Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0006317
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) released this funding opportunity (SFOP0006317) to support assistance for displaced populations connected to the Iraq and Syria crises across Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. The process starts with a concept note phase, and only organizations whose concept notes are selected will be invited to submit a full proposal. PRM positions this as a competitive, two-step pipeline: concept notes are reviewed first, and then selected applicants are typically invited within about a month to develop either a single-year proposal (up to 15 pages) or a multi-year proposal (up to 20 pages). Once invited, applicants have 30 calendar days to submit the full proposal, including clear objectives, indicators, and a detailed budget broken out by year.
PRM expects concept notes to align closely with PRM priorities and compliance requirements laid out in PRM's General NGO Guidelines, which are treated as mandatory companion instructions to this announcement. In practical terms, that means PRM is signaling it will screen out submissions that do not follow those guidelines or that propose activities outside PRM's scope and strategy. The funding instrument listed is a cooperative agreement, which usually implies more active engagement by the funder during implementation compared to a standard grant, including stronger expectations around coordination, reporting, and adherence to PRM technical and policy requirements.
Geographically, the opportunity targets programming in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, with an emphasis on serving displaced Iraqi and Syrian refugee populations. A central eligibility requirement is that proposed activities must primarily benefit refugees and other populations of concern living outside of government-run or UNHCR-run camps, meaning the focus is on urban, peri-urban, and other out-of-camp settings. PRM also sets a strict beneficiary composition rule tied to its mandate: projects must have a target beneficiary base of at least 50 percent refugees. Iraq is treated as a partial exception, where the 50 percent threshold may be met with internally displaced persons (IDPs) and IDP returnees in addition to, or instead of, refugees. Turkey is also treated somewhat differently in that PRM will count non-Syrian and non-Iraqi refugees (including Afghans) and other populations of concern (such as International Protection applicants) toward that 50 percent requirement. Across all four countries, PRM encourages a community-based approach where feasible, meaning programs should be designed so they also reduce pressure on and provide some benefits to host communities, rather than isolating support only to displaced populations.
Programmatically, PRM requires proposals to fit within at least one of two overarching program areas: Humanitarian Protection and Assistance, and/or Interim and Durable Solutions. Within those broader areas, concept notes must focus on one or more sectors that PRM explicitly lists: protection; child protection; gender-based violence prevention and response; health; mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS); water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); education; livelihoods; shelter; core relief items and/or cash-based initiatives; and local government capacity-building. Applicants are expected to use PRM's sector definitions and expectations from the General NGO Guidelines when framing activities, outcomes, and measurement approaches.
The announcement also highlights a specific structural preference for Iraq: organizations may apply either individually or as a consortium, but in Iraq's education sector PRM intends to prioritize proposals submitted by consortia. PRM defines a consortium as a group of at least four NGOs that formalize an agreement to deliver an assistance activity that is beyond the resources of any single member. This is a clear signal that, for education programming in Iraq, PRM is looking for scale, complementary technical coverage, and coordinated implementation capacity that comes from multi-organization partnerships rather than standalone projects.
Administratively, the opportunity was created on December 16, 2019, with an original closing date of January 22, 2020. The award ceiling is listed as $10,000,000, and PRM projected a large number of awards (expected awards: 200), suggesting a portfolio approach with many funded projects rather than a small number of very large awards. The CFDA number is 19.519, and the activity category is listed as "Other," with the substance of allowable work defined through the program areas and sectors above. Overall, the opportunity is designed for NGOs capable of operating in complex displacement contexts, demonstrating strong refugee-focused targeting outside camps, and producing results-based proposals with clear indicators and multi-year budgeting when applicable.Apply for SFOP0006317
- The Department of State, Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2020 Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey Concept Notes" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.519.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 16, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 22, 2020. (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 $10,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 200 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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