Deadline: 5 March 2014
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is accepting concept notes for grant program ‘Operationalizing a Neighborhood Approach to Reduce Urban Disaster Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)’ 2014. Main aim of the grant program is to support innovative and/or proven ways to reduce the risk of disasters to populations living in hazard-prone, marginalized and vulnerable urban neighborhoods, through applying the Neighborhood Approach.
The maximum grant amount per project will be not more than US$ 2 million for up to 36 months duration.
Eligibility Criteria –
- The concept notes for projects in following geographic locations (urban areas) are only eligible for the grant program – Jamaica (Kingston Parish, Saint Andrew Parish, and Saint Catherine Parish – only Spanish Town and Portmore); Peru (Independencia, Comas, Carabayllo, and Rimac districts within Lima Province); Colombia (any urban areas in Medellin, and Cali cities).
- Applications must target no more than one eligible urban location (may include more than one neighborhood within a targeted eligible location), but applicants may submit multiple applications.
- Applicants must be a governmental organization, which is a State, local government, or Indian tribe; a foreign public entity; a domestic or foreign nonprofit organization; a domestic or foreign for-profit organization; and a Federal agency, but only as a sub-recipient under an award or sub-award to a non-Federal entity.
- Applicants must complete all required steps (if any) with the host government to legally operate their program before implementing their program.
For more information, please visit grants.gov and search for funding opportunity number APS-OFDA-14-000003.
