FOA-ILAB-24-31: Strengthening Workers' Rights in Malaysia's Electronic Supply Chain
Closed
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 International Labor Affairs notices from 2024.
Bureau of International Labor Affairs offered grants of up to $3.0 million (at least $3.0 million) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $3.0 million in total. Applications closed on September 30, 2024.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed August 1, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$3.0 million
- Award floor$3.0 million
- Total funding$3.0 million
- Expected awards1
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | August 1, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | September 30, 2024 |
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)
Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully strengthening workers' rights in the electronic supply chain sector in Malaysia is eligible to apply if and when a Funding Opportunity Announcement is published. Lack of past experience with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility. All applicants for ILAB funding opportunities must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to applying for funding. For more information, please see https://www.sam.gov/. Successful applicants will be required to ensure any subrecipients also have a UEI number prior to receiving DOL approval of any subawards.
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past International Labor Programs awards averaged $3.9 million; this notice allows up to $3.0 million per award.
- Most of the program's money (64% over five years) went to nonprofits.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $3,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in Malaysia to support workers and worker organizations as they advocate for improved occupational safety and health standards, including gender-responsive standards, and integration of effective programs to prevent and address gender-based violence and harassment in the electronics sector through worker organizing and collective bargaining. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA. In order to achieve the project objective, applicants must propose strategies to achieve the following outcomes: Outcome(s) • 1. Increased union participation/integration of new union members, in particular women members, as a result of new worker organizing campaigns. • 2. Improved skills of worker organizations to advocate for improvements in occupational safety and health standards, including gender-responsive occupational safety and health standards, and eradication of gender-based violence and harassment in target workplaces and communities. • 3. Increased engagement by workers and worker organizations with government officials and employers to negotiate, address, resolve, and prevent occupational safety and health and gender-based violence and harassment abuses in the workplace through collective bargaining. Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Forecast may be emailed to ortiz.carlie@dol.gov; however, please note there is limited information that may be shared with the public, as this FOA is currently under development. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA.
Who has won International Labor Programs grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, International Labor Programs (17.401) awarded $395 million across 100 grant awards, an average of $3.9 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Labor Organization | District of Columbia | 35 | $132 million |
| American Center for International Labor Solidarity | District of Columbia | 12 | $65.6 million |
| American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences | Virginia | 4 | $48.0 million |
| Partners of the Americas, Inc. | District of Columbia | 6 | $31.6 million |
| Pan American Development Foundation, Inc. | District of Columbia | 3 | $16.4 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.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is FOA-ILAB-24-31 still open?
No. It closed on September 30, 2024.
Who can apply for Strengthening Workers' Rights in Malaysia's Electronic Supply Chain?
Bureau of International Labor Affairs accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.
What is the deadline for Strengthening Workers' Rights in Malaysia's Electronic Supply Chain?
Closed September 30, 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 $3.0 million each. About $3.0 million in total for one award.
Who has won International Labor Programs grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were International Labor Organization, American Center for International Labor Solidarity, American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences. The program made 100 awards worth $395 million in that time.
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