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DFOP0016671: Capacity-building support for the environmentally sound end-of-life management of lead-acid batteries in Africa.

Closed Closed July 29, 2024 Opportunity DFOP0016671

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific notices from 2024.

Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific offered grants of up to $739,875 (at least $369,937) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award. Applications closed on July 29, 2024.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed June 21, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedJune 12, 2024
DeadlineJuly 29, 2024

Who can apply

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

U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status of the U.S. tax code; foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernment organizations (NGO); Public International Organizations; Foreign Public Organizations; U.S.-based private, public, or state institutions of higher education; Foreign-based institutions of higher education, and U.S. for-profit organizations or businesses.

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) announces an open competition (see eligibility information in Funding Announcement), under the Toxic Chemicals earmark to reduce and mitigate environmental contamination and human exposures to lead by supporting capacity-building efforts for environmentally sound end-of-life management of lead-acid batteries (LABs) and used lead-acid batteries (ULABs) in Africa. This program aims to reduce lead pollution as well as promote and advance environmentally sustainable consumption and production at international, national, and subnational levels. Please see full list of eligible countries in Section A.2. of the notice of funding opportunity

Category: Environment.

Who has won Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (19.017) awarded $1.8 billion across 216 grant awards, an average of $8.4 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentDistrict of Columbia9$1.3 billion
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency5$138 million
Bndes3$53.5 million
United Nations Capital Development FundNew York1$44.6 million
United Nations Environment Programme11$32.3 million

Top states: District of Columbia ($1.4 billion), New York ($77.1 million), Massachusetts ($5.0 million), Colorado ($4.4 million), California ($3.0 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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Questions people ask

Is DFOP0016671 still open?

No. It closed on July 29, 2024.

Who can apply for Capacity-building support for the environmentally sound end-of-life management of lead-acid batteries in Africa.?

Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Capacity-building support for the environmentally sound end-of-life management of lead-acid batteries in Africa.?

Closed July 29, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $739,875 each.

Who has won Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, Bndes. The program made 216 awards worth $1.8 billion in that time.

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