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SFOP0009788: Grassroots Embattled Environmental Defenders Capacity Building and Small Grants

Closed Closed July 13, 2023 Opportunity SFOP0009788 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$4.3 million
• Award floor$4.3 million
• Total funding$4.3 million
• Expected awards1
• 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)

Must be a non-governmental organization(s) that can describe in the application a track record of working with and/or supporting threatened grassroots environmental defenders and embattled CSOs (see definitions above) in one or more of the countries in the top ten with highest levels of killings of environmental and land defenders from 2019-2021, as reported by Global Witness and its partners. Eligible applicants must also be able to show at least a five-year track record of protecting environmental defenders/CSOs at high risk and preventing further threats and violence against them. We encourage the possibility of CSOs partnering with other like-minded organizations. (See section D.3. Application and Submission Information).

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs awards averaged $8.4 million; this notice allows up to $4.3 million per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

To advance the Biden Administration’s foreign policy priorities to reduce violence against environmental defenders, strengthen environmental governance and the rule of law, protect and advance environmental defenders’ human rights, counter corruption, foster a level playing field for business, and advance security and sustainable prosperity.

Category: Environment.

Applying now

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