Deadline: 31 March 2016
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is seeking concept notes for its grant making program in order to promote youth engagement and counter violent extremism in Libya and Tunisia. USIP’s mission is to build the capacity of local actors and institutions to prevent, mitigate, and manage conflict through integrated approaches and partnerships.
Objectives
- Building capacity for conflict resolution and conflict prevention among local youth groups, university student unions, with special focus on disadvantaged areas.
- Strengthening youth engagement in the public sphere and active civic participation.
- Engaging religious leaders and other key stakeholders to promote non-violent activism and enhance community resilience.
- Countering violent extremism in society through the promotion of non-violent approaches and action frameworks.
Funding Information
Subject to available funding, current plans for this solicitation are as follows:
- Total funding Allocation: $125,000
- Number of projects funded: 3-5
- Grant range: $15,000 (minimum) to $50,000 (maximum)
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-profit and academic institutions are eligible to apply for funding, provided that they are duly registered organizations with demonstrated capacity to manage USG funding. Private sector for-profit organizations are not eligible to apply for USIP funding. USIP is unable to provide funding to individuals. Applicant organizations must be able to demonstrate that they have sufficient personnel and organizational capacity in the area where the project would be implemented.
- Support cannot be provided to government agencies or to individuals working for government agencies.
- Current USIP grantees are not eligible to apply. Individuals working as USIP contractors may or may not be eligible to apply depending on the nature of the contract.
- An organization can only submit one proposal for each individual call for proposals. Applicants can submit proposals for more than one call for proposals at a time, but they must clearly indicate doing so in all applications. Proposals submitted to multiple calls must ensure that as long as project personnel do not work on more than one project.
- The Institute of Peace does not provide funds for the creation of a new organization, for the construction or maintenance of an office, for direct social services, or for microenterprise projects.
- Funding is not available for degree work (payment of tuition fees or support for M.A. of Ph.D.-related work). Requests for dissertation research support should be directed to USIP’s Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Dissertation Program.
- Applications that list as participants, consultants, or project personnel members of USIP’s Board of Directors, staff or fellows will not be accepted. Any application that lists USIP as a collaborator in the project’s activities will not be accepted for review.
- The Institute does not provide funds to support the establishment of a new organization. Organizations may only seek funds for a specific project, and the applying organization must already be properly registered with the relevant authorities.
How to Apply
Applicants must download the concept note form via given website.
For more information, please visit Grant Competition.
