The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the US Department of State is requesting proposals from US nonprofit meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c) (3) or a comparable organization headquartered internationally, or an international organization. Proposals have been requested for projects that promote the strengthening of civil society and labor rights in the following regions and countries: Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo); the Near East (Jordan); East Asia Pacific (Indonesia; Philippines), South Asia (Maldives; Pakistan); and the Western Hemisphere (Colombia).
Proposals should conform to DRL’s posted Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI), available at http://www.state.gov/g/drl/p/c12302.htm. (For this solicitation, applicants must use the Revised PSI dated October 2010.)
An organization may submit no more than five (5) proposals. Proposals that do not meet the requirements of the announcement and PSI may not be considered. Proposals that combine target countries and/or themes may be deemed technically ineligible. Proposals that request less than the award floor or more than the award ceiling will be deemed technically ineligible.
Applicants must submit proposals using www.grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on April 1, 2011. For more information, visit this link.
