FY 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO programs benefiting refugees and other vulnerable populations in Egypt | PRM PRMOAPAF 17 001

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This funding opportunity is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) notice for FY 2017 support to NGO programs assisting refugees and other vulnerable groups in Egypt. It is a discretionary opportunity administered as a cooperative agreement (CFDA 19.517), meaning PRM expects to be more actively involved than in a standard grant, typically through substantial programmatic coordination, monitoring, and collaboration during implementation. The opportunity is identified as PRM PRMOAPAF 17 001, was created on January 9, 2017, and had an application closing date of March 9, 2017.

PRM makes clear that the central purpose of the funding is to advance protection, assistance, and durable or sustainable solutions for people displaced by conflict. As a result, proposed projects must be built around a refugee-focused beneficiary base: PRM will only consider projects where at least 50 percent of the target beneficiaries are refugees. Within that refugee focus, applicants are expected to primarily serve one of two priority populations in Egypt: Syrian refugees or Sub-Saharan African refugees. Programs are allowed to include both groups, but proposals must explicitly break down the expected beneficiaries by population, stating the proportion of Syrians versus Sub-Saharan Africans served. This requirement signals that PRM wants applicants to demonstrate a clear understanding of who they are serving, how many people are reached in each group, and how the design and targeting align with the stated priority population.

Program activities must fall within one or more of five PRM-supported sectors. The first is protection, which can include general protection services as well as specialized child protection and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response where relevant. The remaining sectors are education, healthcare, livelihoods, and psychosocial assistance. Applicants are expected to anchor their proposals in these sectoral areas (with reference to PRM General NGO Guidelines for detailed definitions), which implies that proposals should present coherent objectives, activities, and outcomes within these domains rather than loosely connected humanitarian services outside PRM priorities. In practical terms, this could include protection case management and referrals, safe identification and support for at-risk children, GBV survivor support pathways and prevention programming, education access and retention efforts, basic or targeted health services and referrals, livelihoods interventions that improve self-reliance, and mental health or psychosocial support that addresses trauma and stressors associated with displacement.

The notice indicates anticipated program start dates in the July to August window (as written in the source text), and it limits project duration to plans of up to one year. This effectively frames the opportunity as short-term, time-bound support, with an expectation that the applicant can mobilize quickly and deliver measurable results within a 12-month implementation period. Applicants would therefore be expected to propose realistic workplans, staffing, partnerships, and monitoring approaches that fit a one-year performance horizon, including how services will start promptly and how progress will be tracked.

Funding is tightly bounded. Proposed budgets must be no less than $300,000 and no more than $600,000; proposals outside that range are disqualified. The ceiling for individual awards is $600,000. This creates a mid-sized project profile and suggests PRM is looking for focused, implementable interventions rather than very small pilot efforts or multi-million dollar operations. Applicants must therefore design the scope, geographic coverage, staffing, and unit costs to fit within the allowable range while still demonstrating sufficient scale and impact for the target refugee population. The notice does not specify the exact number of awards expected in the excerpt provided, but it does set the maximum amount per award and a strict eligibility budget window.

Eligibility is oriented toward NGOs and similar entities rather than international multilateral agencies. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (also excluding institutions of higher education), and certain other entities as allowed under PRM rules. At the same time, the notice explicitly instructs international multilateral organizations, such as UN agencies, not to submit applications through Grants.gov under this announcement. Instead, multilateral organizations seeking funding for relevant programs are directed to contact the PRM Program Officer by the closing date. This distinction clarifies that the competitive application process described here is intended for NGOs and similar applicants, while UN agencies are handled through a different coordination and funding pathway.

Overall, the opportunity is designed to fund NGO-led, refugee-centered programming in Egypt that directly supports Syrian or Sub-Saharan African refugees, delivers services in PRM priority sectors (protection, education, healthcare, livelihoods, and psychosocial assistance), and can be executed within one year and within a $300,000 to $600,000 budget. The most important compliance points embedded in the notice are the refugee threshold (at least 50 percent refugees in the beneficiary base), the requirement to specify which priority population is primarily served (and provide a proportional breakdown if serving both), the one-year maximum duration, and the strict budget limits that trigger disqualification if not met.

• The Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO programs benefiting refugees and other vulnerable populations in Egypt" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.517.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-01-09.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-03-09. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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