DRL FY22 IRF Empower Youth Leaders to Advance Religious Tolerance in Nigeria

United States Division of State 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
Discover of Funding Alternative (NOFO):
DRL FY22 IRF Empower Youth Leaders to Advance Non secular Tolerance in Nigeria

That is the announcement of funding alternative quantity SFOP0009272

Catalog of Federal Home Help Quantity:  19.345

Sort of Solicitation:  Open Competitors

Software Deadline:  11:59 PM EST on 13, February, 2023

Complete Funding Flooring:  $1,000,000

Complete Funding Ceiling:  $1,000,000

Anticipated Variety of Awards:  1-2

Sort of Award: Grant

Interval of Efficiency:  24-36 months

Anticipated Time to Award, Pending Availability of Funds:  6-8 months

A. Challenge Description

The U.S. Division of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) publicizes an open competitors for organizations focused on submitting functions for initiatives that help non secular freedom in Nigeria.

“Non secular freedom” refers back to the rights set out in Article 18 of the Worldwide Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, together with the liberty to undertake a faith or beliefs, change your beliefs, observe and train your beliefs (which can embrace by means of publications, private and non-private speech, and the show of spiritual apparel or symbols), collect in group with others to worship and observe your beliefs, and train your beliefs to your kids.  It additionally states that nobody shall be topic to coercion which might impair one’s freedom to have or to undertake a faith or perception of 1’s selection.  Proposed programming have to be attentive to restrictions on non secular freedom and have to be in keeping with the U.S. Authorities’s non secular freedom, democracy, governance, and human rights objectives.

Useful assets for candidates embrace the annual country-specific Worldwide Non secular Freedom Stories ( https://www.state.gov/international-religious-freedom-reports/ ) and annual country-specific Human Rights Stories (https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/).

Candidates shall be answerable for making certain program actions and merchandise are applied in accordance with the Institution Clause of america Structure.

DRL’s purpose is to scale back non secular intolerance and generate circumstances for peace between non secular and perception communities in Nigeria’s North and North Central states by empowering youth leaders from various non secular and perception communities. As cited within the 2021 IRF Report, NGOs, civil society organizations, and media acknowledge an elevated degree of insecurity and violence throughout Nigeria with exacerbated tensions and distrust amongst non secular teams as being “the first pathway to intercommunal battle within the North.” Insecurity linked to points of faith, perception, and id stays pervasive all through the nation. Intolerance of various beliefs has additionally fueled mob violence and mistrust of minority non secular or perception communities. Ethnicity, land and useful resource competitors, criminality, and lack of accountability and entry to justice additionally gasoline sustained tensions.

Younger Nigerians shall be outfitted with peacebuilding and battle mitigation abilities, empowering them to steer group initiatives that construct respect and tolerance amongst non secular and perception communities. This program seeks to mitigate the affect that non secular tensions have on communal mistrust by 1) growing consciousness of the methods wherein discrimination and intolerance gasoline violence and a couple of) constructing mechanisms to assist resolve battle and forestall violence. Packages ought to embrace youth participation within the design and implementation of all program actions. For the needs of this program, youth shall be from ages 18-24.

Anticipated program outcomes might embrace however are usually not restricted to:

• Youth leaders enhance consciousness of the worth and significance of spiritual pluralism with mutual respect and inclusion for all amongst their communities;
• Youth leaders type processes or mechanisms that encourage dialogue to handle the pursuits of members from all religions and beliefs;
• Multifaith engagement and dialogue led by youth leaders supplies a chance for advocacy coordination and collective motion round shared issues;
• Youth leaders advocate for the rights of people of all religions or beliefs;
• Youth leaders and group actors take collective motion to advertise and shield the freedoms of members of all religions and beliefs.

Program actions might embrace however are usually not restricted to:

• Educating youth leaders from various religion and ethnic communities to counter stereotypes and discriminatory beliefs and practices;
• Educating youth leaders on the mutually reinforcing rights to freedom of faith or perception and freedom of expression and as legally protected in Nigeria and beneath worldwide regulation;
• Constructing capability of youth to have interaction in advocacy to help non secular tolerance and reduce pressure and discrimination between religion and ethnic communities. Capability constructing actions might embrace however are usually not restricted to enhancing battle decision and peacebuilding abilities, communication abilities, coalition constructing abilities, dialogue, advocacy, and public engagement abilities.
• Creating youth management alternatives by means of coaching and small grants to advertise management, peaceable coexistence, and cooperation throughout communities;
• Increasing or creating alternatives for dialogue and joint motion between and amongst youth and between youth and group influencers and coverage makers to advocate for group peacebuilding and respect for people with differing beliefs. These advocacy actions can embrace however are usually not restricted to public fora, city halls, journalism, public outreach/schooling, media campaigns, small grants, and different work;
• Growing a strategic engagement framework for ongoing efforts inclusive however not restricted to dialogue, advocacy, social engagement, and group centered initiatives.

All packages ought to purpose to have affect that results in reforms and will have the potential for sustainability past DRL assets.  DRL’s choice is to keep away from duplicating previous efforts by supporting new and artistic approaches.  This doesn’t exclude from consideration initiatives that enhance upon or broaden present profitable initiatives in a brand new and complementary means.  DRL is dedicated to advancing fairness and help for underserved and underrepresented communities.

Packages ought to search methods for integration and inclusion of people/organizations/beneficiaries that may convey views based mostly on their faith, intercourse, incapacity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender id, gender expression, intercourse traits, nationwide origin, age, genetic info, marital standing, parental standing, being pregnant, political affiliation, or veteran’s standing.  Packages must be demand-driven and regionally led to the extent potential.  DRL requires all packages to be non-discriminatory and expects implementers to incorporate methods for nondiscrimination of people/organizations/beneficiaries based mostly on race, coloration, faith, intercourse, gender id, gender expression, intercourse traits, sexual orientation, being pregnant, nationwide origin, incapacity, age, genetic info, marital standing, parental standing, political affiliation, or veteran’s standing.

The place applicable, aggressive proposals might embrace:

• Alternatives for beneficiaries to use their new data and abilities in sensible efforts;
• Solicitation of suggestions and solutions from beneficiaries when creating actions with the intention to strengthen the sustainability of packages and participant possession of undertaking outcomes;
• Enter from individuals on sustainability plans and systematic evaluation of the plans all through the lifetime of the undertaking, with changes made as crucial;
• Inclusion of susceptible populations;
• Joint identification and definition of key ideas with related stakeholders and stakeholder enter into undertaking actions;
• Systematic comply with up with beneficiaries at particular intervals after the completion of actions to trace how beneficiaries are retaining new data in addition to making use of their new abilities.

Actions which can be not sometimes allowed embrace, however are usually not restricted to:

• The supply of humanitarian help;
• English language instruction;
• Improvement of high-tech pc or communications software program and/or {hardware};
• Purely tutorial exchanges or fellowships;
• Exterior exchanges or fellowships lasting longer than six months;
• Off-shore actions that aren’t clearly linked to in-country initiatives and affect or are usually not crucial per safety issues;
• Theoretical explorations of human rights or democracy points, together with initiatives aimed primarily at analysis and analysis that don’t incorporate coaching or capacity-building for native civil society;
• Micro-loans or related small enterprise improvement initiatives;
• Initiatives directed in direction of a diaspora group relatively than present residents of focused nations.

This discover is topic to availability of funding.

B. Federal Award Info

Major organizations can submit one software in response to the NOFO.

The U.S. authorities might:  (a) reject all or any functions, (b) settle for apart from the bottom price software, (c) settle for a couple of software, and (d) waive irregularities in functions acquired.

The U.S. authorities might make award(s) on the idea of preliminary functions acquired, with out discussions or negotiations.  Subsequently, every preliminary software ought to comprise the applicant’s greatest phrases from a value and technical standpoint.  The U.S. authorities reserves the precise (although it’s beneath no obligation to take action), nevertheless, to enter into discussions with a number of candidates with the intention to get hold of clarifications, extra element, or to counsel refinements within the undertaking description, price range, or different facets of an software.

DRL anticipates awarding both a grant or cooperative settlement relying on the wants and threat components of this system.  The ultimate willpower on award mechanism shall be made by the Grants Officer.  The excellence between grants and cooperative agreements revolves across the existence of “substantial involvement.”  Cooperative agreements require higher Federal authorities participation within the undertaking.  If a cooperative settlement is awarded, DRL will undertake cheap and programmatically crucial substantial involvement.  Examples of considerable involvement can embrace, however are usually not restricted to:

• Lively participation or collaboration with the recipient within the implementation of the award;
• Evaluate and approval of 1 stage of labor earlier than one other can start;
• Evaluate and approval of substantive provisions of proposed sub-awards or contracts past present Federal coverage;
• Approval of the recipient’s price range or plan of labor previous to the award.

The authority for this funding alternative is discovered within the Overseas Help Act of 1961, as amended (FAA).

To maximise the affect and sustainability of the award(s) that end result from this NOFO, DRL retains the precise to execute non-competitive continuation modification(s).  The overall length of any award, together with potential non-competitive continuation amendments, shall not exceed 54 months, or 4 and a half years.  Any non-competitive continuation is contingent on efficiency and pending availability of funds.  A non-competitive continuation isn’t assured, and the Division of State reserves the precise to train or to not train this selection.

C. Eligibility Info

For software info, please see the proposal submission directions (PSI), up to date December 2021 on our web site.

C.1 Eligible Candidates

DRL welcomes functions from U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernment organizations (NGO) and public worldwide organizations; non-public, public, or state establishments of upper schooling; and for-profit organizations or companies.  DRL’s choice is to work with non-profit entities; nevertheless, there could also be some events when a for-profit entity is greatest suited.

Purposes submitted by for-profit entities could also be topic to extra evaluation following the panel choice course of.  Moreover, the Division of State prohibits revenue to for-profit or business organizations beneath its help awards.  Revenue is outlined as any quantity in extra of allowable direct and oblique prices.  The allowability of prices incurred by business organizations is set in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at 48 CFR 30, Value Accounting Requirements Administration, and 48 CFR 31 Contract Value Ideas and Procedures.

Please see 2 CFR 200.307 for rules concerning program earnings.

C.2 Value Sharing or Matching

Offering price sharing, matching, or price participation isn’t an eligibility issue or requirement for this NOFO and offering price share won’t end in a extra favorable aggressive rating.

C.3 Different

Candidates ought to have present, or the capability to develop, lively partnerships with thematic or in-country companions, entities, and related stakeholders, together with non-public sector companions and NGOs, and have demonstrable expertise in administering profitable and ideally related initiatives.  DRL encourages functions from foreign-based NGOs headquartered within the geographic areas/nations related to this NOFO.  Candidates might type consortia with the intention to convey collectively organizations with assorted experience to suggest a complete program in a single proposal.  Nevertheless, one group must be designated within the proposal because the lead applicant, with the opposite members designated as sub-award companions.  DRL reserves the precise to request extra background info on candidates that don’t have earlier expertise administering federal grant awards, and these candidates could also be topic to restricted funding on a pilot foundation.

DRL is dedicated to an anti-discrimination coverage in all of its initiatives and actions.  DRL welcomes functions regardless of race, ethnicity, coloration, creed, nationwide origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender id, incapacity, or different standing.  DRL seeks functions that display that the recipient doesn’t discriminate in opposition to any beneficiaries in implementation of a possible award, similar to, however not restricted to, by withholding, adversely impacting, or denying equitable entry to the advantages supplied by means of this award on the idea of any issue not expressly said within the award.  This consists of, for instance, race, coloration, faith, intercourse (together with gender id, gender expression, intercourse traits, sexual orientation, and being pregnant), nationwide origin, incapacity, age, genetic info, marital standing, parental standing, political affiliation, or veteran’s standing.  The recipient ought to insert this provision, together with this paragraph, in all sub-grants and contracts beneath a possible award.

Any applicant listed on the Excluded Events Checklist System within the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) (www.sam.gov) and/or has a present debt to the U.S. authorities isn’t eligible to use for an help award in accordance with the OMB pointers at 2 CFR 180 that implement Govt Orders 12549 (3 CFR,1986 Comp., p. 189) and 12689 (3 CFR,1989 Comp., p. 235), “Debarment and Suspension.”  Moreover, no entity or individual listed on the Excluded Events Checklist System in SAM.gov can take part in any actions beneath an award.  All candidates are strongly inspired to evaluation the Excluded Events Checklist System in SAM.gov to make sure that no ineligible entity or individual is included of their software.

D. Software and Submission Info

D.1 Handle to Request Software Package deal

Candidates can discover software kinds, kits, or different supplies wanted to use on www.grants.gov and SAMS Home (https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com) beneath the announcement title “DRL FY22 IRF Empower Youth Leaders to Advance Non secular Tolerance in Nigeria,” funding alternative quantity “SFOP0009272.”  Please contact the DRL level of contact listed in Part G if requesting cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities or for safety causes.  Please be aware that cheap lodging don’t embrace deadline extensions.

D.2 Content material and Type of Software Submission

For all software paperwork, please guarantee:

• All paperwork are in English and all prices are in U.S. {Dollars}.  If an unique doc throughout the software is in one other language, an English translation have to be supplied (please be aware the Division of State, as indicated in 2 CFR 200.111, requires that English is the official language of all award paperwork).  If any doc is supplied in each English and a overseas language, the English language model is the controlling model;
• All pages are numbered, together with budgets and attachments;
• All paperwork are formatted to eight ½ x 11 paper; and,
• All paperwork are single-spaced, 12-point Occasions New Roman font, with 1-inch margins.  Captions and footnotes could also be 10-point Occasions New Roman font.  Font sizes in charts and tables, together with the price range, could be reformatted to suit inside 1 web page width.

D.2.1 Software Necessities

Full functions should embrace the next:

1. Accomplished and signed SF-424, SF-424A, and SF-424B kinds.  Please see SF-424 directions in Part 2B of the PSI.
2. Organizations that have interaction in lobbying the U.S. authorities, together with Congress, or pay for an additional entity to foyer on their behalf, are additionally required to finish the SF-LLL “Disclosure of Lobbying Actions” type (provided that relevant).  Please see SF-LLL steerage in Part 2B of the PSI.
3. Cowl Web page (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally as a Phrase Doc) that features a desk with the group identify, undertaking title, goal nation/nations, undertaking synopsis, and identify and make contact with info for the applying’s major level of contact.  Please see Cowl Web page Part 2C of the PSI for a template and extra particulars.
4. Govt Abstract (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally as a Phrase Doc) that outlines undertaking objectives, aims, actions, and so forth.
   1. The Govt Abstract ought to embrace a short part that explicitly states:  (1) the issue assertion addressed by the undertaking, (2) research-based proof justifying the distinctive undertaking strategy, and (3) quantifiable undertaking outcomes and impacts.
5. Desk of Contents (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally as a Phrase Doc) itemizing all paperwork and attachments with web page numbers.
6. Proposal Narrative (to not exceed ten (10) pages, ideally as a Phrase Doc).  Please be aware the ten-page restrict doesn’t embrace the Cowl Web page, Govt Abstract, Desk of Contents, Attachments, Detailed Finances, Finances Narrative, Audit, or NICRA.  Candidates are inspired to mix a number of paperwork right into a single Phrase Doc or PDF (i.e. Cowl Web page, Desk of Contents, Govt Abstract, and Proposal Narrative in a single file).  Please see Proposal Narrative Pointers in Part 2F of the PSI for extra particulars.
   1. The Proposal Narrative ought to display the applicant’s dedication to making sure the participation of all folks as a method for implementation.  Please combine inclusion methods in all sections of the Proposal Narrative to boost programmatic affect.
7. Finances (ideally as an Excel workbook) that features three (3) columns containing the request to DRL, any price sharing contribution, and the full price range.  A abstract price range also needs to be included utilizing the OMB-approved price range classes (see SF-424A as a pattern) in a separate tab.  Prices have to be in U.S. {Dollars}.  Detailed line-item budgets for sub-grantees must be included as extra tabs throughout the Excel workbook (if out there on the time of submission).
   Please see Finances Pointers Part 2G of the PSI for extra info. 
   1. The programming strategy must be devoted to strengthening inclusive societies as a crucial pillar of robust democracies.  Please embrace prices related to this dedication within the Finances and Finances Narrative.
8. Finances Narrative (ideally as a Phrase Doc) that features substantive explanations and justifications for every line merchandise within the detailed price range spreadsheet, in addition to the supply and an outline of all cost-share provided.  Please see Finances Pointers Part 2G of the PSI for extra info.
9. The group’s most up-to-date audit, if relevant.  This must be a single audit, program-specific audit, or different audit in accordance with Typically Accepted Authorities Auditing Requirements (GAGAS).  Please see Audit Part 2H of the PSI for extra info.
10. Logic Mannequin (ideally as a Phrase Doc).  Please see Logic Mannequin Part 2I of the PSI for extra info.
11. Monitoring and Analysis Narrative (to not exceed 4 (4) pages, ideally as a Phrase Doc).  Please see Monitoring and Analysis Narrative Part 2J of the PSI for extra info.
    1. As said throughout the DRL Information to Program Monitoring and Analysis (p. 6): DRL strongly encourages candidates to contemplate whether or not their monitoring and analysis methods are using human rights-based approaches, making use of a gender and fairness lens, or embrace the participation of sub-grantees and undertaking individuals.  Inside the Monitoring and Analysis Narrative, candidates ought to display their dedication to inclusive methods and contemplate whether or not analysis design, knowledge assortment, evaluation, reporting and studying are carried out in an moral and accountable means with all undertaking individuals (e.g. direct beneficiaries, sub-grantees).  Candidates ought to nonetheless make satisfactory provisions to guard the privateness of human topics when gathering knowledge from people. For example, when gathering knowledge from undertaking individuals, contemplate whether or not your group can have the required knowledgeable consent kinds, confidentiality agreements, and knowledge safety protocols.
12. Monitoring and Analysis Plan (ideally as a Phrase Doc or Excel Sheet).  Please see Monitoring and Analysis Plan Part 2J of the PSI for extra info.
13. Threat Evaluation (ideally as a Phrase Doc).  Please see Threat Evaluation Part 2K of the PSI for extra info on this requirement, together with Do No Hurt rules and Stopping Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) insurance policies/plans.
14. Key Personnel (to not exceed two (2) pages, ideally as a Phrase Doc).  Please embrace brief bios that spotlight related skilled expertise.  Given the restricted house, CVs are usually not beneficial for submission.
15. Timeline (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally as a Phrase Doc or Excel Sheet).  The timeline of the general proposal ought to embrace actions, analysis efforts, and program closeout.
16. Gender and Inclusion Evaluation (to not exceed three (3) pages, ideally as a Phrase Doc) that gives a concise evaluation of related gender norms, fairness and equality for underserved communities and marginalized populations, energy relations, and battle dynamics in goal nations.  Potential domains of study embrace institutional practices and limitations, cultural norms, gender roles, entry to and management over property and assets, and patterns of decision-making.  Candidates ought to briefly clarify how they’ve built-in findings from their evaluation into undertaking design and/or different proposal paperwork, together with a plan for often reviewing and updating the gender and inclusion evaluation with native companions/beneficiaries, and making any crucial changes to program implementation.  A set of guiding questions could be present in Part 2L of the PSI.
17. Safety Plan addressing any points involving in-person occasions and recruitment for stated occasions, and security for any on-line packages or communications, together with impartial IT safety audits (to incorporate a vulnerability evaluation) of any proposed net software or platform.  Group’s Safety Plan ought to display consideration of the dangers recognized within the submitted threat evaluation.  Prices may be recognized throughout the price range and price range narrative.  Candidates are additionally inspired to incorporate contingency plans for in-person or on-line actions.

Purposes that don’t embrace the weather listed above shall be deemed technically ineligible. 

D.2.2 Extra Software Paperwork

Robust functions can even comprise the next:

• Particular person Letters of Assist and/or Memorandum of Understanding.  Letters of help and MOUs have to be particular to the undertaking implementation (e.g. from proposed companions or sub-award recipients) and won’t rely in direction of the web page restrict.

Please seek advice from the Proposal Submission Directions (PSI), up to date December 2021, on DRL’s web site for detailed steerage on the paperwork above:  https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/programs-and-grants/.  For an software guidelines and pattern templates please see the Sources web page on DRL’s web site:  https://www.state.gov/resources-for-programs-and-grants/.  The pattern templates supplied on the DRL web site are advised, however not necessary.

DRL reserves the precise to request extra paperwork not included on this NOFO.  Moreover, to make sure that all functions obtain a balanced analysis, the DRL evaluation panel will evaluation from the primary web page of every part as much as the web page restrict and no additional.

Word:  If in the end supplied with a notification of non-binding intent to make a Federal award, candidates sometimes have two to a few weeks to offer extra info and paperwork requested within the notification of intent.  The deadlines might range in every notification of intent and candidates should adhere to the said deadline within the notification of intent.

D.2.3 Extra Info Requested For These Receiving Notification of Intent

Profitable candidates should submit, after notification of intent to make a Federal award, however previous to issuance of a Federal award:

• Written responses and revised software paperwork addressing circumstances and suggestions from the DRL evaluation panel;
• A duplicate of the applicant’s newest NICRA as a PDF file, if the applicant has a NICRA and consists of NICRA expenses within the price range;
• A accomplished copy of the Division’s Monetary Administration Survey, if receiving DRL funding for the primary time;
• Submission of required paperwork to register within the Fee Administration System managed by the Division of Well being and Human Providers, if receiving DRL funding for the primary time (until an exemption is supplied);
• Different requested info or paperwork included within the notification of intent to make a Federal award or subsequent communications previous to issuance of a Federal award;
• Candidates who submit their functions by means of Grants.gov shall be required to create a SAMS Home account with the intention to settle for the ultimate award.  Accounts have to be logged into to each 60 days with the intention to keep an lively account.

D.3 Distinctive Entity Identifier and System for Award Administration (SAM)

All prime organizations, whether or not based mostly in america or overseas, should have a Distinctive Entity Identifier (UEI), previously known as DUNS, and an lively registration with the SAM.gov earlier than submitting an software.  DRL might not evaluation functions from or make awards to candidates that haven’t accomplished all relevant UEI and SAM.gov necessities.  A UEI is without doubt one of the knowledge components mandated by Public Regulation 109-282, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA), for all Federal awards.

The two CFR 200 requires that sub-grantees get hold of a UEI quantity.  Please be aware the UEI for sub-grantees isn’t required on the time of software however shall be required earlier than the award is processed and/or directed to a sub-grantee. 

Word:  The method of acquiring a SAM.gov registration might take wherever from 4-8 weeks.  Please start your registration as early as potential.

• Organizations based mostly in america or that pay staff inside america will want an Employer Identification Quantity (EIN) from the Inner Income Service (IRS), a Business and Authorities Entity (CAGE) code, and a UEI quantity previous to registering in SAM.gov.
• Organizations based mostly exterior of america and that don’t pay staff inside america don’t want an EIN from the IRS, however do want a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code and UEI quantity previous to registering in SAM.gov.

All prime organizations should additionally proceed to keep up lively SAM.gov registration with present info always throughout which they’ve an lively Federal award or software into account by a Federal award company.  SAM.gov requires all entities to resume their registration yearly with the intention to keep an lively registration standing in SAM.  It’s the duty of the applicant to make sure it has an lively registration in SAM.gov and to keep up that lively registration.  If an applicant has not absolutely complied with the necessities on the time of software, the applicant could also be deemed technically ineligible to obtain an award and use that willpower as a foundation for making an award to a different applicant.

For additional steerage on the registration course of, please see the SAM.gov Registration Information on DRL’s web site:http://www.state.gov/j/drl/p/c72333.htm  https://www.state.gov/resources-for-programs-and-grants/.  Please seek advice from 2 CFR 25.200 for added info.  Additionally, please seek advice from Part D.5 – Funding Restriction of the NOFO.

Word:  SAM.gov isn’t the identical as SAMS Home.  It’s free to register in each methods, however the registration processes are totally different.

Info is included on the SAM.gov web site to assist worldwide registrations, together with “Fast Begin Information for Worldwide Registrations” and “Useful Hints.”  Navigate to www.SAM.gov, click on “HELP” within the high navigation bar, then click on “Worldwide Registrants” within the left navigation panel.  Please be aware, steerage on SAM.gov and the steerage on GSA’s web site about requirement for registering in SAM.gov is topic to alter.  Candidates ought to evaluation the web site for essentially the most up-to-date steerage.

D.3.1 Exemptions

An exemption from these necessities could also be permitted on a case-by-case foundation if:

• An applicant’s id have to be protected resulting from potential endangerment of their mission, their group’s standing, their staff, or people being served by the applicant. 

Organizations requesting exemption from UEI or SAM.gov necessities should e-mail the purpose of contact listed within the NOFO at the very least two weeks previous to the deadline within the NOFO offering a justification of their request.  Approval for a SAM.gov exemption should come from the warranted Grants Officer earlier than the applying could be deemed eligible for evaluation.

Word:  Overseas organizations shall be required to register with the NATO Assist Company (NSPA) to obtain a NCAGE code with the intention to register in SAM.gov.  NSPA will ahead your registration request to the relevant Nationwide Codification Bureau (NCB) in case your group is positioned in a NATO or Tier 2 Sponsored Non-NATO Nation.  As of September 2021, NATO nations included Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, and america of America.  As of September 2021, Tier 2 nations included Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Finland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, Serbia, Singapore, Sweden, Ukraine, and United Arab Emirates.  

NSPA and/or the suitable NCB forwards all NCAGE code info to all Allied Committee 135 (AC/135) nations, which as of September 2021 additionally included Algeria, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Thailand.  All organizations are strongly suggested to take this into consideration when assessing whether or not registration might end in potential endangerment.

D.4 Submission Dates and Occasions

Purposes are due no later than 11:59 PM Japanese Customary Time (EST), on 13, February, 2023 on https://www.grants.gov/ or SAMS Home (https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com) beneath the announcement title “DRL FY22 IRF Empower Youth Leaders to Advance Non secular Tolerance in Nigeria,” funding alternative quantity “SFOP0009272.” 

Grants.gov and SAMS Home mechanically log the date and time an software submission is made, and the Division of State will use this info to find out whether or not an software has been submitted on time.  Late functions are neither reviewed nor thought of.  Identified system errors brought on by Grants.gov or SAMS Home (https://mygrants.service-now.com) which can be exterior of the applicant’s management shall be reviewed on a case by case foundation.  Candidates shouldn’t anticipate a notification upon DRL receiving their software.

D.5 Funding Restrictions

DRL won’t contemplate functions that replicate any sort of help for any member, affiliate, or consultant of a delegated terrorist group. Please refer the hyperlink for Overseas Terrorist Organizations:  https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/

Challenge actions whose direct beneficiaries are overseas militaries or paramilitary teams or people won’t be thought of for DRL funding given goal limitations on funding.

In accordance with Division of State coverage for terrorism, candidates are suggested that profitable passing of vetting to judge the danger that funds might profit terrorists or their supporters is a situation of award.  If chosen for an award, candidates shall be requested to submit info required by DS Type 4184, Threat Evaluation Info (hooked up to this solicitation) about their firm and its principal personnel.  Vetting info can also be required for all sub-award efficiency on help awards recognized by the Division of State as presenting a threat of terrorist financing.  Vetting info may be requested for undertaking beneficiaries and individuals.  Failure to submit info when requested, or failure to go vetting, could also be grounds for rejecting your proposal previous to award.

The Leahy Regulation prohibits Division overseas help funds from supporting overseas safety drive models if the Secretary of State has credible info that the unit has dedicated a gross violation of human rights.  Per 22 USC §2378d(a) (2017), “No help shall be furnished beneath this chapter [FOREIGN ASSISTANCE] or the Arms Export Management Act [22 USC 2751 et seq.] to any unit of the safety forces of a overseas nation if the Secretary of State has credible info that such unit has dedicated a gross violation of human rights.”  Restrictions might apply to any proposed help to police or different regulation enforcement.  Amongst these, pursuant to part 620M of the Overseas Help Act of 1961, as amended (FAA), no help supplied by means of this funding alternative could also be furnished to any unit of the safety forces of a overseas nation when there’s credible info that such unit has dedicated a gross violation of human rights.  In accordance with the necessities of part 620M of the FAA, also referred to as the Leahy regulation, undertaking beneficiaries or individuals from a overseas authorities’s safety forces might must be vetted by the Division earlier than the availability of any help.  If a proposed grant or cooperative settlement will present help to overseas safety forces or personnel, compliance with the Leahy Regulation is required.

U.S. overseas help for Burma or Burmese beneficiaries is topic to restrictions.  This consists of restrictions, pursuant to part 7043(a)(3) of the Division of State, Overseas Operations, and Associated Packages Appropriations Act, 2020 (Div. G, P.L. 116-94)(SFOAA), on funds appropriated beneath title III of the act for help for Burma.  Part 7043(a)(3) supplies that such funds “is probably not made out there to any group or entity managed by the armed forces of Burma, or to any particular person or group that advocates violence in opposition to ethnic or non secular teams or people in Burma, as decided by the Secretary of State.” As well as, funds can’t be made out there to any particular person or group that has dedicated critical human rights abuse.

Organizations must be cognizant of those restrictions when creating undertaking proposals as these restrictions would require applicable due diligence of program beneficiaries and collaboration with DRL to make sure compliance with these restrictions.  Program beneficiaries topic to due diligence vetting will embrace any people or entities which can be beneficiaries of overseas help funding or help.  Due diligence vetting will embrace a evaluation of open-source supplies.

Federal awards typically won’t permit reimbursement of pre-award prices; nevertheless, the Grants Officer might approve pre-award prices on a case-by-case foundation.  Typically, development prices are usually not allowed beneath DRL awards.  For extra info, please see the DRL Proposal Submission Directions (PSI) for Purposes:  https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/programs-and-grants/.

D.6 Software Submission

All software submissions have to be made electronically by way of www.grants.gov or SAMS Home (https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com).  Each methods require registration by the making use of group.  Please be aware that the Grants.gov registration course of can take ten (10) enterprise days or longer, even when all registration steps are accomplished in a well timed method.

It’s the duty of the applicant to make sure that it has an lively registration in SAMS Home or Grants.gov.  Candidates are required to doc that the applying has been acquired by SAMS Home or Grants.gov in its entirety.  DRL bears no duty for disqualification that end result from candidates not being registered earlier than the due date, for system errors in both SAMS Home or Grants.gov, or different errors within the software course of.  Moreover, candidates should save a display screen shot of the guidelines exhibiting all paperwork submitted in case any doc fails to add efficiently.

Faxed, couriered, or emailed paperwork won’t be accepted.  Affordable lodging might, in applicable circumstances, be supplied to candidates with disabilities or for safety causes.  Candidates should comply with all formatting directions within the relevant NOFO and these directions.

DRL encourages organizations to submit functions throughout regular enterprise hours (Monday – Friday, 9:00AM-5:00PM Japanese Customary Time (EST)).  If an applicant experiences technical difficulties and has contacted the suitable helpdesk however isn’t receiving well timed help (e.g. when you have not acquired a response inside 48 hours of contacting the helpdesk), you might contact the DRL level of contact listed within the NOFO in Part G.  The purpose of contact might help in contacting the suitable helpdesk.

Word:  The Grants Officer will decide technical eligibility of all functions.

SAMS Home Purposes:

Candidates utilizing SAMS Home for the primary time ought to full their “New Group Registration.”  To register with SAMS Home, click on “Login to https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com” and comply with the “create an account” hyperlink.

Organizations should bear in mind to save lots of a display screen shot of the guidelines exhibiting all paperwork submitted in case any doc fails to add efficiently.

SAMS Home Assist Desk: 
For help with SAMS Home accounts and technical points associated to the system, please contact the ILMS assist desk by cellphone at +1 (888) 313-4567 (toll expenses apply for worldwide callers) or by means of the Self Service on-line portal that may be accessed from https://afsitsm.service-now.com/ilms/home.  Buyer help is offered 24/7.

Grants.gov Purposes:
Candidates who don’t submit functions by way of SAMS Home might submit by way of www.grants.gov.

Please be suggested that finishing all the required registration steps for acquiring a username and password from Grants.gov can take ten (10) enterprise days or longer.

Please seek advice from the Grants.gov web site for definitions of varied “software statuses” and the distinction between a submission receipt and a submission validation.  Candidates will obtain a validation e-mail from Grants.gov upon the profitable submission of an software.  Validation of an digital submission by way of Grants.gov can take as much as two enterprise days.  Moreover, organizations should bear in mind to save lots of a screenshot of the guidelines exhibiting all paperwork submitted in case any doc fails to add efficiently.

Grants.gov Helpdesk: 

For help with Grants.gov, please name the Contact Middle at +1 (800) 518-4726 or e-mail support@grants.gov.  The Contact Middle is offered 24 hours a day, seven days per week, besides federal holidays.

See https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ for a listing of federal holidays.

E. Software Evaluate Info

E.1 Proposal Evaluate Standards

The DRL evaluation panel will consider every software individually in opposition to the next standards, listed beneath so as of significance, and never in opposition to competing functions.  Please use the beneath standards as a reference, however don’t construction your software based on the sub-sections.

High quality of Challenge Thought

Purposes must be attentive to this system framework and coverage aims recognized within the NOFO, applicable within the nation/regional context, and will exhibit originality, substance, precision, and relevance to DRL’s mission of selling human rights and democracy.  Initiatives ought to have the potential to have a right away affect resulting in long-term, sustainable reforms. DRL prefers new approaches that don’t duplicate efforts by different entities.  This doesn’t exclude from consideration initiatives that enhance upon or broaden present profitable initiatives in a brand new and complementary means.  In nations the place related actions are already going down, an evidence must be supplied as to how new actions won’t duplicate or merely add to present actions and the way these efforts shall be coordinated.  Proposals that promote inventive approaches to acknowledged ongoing challenges are extremely inspired.  DRL prioritizes undertaking proposals with inclusive approaches for advancing these rights.

Challenge Planning/Potential to Obtain Goals

A robust software will embrace a transparent articulation of how the proposed undertaking actions contribute to the general undertaking aims, and every exercise shall be clearly developed and detailed.  A complete month-to-month work plan ought to display substantive undertakings and the logistical capability of the group.  Goals must be formidable but measurable, results-focused and achievable in an inexpensive timeframe.  A whole software should embrace a Logic Mannequin to display how the undertaking actions will have an effect on its proposed aims.  The Logic Mannequin ought to match the aims, outcomes, key actions, and outputs described within the narrative.  Purposes ought to handle how the undertaking will have interaction related stakeholders and will establish native companions as applicable.

If native companions have been recognized, DRL strongly encourages candidates to submit letters of help from proposed in-country companions.  Moreover, candidates ought to describe the division of labor among the many direct applicant and any native companions.  If relevant, functions ought to establish goal geographic areas for actions, goal participant teams or choice standards for individuals, and the precise roles of sub-awardees, amongst different pertinent particulars.

DRL acknowledges that each one packages have some degree of threat resulting from inner/exterior variables which have the potential to adversely have an effect on a program.  Threat administration ought to handle how this system design incorporates the identification, evaluation, and administration of key threat components.  DRL will evaluation the Threat Evaluation based mostly on the group’s potential to establish dangers that would have an effect on the general program in addition to how the group will handle these dangers.

Establishment’s Document and Capability

DRL will contemplate the previous efficiency of prior recipients and the demonstrated potential of latest candidates.  Purposes ought to display an institutional file of profitable democracy and human rights packages, together with accountable fiscal administration and full compliance with all reporting necessities for previous grants.  Proposed personnel and institutional assets must be satisfactory and applicable to attain the undertaking’s aims.  Initiatives ought to have potential for continued funding past DRL assets.

Addressing Limitations to Equal Participation

DRL strives to make sure its initiatives advance the rights and uphold the dignity of all individuals.  Because the U.S. authorities’s lead bureau devoted to selling democratic governance, DRL requests a programming strategy devoted to strengthening inclusive societies as a crucial pillar of robust democracies.  Discrimination, violence, inequity, and inequality concentrating on any members of society undermines collective safety and threatens democracy.  DRL prioritizes inclusive and built-in program fashions that assess and handle the limitations to entry for people and teams based mostly on their race, ethnicity, faith, earnings, geography, gender id, sexual orientation, or incapacity.  The proposal also needs to display how this system will additional engagement in underserved communities and with people from underserved communities.  .  Candidates ought to describe how programming will affect all of its beneficiaries, together with help for underserved and underrepresented communities.  This strategy must be an integral a part of each the idea and express design, and implementation of all proposed undertaking actions, aims, and monitoring.  Robust proposals will present particular evaluation, measures, and corresponding targets as applicable.  Stakeholders shall establish the distinction between alternatives and limitations to entry, and design packages accordingly to not perpetuate these inequalities, however relatively improve programmatic affect by together with all folks in society.  The purpose of this strategy is to convey communities and people in energy collectively in help of extra secure and safe societies.

Value Effectiveness

DRL strongly encourages candidates to obviously display undertaking cost-effectiveness of their software, together with examples of leveraging institutional and different assets.  Nevertheless, cost-sharing or different examples of leveraging different assets are usually not required.  Inclusion of cost-sharing within the price range doesn’t end in extra factors awarded in the course of the evaluation course of.  Budgets ought to have low and/or cheap overhead and administration prices, and candidates ought to present clear explanations and justifications for these prices in relation to the work concerned.  All price range objects must be clearly defined and justified to display necessity, appropriateness, and connection to the undertaking aims.

Please be aware:  If price share is included within the price range, the recipient should keep written information to help all allowable prices which can be claimed as its contribution to price share, in addition to prices to be paid by the Federal authorities.  Such information are topic to audit.  Within the occasion the recipient doesn’t meet the minimal quantity of cost-sharing as stipulated within the recipient’s price range, DRL’s contribution could also be diminished in proportion to the recipient’s contribution.

Multiplier Impact/Sustainability

Purposes ought to clearly delineate how components of the undertaking can have a multiplier impact and be sustainable past the lifetime of the grant.  multiplier impact will have an effect past the direct beneficiaries of the grant (e.g. individuals educated beneath a grant go on to coach different folks; workshop individuals use abilities from a workshop to boost a nationwide degree election that impacts the complete populace).  A robust sustainability plan might embrace demonstrating persevering with affect past the lifetime of a undertaking or garnering different donor help after DRL funding ceases.

Challenge Monitoring and Analysis

Full functions will embrace an in depth M&E Narrative and M&E Plan, which element how the undertaking’s progress shall be monitored and evaluated.  Incorporating well-designed monitoring and analysis processes right into a undertaking is an environment friendly methodology for documenting the change (supposed and unintended) {that a} undertaking seeks.  Purposes ought to display the capability to offer aims with measurable outputs and outcomes.

The standard of the M&E sections shall be judged on the narrative explaining how each monitoring and analysis shall be carried out and who shall be answerable for these associated actions.  The M&E Narrative ought to clarify how an exterior analysis shall be included into the undertaking implementation plan or how the undertaking shall be systematically assessed within the absence of 1.  Please see the part on Monitoring and Analysis Plan within the Proposal Submission Directions (PSI) for extra info on what’s required within the narrative.

The output and outcome-based efficiency indicators shouldn’t solely be separated by undertaking aims but in addition ought to match the aims, outcomes, and outputs detailed within the Logic Mannequin and Proposal Narrative.  Efficiency indicators must be clearly outlined (i.e., defined how the indications shall be measured and reported) both throughout the desk or with a separate Efficiency Indicator Reference Sheet (PIRS).  For every efficiency indicator, the desk also needs to embrace baselines and quarterly and cumulative targets, knowledge assortment instruments, knowledge sources, forms of knowledge disaggregation, and frequency of monitoring and analysis.  There also needs to be metrics to seize how undertaking actions goal those that face discrimination resulting from their faith, gender, disabilities, ethnicity or sexual orientation and gender id, the place relevant.  Please see the part on Monitoring and Analysis Plan within the Proposal Submission Directions (PSI) for extra info on what’s required within the plan.

E.2 Evaluate and Choice Course of

DRL strives to make sure that every software receives a balanced analysis by a DRL evaluation panel.  The Division’s Workplace of Acquisitions Administration (AQM) will decide technical eligibility for all functions.  All technically eligible functions for a given NOFO are reviewed in opposition to the identical seven standards, which embrace high quality of undertaking thought, undertaking planning/potential to attain aims, institutional file and capability, inclusive programming, price effectiveness, multiplier impact/sustainability, and undertaking monitoring and analysis.

Moreover, the DRL evaluation panel will consider how the applying addresses the NOFO request, U.S. overseas coverage objectives, and the precedence wants of DRL total.  DRL may take into accounts the stability of the present portfolio of lively initiatives, together with geographic or thematic range, if wanted.

Typically, the DRL evaluation panel consists of representatives from DRL, the suitable Division of State regional bureau (to incorporate suggestions from U.S. embassies), and U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement (USAID) (to incorporate suggestions from USAID missions).  In some instances, extra panelists might take part, together with from different Division of State bureaus or places of work; U.S. authorities departments, companies, or boards; representatives from companion governments; or representatives from entities which can be in a public-private partnership with DRL.  On the finish of the panel’s dialogue about an software, the evaluation panel votes on whether or not to suggest the applying for approval by the DRL Assistant Secretary.  If extra functions are beneficial for approval than DRL can in the end fund, the evaluation panel will rank the beneficial functions in precedence order for consideration by the DRL Assistant Secretary.  The Grants Officer Consultant (GOR) for the eventual award doesn’t vote on the panel.  All panelists should signal non-disclosure agreements and conflicts of curiosity agreements.

DRL evaluation panels might present circumstances and suggestions on functions to boost the proposed undertaking, which have to be addressed by the applicant earlier than additional consideration of the award.  To make sure efficient use of DRL funds, circumstances or suggestions might embrace requests to extend, lower, make clear, and/or justify prices and undertaking actions.

F. Federal Award Administration Info

F.1 Federal Award Notices

DRL will present a separate notification to candidates on the results of their functions.  Profitable candidates will obtain a letter electronically by way of e-mail requesting that the applicant reply to evaluation panel circumstances and suggestions.  This notification isn’t an authorization to start actions and doesn’t represent formal approval or a funding dedication.

Remaining approval is contingent on the applicant efficiently responding to the evaluation panel’s circumstances and suggestions; being registered in required methods, together with the U.S. authorities’s Fee Administration System (PMS), until an exemption is supplied; and finishing and offering any extra documentation requested by DRL or AQM.  Remaining approval can also be contingent on Congressional Notification necessities being met and remaining evaluation and approval by the Division’s warranted Grants Officer.

The discover of Federal award signed by the Division’s warranted Grants Officers is the only authorizing doc.  If awarded, the discover of Federal award shall be supplied to the applicant’s designated Authorizing Official by way of SAMS Home to be electronically counter-signed within the system.

F.2 Administrative and Nationwide Coverage and Authorized Necessities

DRL requires all recipients of overseas help funding to adjust to all relevant Division and Federal legal guidelines and rules, together with however not restricted to the next:

The Uniform Administrative Necessities, Value Ideas and Audit Necessities for Federal Awards set forth in 2 CFR Chapter 200 (Sub-Chapters A by means of F) shall apply to all non-Federal entities, apart from help awards to People and Overseas Public Entities.  Sub-Chapters A by means of E shall apply to all overseas organizations, and Sub-Chapters A by means of D shall apply to all U.S. and overseas for-profit entities. The applicant/recipient of the award and any sub-recipient beneath the award should adjust to all relevant phrases and circumstances, along with the peace of mind and certifications made a part of the Discover of Award.  The Division’s Customary Phrases and Situations could be considered at https://www.state.gov/about-us-office-of-the-procurement-executive/.

Moreover, DRL helps implementation of the Ladies Peace and Safety Act of 2017, which highlights the U.S. dedication to the significant participation of ladies in battle prevention, administration, and backbone.  For extra info, please seek advice from the next hyperlink: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1141.

Extra necessities could also be included relying on the content material of this system.

F.3 Reporting

Candidates must be conscious that DRL awards would require that each one stories (monetary and progress) are uploaded to the grant file in SAMS Home on a quarterly foundation.  The Federal Monetary Report (FFR or SF-425) is the required type for the monetary stories and have to be submitted in PMS, in addition to a replica from PMS then uploaded to the grant file in SAMS Home.  The progress stories uploaded to the grant file in SAMS Home should embrace a story as described beneath and Challenge Indicators (or different mutually agreed upon format authorised by the Grants Officer) for the F Framework indicators. The F Framework indicators shall be reviewed and negotiated in the course of the remaining levels of issuing an award.

Narrative progress stories ought to replicate the give attention to measuring the undertaking’s affect on the overarching aims and must be compiled based on the aims, outcomes, and outputs as outlined within the award’s Scope of Work (SOW) and within the Monitoring & Analysis Narrative.  An evaluation of the general undertaking’s affect must be included in every progress report.  The place related, progress stories ought to embrace the next sections:

• Related contextual info (restricted);
• Clarification and analysis of serious actions of the reporting interval and the way the actions replicate progress towards attaining aims, together with assembly benchmarks/targets as set within the M&E Plan.  As well as, connect the M&E Plan, evaluating the goal and precise numbers for the indications;
• Any tangible affect or success tales from the undertaking, when potential;
• Copy of mid-term and/or remaining analysis report(s) carried out by an exterior evaluator; if relevant;
• Related supporting documentation or merchandise associated to the undertaking actions (similar to articles, assembly lists and agendas, participant surveys, pictures, manuals, and so forth.) as separate attachments;
• Description of how the recipient is pursuing sustainability, together with on the lookout for sources of follow-on funding;
• Any issues/challenges in implementing the undertaking and a corrective motion plan with an up to date timeline of actions;
• The reason why established objectives weren’t met;
• Knowledge for the required F Framework indicator(s) for the quarter in addition to mixture knowledge by fiscal 12 months;
• Program Indicators or different mutually agreed upon format authorised by the Grants Officer;
• Proposed actions for the following quarter; and,
• Extra pertinent info, together with evaluation and rationalization of price overruns or excessive unit prices, if relevant.

Overseas Help Knowledge Evaluate:  As required by Congress, the Division of State should make progress in its efforts to enhance monitoring and reporting of overseas help knowledge by means of the Overseas Help Knowledge Evaluate (FADR).  The FADR requires monitoring of overseas help exercise knowledge from budgeting, planning, and allocation by means of obligation and disbursement.  Profitable candidates shall be required to report and draw down federal funding based mostly on the suitable FADR Knowledge Parts, indicated inside their award documentation.  In instances of a couple of FADR Knowledge Factor, sometimes program or sector and/or areas or nation, the profitable applicant shall be required to keep up separate accounting information.

A remaining narrative and monetary report should even be submitted inside 120 days after the expiration of the award.

Please be aware:  Delays in reporting might end in delays of fee approvals and failure to offer required stories might jeopardize the recipient’s’ potential to obtain future U.S. authorities funds.  DRL reserves the precise to request any extra programmatic and/or monetary undertaking info in the course of the award interval.

G. Contact Info

For technical submission questions associated to this NOFO, please contact drlirfgrants@state.gov.

For help with SAMS Home accounts and technical points associated to the system, please contact the ILMS assist desk by cellphone at +1 (888) 313-4567 (toll expenses apply for worldwide callers) or by means of the Self Service on-line portal that may be accessed from https://afsitsm.service-now.com/ilms/home.  Buyer help is offered 24/7.

Please be aware that establishing an account in SAMS Home might require using smartphone for multi-factor authentication (MFA).  If an applicant doesn’t have accessibility to a smartphone in the course of the time of making an account, please contact the helpdesk and request directions on MFA for Home windows PC.

For help with Grants.gov accounts and technical points associated to utilizing the system, please name the Contact Middle at +1 (800) 518-4726 or e-mail support@grants.gov.  The Contact Middle is offered 24 hours a day, seven days per week, besides federal holidays.

For a listing of federal holidays go to:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/

Apart from technical submission questions, in the course of the NOFO interval U.S. Division of State employees in Washington and abroad shall not focus on this competitors with candidates till the complete proposal evaluation course of has been accomplished and rejection and approval letters have been transmitted.

H. Different Info

Candidates must be conscious that DRL understands that some info contained in functions could also be thought of delicate or proprietary and can make applicable efforts to guard such info.  Nevertheless, candidates are suggested that DRL can not assure that such info won’t be disclosed, together with pursuant to the Freedom of Info Act (FOIA) or different related statutes.

The knowledge on this NOFO and “Proposal Submission Directions for Purposes” is binding and is probably not modified by any DRL consultant.  Explanatory info supplied by DRL that contradicts this language won’t be binding.  Issuance of the NOFO and negotiation of functions doesn’t represent an award dedication on the a part of the U.S. authorities.  DRL reserves the precise to scale back, revise, or enhance proposal budgets.

This NOFO will seem on www.grants.gov, SAMS Domestic, and DRL’s web site https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/programs-and-grants/.

Background Info on DRL and Common DRL Funding

DRL has the mission of selling democracy and defending human rights globally.  DRL helps initiatives that uphold democratic rules, help and strengthen democratic establishments, promote human rights, stop atrocities, fight and forestall violent extremism, and construct civil society around the globe.  DRL sometimes focuses its work in nations with egregious human rights violations, the place democracy and human rights advocates are beneath stress and the place governments are undemocratic or in transition.

Extra background info on DRL and its efforts could be discovered on https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/.