Deadline– April 2, 2013
The United States Institute of Peace is accepting applications for Horn of Africa Priority Grant Competition. The objective of this progranm is to support the peace building projects of non-profit organizations, think tanks, and universities.
Thematic areas-
- Inter-communal or inter-state conflict resolution and cooperation
- Governance, rule of law, and transitional justice
- The role of youth in conflict prevention and conflict resolution
- Economic drivers of conflict and/or the economic impact of conflict
- Media and science in peacebuilding and conflict resolution
- Post-conflict reconciliation and reintegration
- Early warning and conflict prevention
- Religion and peacebuilding
- Social and psychological impacts of war and conflict
- Gender and peacebuilding
Eligibility & Criteria-
- All U.S. and foreign non-profit organizations and universities are eligible to apply for funding, although preference will be given to local Somali, South Sudanese, and Sudanese organizations. At a bare minimum, applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have personnel and organizational capacity in the area where the project would be implemented.
- The proposed project must be focused on Somalia, South Sudan, and/or Sudan.
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