAS) is pleased to issue this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for registered U.S. Government-sponsored Nigerian program alumni organizations interested in applying for funding to create and implement an alumni small grants program. All registered U.S. Government-sponsored Nigerian alumni associations in southern Nigeria (USGEAA southern chapters, IVLP, MWF, YALI, TechWomen, AWE, CYFAN, Humphrey, and Fulbright) are invited to apply. The proposal must include a plan to develop, market, manage, implement, and monitor a small grants program that will fund 100 alumni projects of $1,000 each in a balanced mix of the 17 states in the consular district listed below. Priority Regions: The states of Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Rivers, Delta, Edo, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo. The proposal will include a plan to conduct a call for 150 applications from all alumni of U.S. Government-sponsored programs in southern Nigeria. The proposal should clearly lay out how the top 150 proposals will be shortlisted. Top proposals will be narrowed down to 100 selected grantees through a panel that includes a U.S. Consulate representative. The proposal will include a clear plan for distributing and monitoring 100 small grants of $1,000. The 100 selected projects must be reasonably equitable by gender, state, and exchange program, with at least 20 of the 100 small projects allocated to members of the YALI Network. Small grantees will be expected to carry out projects in their communities under the themes below: Advance good governance and human rights through programs that promote increased voter turnout and peaceful elections. Encourage women’s empowerment and rights through programs focused on entrepreneurship and job creation. Empower youth to create initiatives to increase security and stability. Bolster educational initiatives in STEM education for public school students. Promote awareness, advocacy, or government accountability on countering wildlife trafficking, including on the threat posed by pangolin scale trafficking to security and human health. Support inclusion of marginalized groups through sports. Both the proposal to manage the small grants program and the small grant proposals themselves should also include training, meetings, workshops, and/or seminars at an American corner or Window on America when possible.

Category: Other.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0002825, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.