Call for application: DFID funding 03/07/2010
Expressions of Interest for the following Themes:
Click here to download the full Document (Including the Application Form) Successful applicants at the EOI stage will be asked to prepare a full proposal. EOIs should be sent electronically only to DFID stating the particular Theme in which the Consortia is Expressing Interest. EOIs must be submitted electronically in English in formats compatible with the Microsoft Windows XP® operating system (*.doc, *.xls, *ppt, *.pdf etc) marked for the attention of Andrena Craig, to developmentresearchprocurement@dfid.gov.uk by 23.59 on 23rd April 2010. Each Expression of Interest should be clearly labelled with the title of the RPC you wish to bid for (undernutrition, structural drivers, mental health) and the surname of the proposed Director. Call for application of grants from PEPFAR: Capacity Building and Technical Assistance (Tanzania) 02/28/2010
Capacity Building and Technical Assistance for the Tanzania Interfaith Partnership (TIP) Networks and Leaders to Enhance HIV/AIDS Prevention and Community Care in the United Republic of Tanzania under the United Republic of Tanzania under (PEPFAR) Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Eligibility: Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are listed below: • Public nonprofit organizations • Private nonprofit organizations • For profit organizations • Small, minority, women-owned business • Universities • Colleges • Research institutions • Hospitals • Community-based organizations • Faith-based organizations • Federally recognized Indian tribal organizations • Alaska Native tribal governments • Indian tribes • Tribal Epidemiology centers • Indian tribal organizations • State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, 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) • Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States) • Non-domestic (non U.S.) entity A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a letter from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required. Attach with “Other Attachment Forms” when submitting via www.grants.gov. Agency Name Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Description The purpose of this program is to enhance and strengthen the capacity of the Tanzania Interfaith Partnership (TIP) network to provide an effective and sustainable response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Tanzania. The program will provide technical assistance (TA) to national faith based organization (FBO) networks operating under the umbrella of TIP. TIP members/affiliates include the National Muslim Council of Tanzania (BAKWATA), the Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT), the Tanzania Episcopal Conference for Catholics (TEC), and the Office of the Chief Mufti of Zanzibar (OCMZ). Link to Full Announcement If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: PGO TIMS grants Phone 770-488-2700 GENERAL EMAIL SPGOTIM@CDC.gov Use the following link for application forms: http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/UpdateOffer?id=16342 The SEVEN Fund competition 02/12/2010
The SEVEN Fund is sponsoring a global competition inviting discourse on the morality of profit. During this year long program, we seek to assemble the definitive collection of essays on this topic. Writers are asked to submit essays of up to 3,000 words. Initial submissions will be accepted through February 28, 2010. SEVEN will award top honors to three essays, with a grand prize of $20,000, a second prize of $10,000, and a third prize of $5,000. The best pieces will be collected into a manuscript, which is intended for publication, and the program will culminate with an international conference in 2010.  Quick Links to explore more: • Background • What are we looking for? • About S.E.VEN • Questions & Answers • Imporant Dates • Terms & Conditions Research Funding Opportunity 02/09/2010
Request for Proposals: Establishment of a research consortium to explore the barriers to and potential for eradication of HIV infection. BACKGROUND AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTION This RFP solicits proposals for collaborations to explore the obstacles to and strategies for eradicating HIV infection. Specific areas of interest include:
Please note that this RFP differs from recent ones in the following ways:
Funding will be available for: Collaborations – $300,000 direct costs plus up to 20% for indirect costs. The performance period for grants awarded under this RFP will be for one year starting May 1, 2010. Funding may be renewable. APPLICATION PROCESS: For additional details visit http://www.amfar.org/lab/grants/default.aspx?id=8358. DEADLINES: Application due March 25, 2010 Complete RFP plus all relevant details available online at www.amfar.org/rfp International Nonviolence Training Fund 02/08/2010
The A.J. Muste Memorial Institute funds projects which promote the principles and practice of nonviolent social change through grantmaking programs including the International Nonviolence Training Fund (INTF). The INTF was created in 1994 by a group of concerned donors with the aim of specifically supporting nonviolence trainings. (For information about our other grantmaking programs, please see the grants page on our website at http://www.ajmuste.org/ajgrants.html.) Decisions on INTF grants are guided by the INTF Advisory Committee--composed of several experienced trainers associated with the Muste Institute--and are ratified by the Muste Institute Board of Directors. Nonviolence trainings seek to help people develop and improve the skills they need to confront systemic injustice through organized, principled, nonviolent action. Trainings promote the exchange of ideas, information, and strategies, through which activists can become more effective at using nonviolent action in their struggles. INTF GRANTMAKING PRIORITIES The INTF supports nonviolence training outside the United States, and within Native nations in the US. The maximum grant amount is US$3,000. Projects eligible for support include:
The INTF does not fund:
WHEN TO APPLY TO THE INTF The next deadlines for proposals for the International Nonviolence Training Fund are December March 4, 2010; September 3, 2010; and December 3, 2010. Proposals must be received in our office on the deadline day. The review and decision process takes approximately four months. The INTF does not consider proposals for trainings which will have already taken place by the time our decision is made, so we urge you to apply at least four to five months before your training is set to begin, especially if you need preparation time for the training after notification of the grant decision. Groups which receive INTF grants must generally wait two years before applying again to the INTF. (This is so we can expand the number of groups we support, and to encourage groups to look elsewhere for funding.) HOW TO APPLY TO THE INTF Please read these guidelines carefully and review our rosters of past grants on our website before applying to the Muste Institute for funding. If you are still uncertain about whether your project fits within our grantmaking priorities, you may contact our office well before the deadline to inquire. If you choose to do this, please start by sending a brief plain text description of your project via email to intf@ajmuste.org — if you don't hear back within two weeks, you are welcome to follow up with another email. To submit a proposal, fill out completely: - the INTF Grant Application Form: http://ajmuste.org/INTFGrantApplicationForm.doc Email the completed form (preferably in MS Word or RTF format) with all required attachments to intf@ajmuste.org with the subject line “INTF:” followed by the name of your group. NOTE: If you are awarded a grant, you will have to provide a complete financial accounting for all funds received from the Muste Institute, demonstrating that they were used in accord with the grant agreement. This accounting is due as soon as the money is spent or within six months, whichever comes first. If funds from a grant remain unspent after six months, you must submit an updated accounting every six months until the complete grant is spent. This financial accounting should be accompanied by copies of materials produced with Institute funds, and a brief narrative report on the project. Call for proposals & Procurement notices 02/07/2010
Support for social inclusion and social protection of workers in the informal economy and of vulnerable groups at community level Reference EuropeAid/129202/C/ACT/Multi Please enter the 6 digits of the EuropeAid reference (i.e. 128150 for the call EuropeAid/128150/D/ACT/TR) Published 1/02/2010 Status Open » Closing 6 April 2010 Type Action Grants Programme Investing in People Geographical Zone For calls covering all countries, please use the "All countries" category as they are not listed when selecting individual countries. Documents
Partnership for Transparency Fund 02/03/2010
...providing small grants to CSOs in developing countries to fight corruption 1. What kind of projects are financed? Who is eligible? PTF`s mission is to help civil society organizations (CSOs) fight corruption. All bona fide CSOs engaged in fighting corruption are eligible for PTF grants. PTF encourages CSOs to work together and jointly submit requests for financing from PTF. Click here to see countries whose project have completed under this fund. PTF funding is meant to support well-defined actions aimed at preventing or reducing corruption. Usually this involves interaction with a public authority and is focused on a specific public activity. There will often be a focus on increased transparency as a major tool for reducing corruption. Examples of past projects financed by PTF include:
Typically, a project proposal would focus on a particular issue of corruption and include an analysis of these problems, as well as an approach to reform existing systems and processes to lessen the risk of corruption in the future. The outcome sought should be a measurable or at least an identifiable reduction in corruption, often associated with increased transparency. Long-term sustainability is very important. In PTF`s experience, this can only be achieved if there is support for the project from the public sector entity that is the focus of the project (municipality, government department, etc.). Another important aspect of sustainability is that the proposed project is part of a longer-term strategy of the CSOs. A focus on systemic improvements is important: the aim of the project should not be to catch the wrongdoers, but rather to develop systems and procedures that reduce the risks of future corruption. PTF will not support projects that do not focus on corruption, or projects that merely involve awareness building or training. PTF wishes to see the applicant CSO directly engage in actions that have a credible chance of actually reducing corruption... not just talking about it or measuring it. 2. The application process a. Concept Note To start the process, applicants for grants should submit a brief (not more than 3-5 pages) Concept Note. This note should describe the basic project concept, provide basic information on the applying CSO and a broad estimate of project cost. The Concept Note should specify the problem being addressed, why this is the right time to tackle the problem, and why the CSO is competent to address it. It is important to consult the detailed guidelines before starting to draft the Concept Note. Normally, the PTF grant will not exceed $35,000 and will often be smaller. In addition to this grant, it is expected that the applicant will provide some counterpart contribution (10-15% of project cost) even if modest to demonstrate commitment to the proposed project. At this stage of the application process, PTF stands ready to assist the applicant with strengthening or refining the project concept. b. Detailed Project Proposal Once PTF accepts the project concept, it will ask the proposing CSO to prepare a detailed project proposal. This proposal may be modified through a review process. PTF recognizes that some CSOs may lack experience in project preparation. Therefore, during the review PTF often mobilizes one of its own volunteers experience in anti-corruption work, to assist the applicant with the design and modalities of the project proposal. c. Grant Agreement Once the project is agreed, a draft grant agreement will be prepared by PTF to be signed by authorized representatives of the CSO and PTF. The final project document will be an integral part of the grant agreement. The grant agreement includes the reporting and accounting requirements, and disbursement conditions. PTF normally disburses in three tranches - the first upon signing the grant agreement, the second when some benchmark has been reached, and the third upon completion of the project. The tranches may or may not be of equal size, depending upon the requirements of the project. d. During Project Implementation The grantee will be expected to submit periodic progress reports, as specified in the grant agreement. As PTF volunteers are often not in a position to visit a project, the use of pictures in progress reports should be considered. Upon completion of the project, a completion report should be prepared with properly audited accounts of the expenditures made for the project. In PTF`s experience, the whole process from concept note to completion report should be completed a year. Projects with a longer term horizon may be supported if they can be divided into self-contained phases, each phase being funded separately and subject to the same requirements in terms of identifiable outputs and measurable impacts. 3 Applications should be submitted to: Pietronella van den Oever Executive Manager Partnership for Transparency Fund email: ptf@partnershipfortransparency.info Microsoft Software Donation for NGOs 02/01/2010
The Microsoft Software Donation program provides nongovernmental organizations (NGOs, also known as nonprofit organizations) with software that helps you operate with greater efficiency and effectiveness. To determine if this program is right for you, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Determine Eligibility Please review these guidelines to help you determine if your organization is eligible to participate in the Microsoft Software Donation program. Final eligibility is determined at time of application, so the following guidelines provide a general overview of which organizations may be eligible for donations.Eligible OrganizationsAll nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that hold charitable status in your country (equivalent to the 501(c)(3) status as determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service) are eligible to participate in this program. Eligible organizations operate on a not-for-profit basis and have a mission to benefit the local community that could include, but is not limited to, the following.
Click here to continue to Step 3: Apply Info source: http://www.microsoft.com/About/CorporateCitizenship/CommunityInvestment/NGO/en/us/softwareGrants.mspx#c2 DFID’s White Paper, ‘Eliminating World Poverty: Building Our Common Future’, outlines DFID’s approach to working with civil society. It highlights the fact that DFID recognises that the work of governments alone will not be enough to eliminate world poverty and that to achieve further and faster poverty reduction, governments must work closely with citizens and civil society groups. The White Paper states that over the next few years DFID will increase its work with organisations in the UK and overseas who play an important role in development. This will include groups with who do not currently benefit from DFID support. Many of these groups are involved in supporting very small scale, often localised activities which do not meet the criteria we have for our existing centrally managed civil society funding schemes, such as the Partnership Programme Arrangements (PPA) and Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF). To address this, DFID is establishing a new funding stream aimed at community based organisations involved in providing specific small scale, one-off support that directly targets poverty in the developing world and includes a significant development awareness component in the UK. The Fund will be operational for an initial 16 months from 2010. The Fund is intended to offer funding opportunities to not for profit organisations but is not intended to replace or overlap with other DFID funding mechanisms. Details of the Fund and application process Key elements
The Development Innovation Fund can support a very broad range of projects as long as they target poverty in the developing world include a significant development awareness component in the UK Examples include: support to health camps, provision of text books, education/learning materials or other appropriate technology materials, skills exchange programmes. Process What is the application process? You must submit a completed application form together with the additional documentation requested in 2.2 (above) to the Fund Manager at dif@dfid.gov.uk. The Fund Manager will acknowledge receipt of your application and provide you with a unique reference number within 3 days of receipt. The Fund Manager will also inform you of which Funding Round your application will be considered under. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications within a week after the relevant funding round. If you have any questions about any aspect of these guidelines please e-mail dif@dfid.gov.uk Visit this link for any other information you may have and for the FAQs: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/dif Campus of Excellence and Ashoka's Changemakers are searching for the most innovative solutions to raise awareness about gender-based violence and take actions to prevent it. Starting January 13, 2010, visit Changemakers to enter your innovation, nominate others to enter the competition, collaborate with other entrants, and discuss your favorite entries! Guidelines and Criteria Eligibility Criteria This global online challenge is open to all types of organizations (social organizations, private companies, and public entities) worldwide. We will consider all entries that:
The winners of this Changemakers collaborative competition will be those entries that best meet the following criteria: Innovation: This is the knock-out test. The project must describe a systemic or disruptive innovation that prevents and fights against gender-based violence. The innovation should be a unique model of change, demonstrating a substantial difference from other initiatives in the field and ready for large-scale expansion. The solutions we seek include but are not limited to:
Social Impact: It is important that the innovation offers a systemic solution that contributes to the prevention of all abuse against women and promotes awareness within the entire society. The initiative must provide evidence of its impact on the target population – women as well as men and children. Some innovations will have proven success at a small scale, while others will have benefited millions of people. Regardless of the level of demonstrated impact, it is important that the solution has a potential application at the global level. This will be judged by considering the solution's potential to be scalable and replicable, in addition to the entrant's ability to make a clear strategic plan to achieve greater goals. Sustainability:For an innovation to be truly effective it must have a long-term plan for securing financial backing and community support. Entries should describe not only how they are currently financing their work, but also how they plan to finance their work in the future. They should also demonstrate that they have strong partnerships and support networks to address an ongoing need, and to aid in scalability and the maintenance of a clear financial strategy. Competition Deadlines, Procedures, and Rules Online submissions to this challenge will be accepted until March 3rd 2010 at 6pm U.S. EST. At any time before this deadline, competition participants will be able to review and edit their entries based on the feedback received in the Changemakers online discussion. Participation in the discussion enhances an entrant’s prospects in the competition and provides the community and the judges an opportunity to understand the entrant’s project more completely. There are four main stages in the competition: Entry Stage, January 13-March 3, 2010: Entries can be submitted until 6pm U.S. EST on March 3rd 2010 and throughout this stage anyone can vote and participate in the online discussion with the participants. Voting, January 13-March 15, 2010: The Changemakers community will vote online to select the 10 finalists for the judges' review. The finalists will be announced on March 17th. Judges Evaluation, March 22-31, 2010: Experts in the field will assess the 10 finalists and decide on the three winning initiatives. Panel of Judges, April 6-7, 2010: The panel of judges will interview selected entrants to provide advice and feedback on their projects. Winners announced, April 8, 2010: The judges will select three winning entrants. One grand prizewinner will receive USD $5000 and will be invited to the 2010 Campus of Excellence event in Spain. Two runners up will also receive invitations to the event. Participation in the competition provides the opportunity to receive feedback on your blueprint from fellow entrants, Changemakers staff, judges, and the Changemakers community. Showcasing your model will help potential donors to achieve a clearer idea about the sector and thus be able to take decisions that improve the impact of their investments. Disclaimer - Compliance with Legal Restrictions Ashoka complies with all the laws and regulations of the United States, including the Office of Foreign Assets Control, export controls, and laws against money laundering. All grants will be awarded subject to compliance with such laws. Ashoka will not make any grant if it finds that to do so would be unlawful. This may prohibit awards in certain countries and/or to certain individuals or entities. All those who receive the grants shall be in compliance with said laws. No recipient will take any action that would cause Ashoka to violate any laws. Ashoka will not make any grant to a company involved in the promotion of tobacco use.  |
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