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Funding Opportunity by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program (PHBPP)

Deadline: 15 June 2015

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling applications for Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program (PHBPP), auxiliary prevention projects.

Award Information

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Approximate Number of Awards: 5
Total Project Period Funding: $1,200,000
Average One Year Award Amount: $80,000
Number of Years of Award: 3
Estimated Award Date: 11/18/2015

Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Programs were created in 1990 and have been funded through grants to 64 jurisdictions in U.S. states, cities, territories, and freely associated island nations. Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Programs strive to identify all pregnant women with Hepatitis B surface antigen positive test results and ensure their infants receive and complete timely post-exposure prophylaxis and post-vaccination serologic testing.

Eligibility Information

Eligibility Category:
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
Government Organizations:
- State (includes the District of Columbia)
- Local governments or their bona fide agents
- Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
- Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated
- States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Eligible Applicants are: The current 64 grantees with established Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Programs (PHBPPs) that are funded through CDC-RFA-IP13-1301, which are the 50 state health departments or their bona fide agents, the District of Columbia, New York City, Philadelphia, Houston, Chicago, and San Antonio, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Eligibility is limited to those jurisdictions with existing PHBPPs, as it is only possible to carry out the activities of the FOA with existing PHBPPs.
Cost sharing or matching funds are not required for this program.

Application Process

All applicant organizations must obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number.
All applicant organizations must register with SAM, and will be assigned a SAM number.
All applicant organizations must register with grants.gov. The one-time registration process usually takes not more than five days to complete. Applicants must start the registration process as early as possible.

For more information, visit grants.gov and search for funding opportunity number: CDC-RFA-PS16-1602.

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Open Society Foundations Grants: Advancing Human Rights through Higher Education

Deadline: 30 April 2015

The International Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of the Open Society Foundations invites proposals for projects that enhance the role of university communities in the advancement of human rights. Proposed projects shall address pressing, locally relevant human rights issues and offer creative responses to these issues, fostering supportive and engaged universities which serve their communities and shape public discourses and values towards the advancement of human rights. Projects shall approach human rights from more than a theoretical perspective and forge collaborations between university communities and civil society toward tackling pressing human rights issues.

HESP will consider support for projects that include, but are not limited to, at least two of the following areas of activities:

Action Research
Teaching & Public Education
Community Impact

Proposals from academic-community partnerships from any academic field and addressing any relevant human rights issue will be considered. The projects will be supported in the countries of HESP’s current ongoing activities which include the following:

Argentina, Belarus, Botswana, Burma (Myanmar), Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Peru, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Involvement of international partners and contributors playing non-leading and advisory roles in projects is not limited to the geographies above.

For more information, visit this link.

ACF International Grants to Enhance Livelihood

The humanitarian organization Action against Hunger was founded by a group of French intellectuals to eradicate hunger globally, sustainable and efficient in the world. The mission is to save lives through prevention, detection and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations and conflict.

Opportunity to Enhance Livelihoods

The objective of ACF international grants regarding livelihoods is to save lives in crisis situation and to protect and sustain livelihoods of vulnerable populations.

Other focus areas are:

Nutrition, health and care practices
Food security
Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Advocacy and awareness
Scientific research
Disaster risk management and climate change

Focus Countries

Africa – Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Swaziland, Chad, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Asia – Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burma, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines
Caribbean – Haiti.
Middle East – Jordan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Lebanon, Syria, Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Europe – Ukraine.
South America – Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru

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Open Society Foundations’ HESP for Advancing Human Rights

Deadline: 30 April 2015

The Open Society Foundations’ Higher Education Support Program (HESP) is accepting grant proposals for projects that enhance the role of university communities in the advancement of human rights. Projects that address pressing, locally-relevant human rights issues and offer creative responses to these issues, fostering supportive and engaged universities which serve their communities and shape public discourses and values towards the advancement of human rights are invited. Projects shall approach human rights from more than a theoretical perspective and forge collaborations between university communities and civil society toward tackling pressing human rights issues.

Interested individuals and groups are encouraged to contact HESP with brief introductions of project ideas for further consultation prior to submitting the final application. Proposal submission deadline is 30 April 2015.

Grants will be allocated to projects with up to maximum USD 25,000 grant request.

Areas of Activities

Action research – Knowledge production on pressing human rights issues.
Teaching & Public Education – Developing and introducing human rights-sensitive curricula across the programs of study to offering trainings for practitioners, community actors and marginalized and excluded groups.
Community Impact – Dissemination and integration of relevant knowledge into activism in the human rights movement through a variety of community outreach activities. These activities will seek to transform higher education institutions into supportive and inclusive environments, imbued with the sense of social responsibility and service to the community.

Eligibility Criteria

Proposals should be made from academic-community partnerships from any academic field and addressing any relevant human rights issue.
Applicant and beneficiary countries can be – Argentina, Belarus, Botswana, Burma (Myanmar), Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Peru, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Proposed projects should be conceptualized and developed jointly and in an equal partnership by groups of academics and community actors, or by networks of academics actively engaged with the relevant causes and active in the community outside their academic appointments. Project leaders shall ensure that the voices of excluded and marginalized populations on the addressed human rights issue(s) are integral at all stages of project development and implementation.

Applicants are encouraged to seek relevant international partnerships and introduce diverse geographic contexts and comparisons into the conceptualization of projects. Involvement of international partners and contributors playing non-leading and advisory roles in projects is not limited to the geographies above.

For more information, please visit HESP Call for Proposals.

Channel Foundation Combating Gender Inequality

The Channel Foundation promotes leadership in women’s human rights around globe by supporting organizations engaged in combating gender inequality. The foundation identifies and provides grants to organizations or projects that specifically champion women’s rights. It creates opportunities in order to ensure that women’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.

The foundation envisions a world where women and girls have full access to the information, resources, training, and employment opportunities to overcome social, legal and economic barriers thus participating in decision making. Since 2006, Channel has sought to identify and provide grants to organizations or projects that specifically champion women’s rights.

Areas of interest

Ensuring women’s participation in conflict resolution and peace building
Advancing Indigenous women’s rights and leadership
Securing reproductive rights/justice
Overcoming legal inequality (including inheritance and resource rights)
Ending violence against women and protecting women human rights defenders
Promoting media reform and gender equality
Women’s leadership and human rights institutes

Focus Countries

Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Congo DR, Guatemala, Haiti, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Sri Lanka, Uganda, United States

Eligibility Criteria

Individuals, service delivery projects, programs that promote religious beliefs and capital campaigns or electoral campaigns will not be funded.

How to apply?

New proposals by applicants are considered by invitation only. Unsolicited proposals will not be accepted.

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Child Health Foundation: Innovative Small Grants Program 2015

Deadline: 30 April 2015

The Child Health Foundation is currently accepting letters of intent from interested health workers, investigators, or community organizations for innovative research or innovative service projects directed at improving the health of infants, children, and pregnant women. Selected individuals or groups will be notified to further send a full proposal.

The Foundation has been supporting innovative approaches to adapting ORT to the health care and social situations around globe. Small innovative projects can make a major impact on child health in diverse settings, and find out the answers to some persistent health problems.

The number of projects approved depends on the amount of funding available. The 2014 Innovative Small Grants have been awarded for the health and well-being of children to organizations in Tanzania, India, Kenya, Colombia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Focus Countries

Bangladesh, India – North, Nicaragua, Uganda, China, India – South, Nigeria, US – CA, Colombia, Indonesia, Pakistan, US – MN, Congo, Kenya, Palestine, US – RI, Dominican Rep., Madagascar, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Mexico, South Africa, Guatemala, Nepal, Tanzania.

2015 Areas of priority

Development of sustainable biomedical and social technologies
Adaptation and implementation of technologies in local situations
Projects on malnutrition, enteric diseases (water and sanitation), and respiratory diseases.

Scheduled disbursement of funds

US$4,000 at start of project
US$1,000 upon receipt of interim report which includes itemized spent funds.

Past Grantees

Social Activities for Voluntary Efforts (SAVE), Bangladesh, for implementing 15 villages activities to reduce child and mothers’ mortality rates to save the lives of poor newborns and pregnant mothers through developing trained midwives.
Under-Privileged People’s Development Organization (UPPO), Bangladesh, received at 2013 grant and this is a continuation of that project in which they installed 66 removable double-ring-slab latrines for 66 families. They will reach more families.
Kossoye Development Program, Ethiopia, for curriculum development, equipment purchases, and workshops for elementary school teachers and children on the subjects of gardening, nutrition, and personal height and weight measurement.
Operation ASHA, Cambodia, seeks to screen children and their families, affected by tuberculosis, in one operational district, going door-to-door, using “Contact Tracing App,” which they have developed. They will then provide treatment and counseling.
Pamoja, Tanzania, will install a roof catchment and storage tank for clean water in 3 preschools to prevent enteric diseases. Then they will teach the importance of hand-washing using a jelly made from lemon and garlic.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants can be health workers, investigators, or community organizations for innovative research or innovative service projects directed at improving the health of infants, children, and pregnant women from any country mentioned above.
Applicants can apply either individually or in groups.
Projects that involve only general medical care of children but without innovative aspects will not be considered.
The projects should be done within one year and should be able to document measurable results.
Project must be based on foundation’s 2015 priority areas specified above with budgets not exceeding US$5,000.

How to apply?

Before considering for a grant proposal for funding, applicants need to send a one-page “letter of intent” which describes the project that you will be proposing indicating the “innovative” nature of your work.
Letters of intent must be sent by email or regular mail.
After reviewing, the foundation will notify successful applicants to send a full proposal.

For more information about this grants, please visit Innovative Small Grant program.

WWF Conservation Workshop Grants of up to $7,500

Deadline: 1 May 2015

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is currently accepting applications from Local organizations of selected WWF priority countries for its 2015 Conservation Workshop Grants. The purpose of these grants is to train communities, stakeholders, park guards, and others on local and regional conservation issues. Also, support training workshops with a strong hands-on learning component that will build capacity for people living in WWF priority places in select countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

WWF works with the mission to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth. Organizations can request up to $7,500 for the proposed training.

Participating/Eligible countries & Regions

Organizations working in the following countries are eligible to apply-

Belize (Mesoamerican Reef), Bhutan, Bolivia (Amazon), Cambodia, Cameroon (Congo Basin), Central African Republic (Congo Basin), Colombia (Amazon, Eastern Pacific Ocean), Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Basin), Ecuador (Amazon and Galapagos), Fiji, French Guiana (Amazon), Gabon (Congo Basin), Guatemala (Mesoamerican Reef, Eastern Pacific Ocean), Guyana (Amazon), Honduras (Mesoamerican Reef), Kenya (Coastal East Africa), Laos, Madagascar, Mozambique (Primeiras e Segundas marine area, Quirimbas, Lake Niassa Aquatic Reserve, Ruvuma Landscape), Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal (Terai Arc Landscape, Sacred Himalayan Landscape, Chitwan Annapurna Linkage), Papua New Guinea (Coral Triangle), Peru (Amazon, Eastern Pacific Ocean), Republic of Congo (Congo Basin), Solomon Islands, Suriname (Amazon), Tanzania (Coastal East Africa), Vietnam, Zambia

Key deadlines in 2015

1 February 2015
1 May 2015
1 August 2015
1 November 2015

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for an EFN Conservation Workshop Grant, the following criteria must be met:
- Organization must have an established presence in an eligible country mentioned above.
- Proposed training and capacity building activities must provide skills and knowledge to groups that will help advance conservation in an eligible country.
- Proposal must include an active learning, practical skills, or field activity component.
- Training must take place within one year of submission of the application.
Priority is given to the
- organizations established in an eligible country for at least 3 years.
- organizations that have not yet benefited from this opportunity.
- local and regional organizations that train local participants.
- organizations working in WWF priority ecoregions.
Organizations are limited to one grant every three years.

How to Apply?

Applicants can submit an online application at any time. Selection Committee will review the application as per the key deadlines in 2015.

For more information, visit Conservation Workshop Grants 2015.

Applications open for GBIF Young Researchers Award 2015

Deadline: 3 March 2015

Applications open for GBIF Young Researchers Award 2015 for graduates. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) award aims to foster innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by graduate students.

Two awards of €4,000 each to one master’s student and one doctoral student will be awarded.

Eligibility Criteria

Graduate students must be enrolled in a masters or doctoral programme at a university to be eligible to submit a research proposal to the GBIF Young Researcher Award programme.
Students must apply through and be nominated by a Head of Delegation (HoD) of a GBIF Participant country namely Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Iceland, Ireland, Kenya, Korea, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa , Spain , Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay. For the complete list please visit GBIF Participant Countries.

Application Procedure

Proposal Format:

Project Summary (200 words)
Project Description (maximum 5 pages, 12 point font) that describes
Budget (1 page), itemized and justified. NOTE: budgetary items are restricted to academic fees, essential equipment, supplies (e.g. hardware, software) and travel; salary support is not permitted.
Curriculum vitae of the student applicant including full contact information at the home institution.
Supporting documents

A maximum of two proposals may be submitted to the GBIF Secretariat by the Head of Delegation of any GBIF Voting or Associate Participant country.

Heads of Delegations must ensure that their submissions include the elements according to the format. The proposals should be mailed to the email address given on the website.

For more information, please visit: GBIF.

Reforestation Grants open for eco-regions of 10,000$

Deadline: 15 March 2015

Apply for the Reforestation Grants up to USD 10,000 for regaining ecological integrity and enhancing human wellbeing in deforested or degraded forest landscapes by the Environmental Funders Network (EFN). Forest Landscape Restoration can bring back life to degraded or clear-cut areas.

Purpose of the Grants

EFN is looking for organizations that will use this opportunity to

Connect corridors.
Create buffer zones.
Improve degraded lands.
Restore watersheds.
Expand forest cover.
Allow local stakeholders to connect with nature and become a vested part of a larger conservation program.

Eligible countries

Local organizations from the following eco-regions are eligible to apply.

Amazon and Tropical Andes (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname)
Borneo and Sumatra (Indonesia)
Coastal East Africa (Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania)
Congo Basin (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dem. Republic of Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo)
Eastern Himalayas (Bhutan, Nepal)
Greater Mekong (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam)
Madagascar
Mesoamerican Reef (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)
Namibia

Eligibility Criteria

A legally registered organization in a WWF-US priority eco-region.
Conduct reforestation/restoration activities in a WWF-US priority eco-region (priority is given to local organizations conducting tree planting activities).
Include an active learning or field-based learning activity that builds skills and knowledge for local stakeholders as part of the project activities.

Application Procedure

All the applicants must complete an online application and provide a clear proposal that must include:

A summary of the organization’s work to date and major accomplishments.
Name of project lead and other key individuals involved in the project.
An overview of the need for the reforestation project, conservation objective and other related project goals.
An explanation of how this reforestation project fits in with other conservation projects in the area – specifically WWF projects.
A description of the reforestation site with photos of the proposed site.
A detailed description of the proposed activity
A detailed description about the training program and how it is building skills and knowledge of local stakeholders to advance conservation.
A project timeline.
A detailed project budget (not exceeding USD$10,000).

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Norwegian Human Rights Fund (NHRF)

The Norwegian Human Rights Fund (NHRF) is a civil society foundation working to protect and promote human rights internationally through direct support to organisations working in the first line of defence for human rights (frontline organisations).

Focus Areas

Civil, economic and social rights
Women and children’s rights
Labor rights
Safe working conditions for human rights defenders

Eligible Countries

Colombia
India (Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
Liberia
Mexico
Pakistan (KPK, Punjab and Sindh)
Indonesia
Thailand

In addition, the NHRF will consider applications for projects focused on the protection of human rights defenders regardless of geographic origin

Methods of work

Advocacy targeting decision makers
Work to secure access to justice

Grant making Guidelines

Grants are given to one project at time, but the NHRF encourages the applicants to develop two or three years project plans. If the progress of the work is satisfactory, the NHRF will do its best to allow the grantee to carry out a multiyear project without interruptions.
Maximum grant is US$ 35 000,-, but the NHRF will normally start with a lower grant for a first time support. First time applicants are advised to solicit support with a budget in the range US$ 5 000,- to 25 000.

Eligibility Criteria

Support is given to local initiatives and actors who are familiar with local structures and work where Human Rights violations occur.
Priority is given to activism and projects where poor and marginalized groups mobilize and organize for their own rights.
Organisations with few other donors will be given priority.
Organisations with an annual budget above US$ 150 000 falls outside our mandate of support.

Application procedure

The eligible organisations can fill the NHRF application form available on the website.
Applications may be submitted throughout the year and are processed continuously.
The NHRF aims at having a quick and flexible decision-making process on applications.

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