The Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration is pleased to announce full proposals for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees and Vulnerable Populations in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal 2021.

Current Funding Priorities

Proposed activities should primarily support refugees and local hosting populations in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, or Niger, or refugee returnees and local communities in Senegal. Because of PRM's mandate to provide protection, assistance, and sustainable solutions for refugees and victims of conflict, PRM will consider funding only those programs that include a target beneficiary base of at least 50 percent refugees and/or refugee returnees in the countries listed in this Notice for Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

Program Areas

Proposals must align with one or more of the following program areas:

• Humanitarian Protection and Assistance
• Interim and Durable Solutions

Country-Specific Provisions

Burkina Faso

Proposed activities should support Malian refugees in Goudebou refugee camp and/or settled outside of camps, and conflict-victims, internally displaced people, and local host populations, provided that refugees constitute at least 50 percent of the target beneficiary base, in the Nord and/or Sahel regions, in one or more of the following areas of intervention:

• Protection including Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response and Child Protection
• Livelihoods (must include a market analysis, or will be disqualified)
• Education
• In addition, in order to be considered a competitive proposal for Burkina Faso funding, narratives and budgets must adhere to the following guidelines:
  • Duration of Activity: PRM will consider program plans up to three years
  • Period of Performance: Programs period of performance of up to 36 months.
  • Funding Limits: Proposed budgets must not be less $400,000 (funding floor) and not more than the $1,000,000 (funding ceiling) per year.

Mauritania

Proposed activities should support Malian refugees in and around Mbera camp and local host populations in Bassikounou Department, provided constitute at least 50 percent of the target beneficiary base, in one or more of the following areas of intervention:

• Protection including Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response and Child Protection
• Livelihoods (must include a market analysis, or will be disqualified)
• In addition, in order to be considered a competitive proposal for Mauritania funding, narratives and budgets must adhere to the following guidelines:
  • Duration of Activity: PRM will consider program plans up to three years.
  • Period of Performance: Programs period of performance of up to 36 months.
  • Funding Limits: Proposed budgets must not be less $400,000 (funding floor) and not more than the $1,000,000 (funding ceiling) per year.

Niger

Proposed activities should support Malian refugees in Tillaberi and Tahoua regions and/or Nigerian refugees and conflict victims in Diffa region and/or Nigerian refugees in UNHCR-supported “opportunity villages” in Maradi region. Organizations are not required to work with both Malian and Nigerian refugees in Niger – proposed activities may benefit both or either of the two refugee populations. The following sub-sections breakdown the country-specific provisions for Niger programming by refugee population and regional location.

• For Malian refugees in Tillaberi/Tahoua: : Proposals should focus on Malian refugees living in camps, zones d'accueil, or those who have transitioned or are in the process of transitioning out of camps as part of UNHCR “urbanization” efforts. Proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
  • Protection including Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response and Child Protection
  • Livelihoods (must include a market analysis, or will be disqualified)
  • Education
  • In addition, in order to be considered a competitive proposal for Tillaberi/Tahoua (Malian population) funding, narratives and budgets must adhere to the following guidelines:
    • Duration of Activity: PRM will consider program plans up to three years.
    • Period of Performance: Programs period of performance of up to 36 months.
    • Funding Limits: Proposed budgets must not be less $400,000 (funding floor) and not more than the $1,000,000 (funding ceiling) per year.
• For Nigerian refugees in Diffa: Proposals should focus on Nigerian refugees living in current or planned refugee camps or outside of camps. Proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
  • Protection including Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response and Child Protection
  • Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
  • In addition, in order to be considered a competitive proposal for Diffa only funding, narratives and budgets must adhere to the following guidelines:
    • Duration of Activity: PRM will consider program plans up to three years.
    • Period of Performance: Programs period of performance of up to 36 months
    • Funding Limits: Proposed budgets must not be less $400,000 (funding floor) and not more than the $800,000 (funding ceiling) per year.
• For Nigerian refugees in Maradi: Proposals should focus on Nigerian refugees affected by the conflict in Northwest Nigeria who are currently or will be living in UNHCR-supported refugee “opportunity villages” in one or more of the following areas of intervention:
  • Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response
  • Livelihoods (must include a market analysis, or will be disqualified)
  • Education
  • In addition, in order to be considered a competitive proposal for Maradi only funding, narratives and budgets must adhere to the following guidelines:
    • Duration of Activity: PRM will consider program plans up to two years.
    • Period of Performance: Programs period of performance of up to 24 months.
    • Funding Limits: Proposed budgets must not be less $300,000 (funding floor) and not more than the $700,000 (funding ceiling) per year.
• For Multiple Refugee Populations in Niger: PRM will only consider one proposal submission for Niger. Proposed activities may benefit multiple refugee populations.
  • In addition, in order to be considered a competitive proposal for funding activities benefitting both Malian and Nigerian populations in Niger, narratives and budgets must adhere to the following guidelines
    • Duration of Activity: PRM will consider program plans up to three years.
    • Period of Performance: Programs period of performance of up to 36 months.
    • Funding Limits (both populations): Proposed budgets must not be less than $800,000 and not more than $1,400,000 per year.

Senegal

Proposed activities must support return and reintegration of Senegalese refugees in the Casamance region, in one or more of the following areas of intervention:

• Shelter
• Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
• In addition, in order to be considered a competitive proposal for funding in Senegal, narratives and budgets must adhere to the following guidelines:
  • Duration of Activity: PRM will consider program plans up to two years.
  • Period of Performance: Programs period of performance of up to 24 months.
  • Funding Limits for Senegal: Proposed budgets must not be less $400,000 (funding floor) and not more than the $800,000 (funding ceiling) per year.

Eligible Applicants

• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education (U.S.-based NGOs must be able to demonstrate proof of non-profit tax status);
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education (overseas-based NGOs must be able to demonstrate proof of registration in country of domicile); and
• International Organizations. International multilateral organizations, such as United Nations agencies, should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to this NOFO.
• Multilateral organizations that are seeking funding for programs relevant to this announcement should contact the PRM Program Officer (as listed below) on or before the closing date of the funding announcement.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.