OpportunityTitle: U.S. Consulate Lagos Public Affairs Section(PAS) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
CategoryExplanation: Public Diplomacy
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: All&#8239;registered U.S. Government-sponsored Nigerian alumni associations in&#8239;southern Nigeria (USGEAA&#8239;southern&#8239;chapters, IVLP, MWF, YALI,&#8239;TechWomen, AWE, CYFAN,&#8239;Humphrey,&#8239;and Fulbright)&#8239;
Description: The&#8239;U.S. Consulate General Lagos, Public Affairs Section (PAS)&#8239;is pleased to issue this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)&#8239;for registered U.S.&#8239;Government-sponsored Nigerian program alumni organizations interested in applying for funding to&#8239;create and implement an alumni small grants program.&#8239; &#8239;All&#8239;registered U.S. Government-sponsored Nigerian alumni associations in&#8239;southern Nigeria (USGEAA&#8239;southern&#8239;chapters, IVLP, MWF, YALI,&#8239;TechWomen, AWE, CYFAN,&#8239;Humphrey,&#8239;and Fulbright)&#8239;are invited to apply. The proposal must include a plan to&#8239;develop, market, manage, implement, and monitor a small grants program that will fund&#8239;100 alumni projects&#8239;of&#8239;$1,000 each in&#8239;a balanced mix&#8239;of the&#8239;17&#8239;states in the consular district listed below. Priority Regions:&#8239;The states of&#8239;Ekiti,&#8239;Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo,&#8239;Akwa&#8239;Ibom,&#8239;Bayelsa,&#8239;Cross-River,&#8239;Rivers,&#8239;Delta,&#8239;Edo,&#8239;Abia,&#8239;Anambra,&#8239;Ebonyi,&#8239;Enugu, and&#8239;Imo.&#8239; The proposal will include&#8239;a&#8239;plan&#8239;to conduct a call for 150 applications&#8239;from all alumni of U.S. Government-sponsored programs in southern Nigeria. The proposal should clearly lay out how&#8239;the top 150&#8239;proposals will be&#8239;shortlisted. Top proposals will be narrowed down to 100&#8239;selected&#8239;grantees through a panel&#8239;that includes a U.S.&#8239;Consulate&#8239;representative. The proposal will include a clear plan for distributing and monitoring 100&#8239;small grants of&#8239;$1,000. The 100 selected projects must be reasonably equitable by gender, state, and exchange program,&#8239;with at least 20 of the 100 small projects allocated to members of the YALI Network. Small grantees will be expected&#8239;to carry out projects in their communities&#8239;under the themes below: &#8239; Advance good governance and&#8239;human rights&#8239;through programs that promote&#8239;increased voter turnout and peaceful elections. Encourage women&#8217;s empowerment and rights through programs focused on entrepreneurship and&#8239;job creation. Empower youth to create initiatives to increase security&#8239;and stability.&#8239; Bolster educational&#8239;initiatives&#8239;in STEM education&#8239;for public school&#8239;students.&#8239; Promote awareness, advocacy, or government accountability on countering wildlife trafficking, including on the threat posed by pangolin scale trafficking to security and human health.&#8239; Support&#8239;inclusion of marginalized groups through sports.&#8239; &#8239;Both the proposal to manage the small grants program and the small grant proposals themselves&#8239;should also include training, meetings, workshops, and/or seminars at an American corner or Window on America when possible. American Corners or Windows on America are in Lagos (Lekki, Victoria Island,&#8239;and Ikeja), Ibadan, Calabar, Port Harcourt, Abeokuta,&#8239;Awka, Enugu, Osogbo,&#8239;Uyo, and Benin City. &#8239;All approved&#8239;small grant&#8239;projects must indicate the&#8239;project lead be&#8239;a&#8239;U.S. Government exchange program alumnus/alumna. Small grants should include&#8239;elements&#8239;of U.S. culture&#8239;that promote an increased understanding of U.S.&#8239;policy and perspectives. &#8239;Proposals must include a&#8239;mechanism for collecting photos, videos, and summaries from small project grantees for submission to PAS for use on social media and other outreach&#8239;forums.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: For inquiries
GrantorContactText: LagosPASGrants@state.gov &lt;br/&gt;Grantor