Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO Programs Benefiting Urban Refugees in South Africa
04/12/2017 09:17 AM EDT
Funding Opportunity Announcement
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
April 11, 2017
Funding Opportunity Number: SFPOP0001609
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 19.517 – Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa
Announcement issuance date: Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Proposal submission deadline: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. noon Eastern Daylight Time.
We are unable to consider proposals submitted after this FIRM deadline.
**ADVISORY: All applicants must submit proposals through theGrants.gov website only. Please note that if you apply on the SAMS Domestic site, your application will be disqualified. PRM strongly recommends submitting your proposal early to allow time to address any difficulties that may arise.**
If you are new to PRM funding, the Grants.gov registration process can be complicated. We urge you to refer to PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines
“New to PRM Funding” section for information and resources to help
ensure that the application process runs smoothly. PRM also strongly
encourages organizations that have received funding from PRM in the past
to read this section as a refresher.
Full Text of Notice of Funding Opportunity
A. Program Description
This announcement is designed to accompany PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines
which contain additional information on PRM’s priorities and NGO
funding strategy with which selected organizations must comply. Please
use both the
General NGO Guidelines
and this announcement to ensure that your submission is in full
compliance with PRM requirements and that the proposed activities are in
line with PRM’s priorities.
Submissions that do not reflect the requirements outlined in these guidelines will not be considered.
Current Funding Priorities:
(a) Proposed activities should support refugees and asylum seekers
residing in South Africa with priority areas being urban centers such as
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria. Programs
should build capacity of national organizations and within communities
to address refugee and asylum seeker needs and promote self-reliance.
They should also, where relevant, include efforts to identify and reach
out to “hidden” refugees, identify and build upon existing services
(including government services), provide information about and referrals
to existing services, establish a clear method and criteria for
identifying and assisting the most vulnerable refugees and asylum
seekers, adopt a community-based approach that takes into account host
community needs, and avoid creating refugee-specific parallel services
to what already exists in the community. Because of PRM’s mandate to
provide protection, assistance, and sustainable solutions for refugees
and victims of conflict, PRM will consider funding only those projects
that include a target beneficiary base of at least 50 percent refugees
and asylum seekers.
(b) Proposals should focus on advocacy and support for refugee
protection and access to basic social services in urban settings in one
or more of the following sectors:
- Protection: Proposal should bear in mind existing
refugee protection mechanisms including formal laws and policies
designed to protect refugees and asylum seekers as well as informal
community-based protection efforts. Proposals should be designed to
support and strengthen existing protection mechanisms rather than
develop parallel systems that may not be sustainable over time. Key
components of protection programs may include: (1) legal assistance and
counseling, (2) community-based prevention and response to xenophobia,
(3) prevention and response to gender-based violence, (4) child
protection, and/ or (5) dissemination of information to promote enhanced
refugee access to protection mechanisms and programs.
- Healthcare, Education, and/or Shelter: Proposals
should focus on increasing refugee and asylum seeker access to existing
government- and community-based social services rather than developing
parallel services, with a focus on (a) health care (including mental
health care and sexual and reproductive health services), (b) education
and vocational training, and/ or (c) housing and shelter. Proposals
should enhance local capacity to address refugee and asylum seeker needs
and may include support to host communities who are assisting and
protecting refugees and asylum seekers provided at least 50 percent of
the beneficiaries are refugees and asylum seekers.
- Livelihoods: Proposals should be based on market
assessments and should be designed to foster self-reliance among
refugees and asylum seekers in urban areas. Components may include (a)
training in language, literacy and vocational skills linked to local
markets, (b) job-placement, , and/ or (c) legal support for businesses. Proposals
should include plans to measure the impact of proposed activities on
achieving self-reliance, or in the case of continuation applications,
describe the impacts of previous livelihoods activities and include
indicators of self-reliance. Programs may include host-community
beneficiaries provided that at least 50 percent of the beneficiaries are
refugees and asylum seekers
B. Federal Award Information
Proposed program start dates: August 1– September 15, 2017
Duration of Activity: Program plans for one or two
years will be considered. Applicants may submit multi-year proposals
with activities and budgets that do not exceed two years (24 months)
from the proposed start date. Actual awards will not exceed one year (12
months) in duration and activities and budgets submitted in year one
can be revised/updated each year. Continued funding after the initial
12- month award requires the submission of a noncompeting single year
proposal and will be contingent upon available funding, strong
performance, and continuing need.
For the purposes of this
announcement, a multi-year project should entail a progression of
efforts and not just be two one-year projects; rather, it is one plan of
up to twenty-four months of programming with a breakdown of activities
and budgets between the first and second years of the overall two-year
program plan. Applicants are encouraged to carefully consider whether
livelihoods projects should be one- or two-years in duration to
accomplish the project goals. In funding a project one year,
PRM makes no representations that it will continue to fund the project
in successive years and encourages applicants to seek a wide array of
donors to ensure long-term funding possibilities. Please see Multi-Year
Funding section below for additional information.
Funding Limits: Project proposals must be more than $100,000 and less than $300,000 per year or they will be disqualified.
C. Eligibility Information
- Eligible Applicants: (1) Nonprofits having a
501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education;
(2) Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than
institutions of higher education; and (3) International Organizations.
International multilateral organizations, such as United Nations
agencies, should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in
response to this Notice of Funding Opportunity announcement.
Multilateral organizations that are seeking funding for programs
relevant to this announcement should contact the PRM Program Officer (as
listed below) on or before the closing date of the funding
announcement.
- Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost sharing, matching, or cost participation is not a requirement of an application in response to this funding announcement.
- Other:
(a) Proposals must have a concrete implementation plan with
well-conceived objectives and indicators that are specific, measurable,
achievable, relevant and reliable, time-bound, and trackable (SMART),
have established baselines, and include at least one outcome or impact
indicator per objective; objectives should be clearly linked to the
sectors.
(b) Proposals must adhere to relevant international standards for humanitarian assistance. See PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines for a complete list of sector-specific standards including guidance on proposals for projects in urban areas.
(c) PRM strongly encourages programs that target the needs of
vulnerable and underserved groups among the beneficiary population
(women; children; adolescents; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or
intersex (LGBTI) individuals; older persons; the sick; persons with
disabilities; and other minorities) and can demonstrate what steps have
been taken to meet the specific and unique protection and assistance
needs of these vulnerable groups effectively. See gender analysis
requirements below in D.2.(c).
(d) PRM will accept proposals from any NGO working in the above mentioned sectors although, given budgetary constraints,
priority will be given to proposals from organizations that can demonstrate:
- a working relationship with UNHCR and/or current UNHCR funding,
and/or a letter of support from UNHCR for the proposed activities (this
letter should highlight the gap in services the proposed program is
designed to address);
- a proven track record in providing proposed assistance both in the sector and specified location;
- evidence of coordination with international organizations (IOs) and
other NGOs working in the same area or sector as well as – where
possible – local authorities;
- a strong sustainability plan, involving local capacity-building, where feasible;
- where applicable, adherence to PRM’s Principles for Refugee Protection in Urban Areas; and
- an understanding of and sensitivity to conflict dynamics in the project location.
D. Application and Submission Instructions
- Address to Request Application Package:
(a) Application packages may be downloaded from the website
www.Grants.gov.
- Content and Form of Application:
(a) PRM strongly recommends using the proposal and budget templates that are available upon email request from
PRM’s NGO Coordinator (PRMNGOCoordinator@state.gov).
Please send an email, with the phrase “PRM NGO Templates” in the
subject line, to PRM’s NGO Coordinator to receive an automated reply
with the templates
.
Page limits: Single-year proposals using PRM’s templates
must be no more than 15 pages in length
(Times New Roman 12 point font, one inch margins on all sides). If the
applicant does not use PRM’s recommended templates, proposals must not
exceed 10 pages in length. Organizations may choose to attach work
plans, activity calendars, and/or logical frameworks as
addendums/appendices to the proposal. These attachments do not count
toward the page limit total however annexes cannot be relied upon as a
key source of program information. The proposal narrative must be able
to stand on its own in the application process. For multi-year funding
application instructions, see section (e) below. Proposals exceeding the
page limit cannot be considered.
(b) To be considered for PRM funding, organizations
must submit a complete application package including:
- Proposal narrative reflecting objectives and indicators for each year of the program period.
- Budget and budget narrative for each year of the program period.
- Signed completed SF-424, SF-424A, and SF-424B.
- Risk Analysis.
(c) Additionally, organizations
must submit the following documents as part of their proposal package, if applicable:
- Organizations applying for livelihoods project funding must include
both a market analysis and a beneficiary competency/capacity assessment
as part of the proposal package. Please see the General NGO Guidelines for more details.
- Most recent Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA), if
applicable or a de minimis rate calculation if the applicant elects to
use the de minimis rate, if applicable.
- NGOs that have not received PRM funding since the U.S. government
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004 must be prepared to demonstrate
that they meet the financial and accounting requirements of the U.S.
government by submitting copies of 1) the most recent external financial
audit, 2) proof of non-profit tax status including under IRS 501
(c)(3), as applicable, 3) a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
number, and 4) an Employer ID (EIN)/Federal Tax Identification number,
as applicable.
- Organizations that received PRM funding in FY 2016 for activities
that are being proposed for funding under this announcement must include
the most recent quarterly progress report against indicators outlined
in the cooperative agreement. If an organization’s last quarterly report
was submitted more than six weeks prior to the submission of a proposal
in response to this funding announcement, the organization must
include, with its most recent quarterly report, updates that show any
significant progress made on objectives since the last report.
(d) In order to be considered a competitive proposal, the proposal narrative should include the following information:
- Focus on outcome or impact indicators as much as possible. At a
minimum, each objective should have one outcome or impact indicator.
Wherever possible, baselines should be established before the start of
the project.
- Include Specific information on locations of projects and
beneficiaries (GPS coordinates if possible) to increase PRM’s ability to
track the impact of PRM funding.
- Outline how the NGO will acknowledge PRM funding. If an organization
believes that publicly acknowledging the receipt of USG funding for a
particular PRM-funded project could potentially endanger the lives of
the beneficiaries and/or the organization staff, invite suspicion about
the organization’s motives, or alienate the organization from the
population it is trying to help, it must provide a brief explanation in
its proposal as to why it should be exempted from this requirement.
- The budget should include a specific breakdown of funds being
provided by UNHCR, other USG agencies, other donors, and your own
organization.
- Applicants whose proposals address gender-based violence (GBV)
through their projects must estimate the total cost of these activities
as a separate line item in their proposed budgets (see PRM’s budget
template).Proposals and budgets must include details of any
sub-agreements associated with the program.
- PRM partners must complete a gender analysis in the proposal
narrative that briefly explains (1) Experiences of men, women, boys, and
girls with a focus on the different familial roles, community
privileges, and gender dynamics within the target population; (2)
associated risks and threats experienced by women, girls, and other
vulnerable populations based on their gender; (3) power imbalances and
needs that arise based on gender inequalities that exist within the
family or community; and (4) proposed responses that will address the
above and mitigate any gender differences in access, participation, or
decision-making that may be experienced by at-risk groups, particularly
women and girls. The gender analysis should aim to specify and target
specific at-risk sub-populations of women and girls, in particular women
and girl heads of households, out-of-school girls, women and girls with
disabilities, women and girl survivors of violence, married girls, and
adolescent mothers, as well as people who identify as lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI), and those who are often
unaware of and excluded from programs and services and who may be the
hardest to reach based on their gender.
- Summarize the risk analysis in the security and risk management section of the proposal narrative.
(e) We will ask applicants to submit the following documents before a cooperative agreement is finalized:
- Copy of the organization’s Code of Conduct that must include protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).
- Copy of the organization’s Security Plan.
- Copy of the organization’s Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) framework.
- Completed PRM Award Data Sheet.
(f)
Multi-Year Funding: Applicants proposing multi-year programs should adhere to the following guidance:
Applicants may submit proposals that include multi-year strategies
presented in one year (12-month) cycles for a period not to exceed two
years (24 months) from the proposed start date. Fully developed programs
with detailed budgets, objectives and indicators are required for
each year of activities.
Applicants should use PRM’s recommended multi-year proposal template
for the first year of a multi-year application. Multi-year funding
applicants may use PRM’s standard budget template and should submit a
separate budget sheet for each project year.
Multi-year proposal
narratives and budgets can be updated yearly upon submission of new
noncompeting single year proposal narrative template with an updated
budget, each year.
Page limits: Multi-year proposals using PRM’s multi-year template
must be no more than 20 pages in length
(Times New Roman 12 point font, one inch margins on all sides). If the
applicant does not use PRM’s recommended templates, proposals must not
exceed 15 pages in length. Organizations may choose to attach work
plans, activity calendars, and/or logical frameworks as
addendums/appendices to the proposal. These attachments do not count
toward the page limit total however annexes cannot be relied upon as a
key source of program information. The proposal narrative must be able
to stand on its own in the application process. Proposals exceeding the
page limit cannot be considered.
Multi-year applications selected for funding by PRM will be funded in
one year (12- month) increments based on the proposal submitted in the
initial application as approved by PRM. Continued funding after the
initial 12- month award requires the submission of a noncompeting single
year proposal narrative and will be contingent upon available funding,
strong performance, and continuing need. Follow-on funding applications
must be submitted by the organization no later than 90 days before the
proposed start date of the new award (e.g., if the next project period
is to begin on September 1, submit your application by June 1).
Follow-on year applications are submitted in lieu of responding to PRM’s
published call for proposals for those activities. Late submissions
will jeopardize continued funding.
Organizations can request single-year and multi-year funding proposal narrative templates by emailing
PRM’s NGO Coordinator with the phrase “PRM NGO Templates” in the subject line
.
- Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and System for Award Management (SAM)
(a) Each applicant is required to: (i) be registered in SAM before
submitting its application; (ii) provide a valid DUNS number in its
application; and (iii) continue to maintain an active SAM registration
with current information at all times during which it has an active PRM
award or an application or plan under consideration by PRM. No federal
award may be made to an applicant until the applicant has complied with
all applicable DUNS and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not
fully complied with the requirements by the time the PRM award is ready
to be made, PRM may determine that the applicant is not qualified to
receive a PRM award and use that determination as a basis for making a
PRM award to another applicant.
(b)
Proposals must be submitted via Grants.gov. (Do NOT try to apply via SAMS Domestic which would result in disqualifying your proposal.) Grants.gov
registration requires a DUNS number and active SAM.gov registration. If
you are new to PRM funding, the Grants.gov registration process can be
complicated. We urge you to refer to PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines
“New to PRM Funding” section for information and resources to help
ensure that the application process runs smoothly. PRM also strongly
encourages organizations that have received funding from PRM in the past
to read this section as a refresher. Applicants may also refer to the “
Applicant Resources” tools and tips page on Grants.gov for complete details on requirements.
(c)
Do not wait until the last minute to submit your application on Grants.gov.
Organizations not registered with Grants.gov should register well in
advance of the deadline as it can take up to two weeks to finalize
registration (sometimes longer for non-U.S. based NGOs to get the
required registration numbers). We also recommend that organizations,
particularly first-time applicants, submit applications via Grants.gov
no later than one week before the deadline to avoid last-minute
technical difficulties that could result in an application not being
considered.
PRM partners must maintain an active SAM
registration with current information at all times during which they
have an active federal award or an application under consideration by
PRM or any federal agency.
(d) When registering with
Grants.gov,
organizations must designate points of contact and Authorized
Organization Representatives (AORs). Organizations based outside the
United States must also request and receive an
NCAGE code prior to registering with
SAM.gov.
Applicants experiencing technical difficulties with the SAM registration process should contact the Federal Service Desk (FSD) online or at 1-
866-606-8220 (U.S.) and 1-334-206-7828 (International).
(e)
Applications must be submitted under the authority of the Authorized Organization Representative at the applicant organization. Having proposals submitted by agency headquarters helps to avoid possible technical problems.
(f)
If you encounter technical difficulties with Grants.gov please contact the Grants.gov Help Desk at support@grants.gov or by calling 1-800-518-4726.
(g) It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure the
appropriate registrations are in place and active. Failure to have the
appropriate organizational registrations in place is not considered a
technical difficulty and is not justification for an alternate means of
submission.
(h) Pursuant to U.S. Code, Title 218, Section 1001, stated on OMB
Standard Form 424 (SF-424), the Department of State is authorized to
consolidate the certifications and assurances required by Federal law or
regulations for its federal assistance programs. The list of
certifications and assurances can be found
here.
(i) In accordance with 2 CFR §200.113, Mandatory disclosures, the
non-Federal entity or applicant for a Federal award must disclose, in a
timely manner, in writing to the Federal awarding agency or pass-through
entity all violations of Federal criminal law involving fraud, bribery,
or gratuity violations potentially affecting the Federal award.
Non-Federal entities that have received a Federal award including the
term and condition outlined in Appendix XII—Award Term and Condition for
Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters are required to report
certain civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings to SAM. Failure
to make required disclosures can result in any of the remedies described
in 2 CFR §200.338 Remedies for noncompliance, including suspension or
debarment. (See also 2 CFR part 180, 31 U.S.C. 3321, and 41 U.S.C.
2313.)
- Submission Dates and Times
Announcement issuance date: Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Proposal submission deadline: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. noon EDT.
- Intergovernmental Review – Not Applicable.
- Funding Restrictions. Federal awards will not allow reimbursement of Federal Award costs without prior authorization by PRM.
- Other Submission Requirements
(a)
PRM Standardized Indicators: In an effort to
streamline the proposal writing/reviewing process and better measure the
impact of the Bureau’s work, PRM requires the use of standardized
indicators for projects in the protection, child protection, health,
mental health and psychosocial support, WASH, nutrition and food
security, education, livelihoods, and emergency shelter sectors, as well
as projects that include local government capacity-building and core
relief items (non-food items). Applicants must fill in numerical and/or
percentage targets for each indicator. Sphere standards should be used
as targets, unless otherwise noted.
Proposals must include all standardized indicators that apply to the program. Please refer to PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines for a complete list of all standardized indicators that must be included.
(b)
Branding and Marking Strategy: Unless exceptions
have been approved by the designated bureau Authorizing Official as
described in the proposal templates that are available upon email
request from
PRM’s NGO Coordinator, at a minimum, the following provision will be included whenever assistance is awarded:
- The Recipient shall recognize the United States Government’s funding
for activities specified under this award at the project site with a
graphic of the U.S. flag accompanied by one of the following two phrases
based on the level of funding for the award:
1) Fully funded by the award: “Gift of the United States Government”
2) Partially funded by the award: “Funding provided by the United States Government”
Exemptions from this requirement may be allowable but must be agreed to in writing by the Grants Officer.
All programs, projects, assistance, activities, and public
communications to foreign audiences, partially or fully funded by the
Department, should be marked appropriately overseas with the standard
U.S. flag in a size and prominence equal to (or greater than) any other
logo or identity. The requirement does not apply to the Recipient’s own
corporate communications or in the United States.
The Recipient should ensure that all publicity and promotional
materials underscore the sponsorship by or partnership with the U.S.
Government or the U.S. Embassy. The Recipient may continue to use
existing logos or program materials; however, a standard rectangular
U.S. flag must be used in conjunction with such logos.
The U.S. flag may replace or be used in conjunction with the
Department of State seal, the U.S. embassy seal, or other DOS program
logos.
Sub non-Federal entities (sub-awardees) and subsequent tier sub-award
agreements are subject to the marking requirements and the non-Federal
entity shall include a provision in the sub non-Federal entity agreement
indicating that the standard, rectangular U.S. flag is a requirement.
In the event the non-Federal entity does not comply with the marking
requirements as established in the approved assistance agreement, the
Grants Officer Representative and the Grants Officer must initiate
corrective action with the non-Federal entity.
E. Application Review Information
- Criteria: Eligible submissions will be those that
comply with the criteria and requirements included in this announcement.
In addition, the review panel will evaluate the proposals based on the
following criteria:
(i) Problem Statement/Analysis
(ii) Program Description
(iii) Gender Analysis
(iv) Objectives and Indicators
(v) Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
(vi) Accountability to Affected Populations
(vii) Coordination
(viii) Sustainability and Capacity-Building
(ix) Management and Past Performance
(x) Budget
- PRM will conduct a formal competitive review of all proposals
submitted in response to this funding announcement. A review panel of at
least three people will evaluate submissions based on the
above-referenced programmatic criteria and PRM priorities in the context
of available funding.
- Department of State Review Panels may provide conditions and
recommendations on applications to enhance the proposed program, which
must be addressed by the applicant before further consideration of the
award. To ensure effective use of limited PRM funds, conditions or
recommendations may include requests to increase, decrease, clarify,
and/or justify costs and program activities.
- New PRM Award Data Sheet: Prior to award and upon
final negotiation, PRM will ask the selected NGOs to fill out and submit
a PRM Award Data Sheet to capture a subset of information from the
proposal.
F. Federal Award Administration Information
- Federal Award Administration. A successful
applicant can expect to receive a separate notice from PRM stating that
an application has been selected before PRM actually makes the federal
award. That notice is not an authorization to begin performance. Only
the notice of award signed by the grants officer is the authorizing
document. Unsuccessful applicants will be notified following completion
of the selection and award process.
- Administrative and National Policy Requirements. PRM
awards are made consistent with the following provisions in the
following order of precedence: (a) applicable laws and statutes of the
United States, including any specific legislative provisions mandated in
the statutory authority for the award; (b) Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR); (c) Department of State Standard Terms and Conditions of the
award; (d) the award’s specific requirements; and (e) other documents
and attachments to the award.
- Reporting
Successful applicants will be required to submit:
(a)
Program Reports: PRM requires program reports
describing and analyzing the results of activities undertaken during the
validity period of the agreement. A program report is required within
thirty (30) days following the end of each three month period of
performance during the validity period of the agreement. The final
program report is due ninety (90) days following the end of the
agreement. The submission dates for program reports will be written into
the cooperative agreement. Partners receiving multi-year awards should
follow this same reporting schedule and should still submit a final
program report at the end of each year that summarizes the NGO’s
performance during the previous year.
The
Performance Progress Report
(SF-PPR) is a standard, government-wide performance reporting format.
Recipients of PRM funding must submit the signed SF-PPR cover page with
each program report. In addition, the Bureau suggests that NGOs
receiving PRM funding use the PRM recommended program report template
and reference this template as being attached in block 10 of the SF-PPR.
This template is designed to ease the reporting requirements while
ensuring that all required elements are addressed. The Program Report
Template can be requested by sending an email with only the phrase “PRM
NGO Templates” (without the quotation marks) in the subject line to
PRMNGOCoordinator@state.gov.
(b)
Financial Reports: Financial reports are
required within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar year
quarter during the validity period of the agreement (January 30th,
April 30th, July 30th, October 30th). The final financial report
covering the entire period of the agreement is required within ninety
(90) days after the expiration date of the agreement. For agreements
containing indirect costs, final financial reports are due within sixty
(60) days of the finalization of the applicable negotiated indirect cost
rate agreement (NICRA).
Reports reflecting expenditures for the recipients overseas and
United States offices should be completed in accordance with the Federal
Financial Report (FFR SF-425) and submitted electronically in the
Department of Health and Human Services’ Payment Management System
(HHS/PMS) and in accordance with other award specific requirements.
Detailed information pertaining to the Federal Financial Report
including due dates, instruction manuals and access forms, is provided
on the
HHS/PMS website.
For more details regarding reporting requirements please see PRM’s
General NGO Guidelines.
(c)
Audit Reports: When a recipient-contracted audit
is not required because the Federal award amount is less than the
$750,000 threshold, the Department may determine that an audit must be
performed and the audit report must be submitted to the responsible
grants office(r) for review, dissemination, and resolution as
appropriate. The cost of audits required under this policy may be
charged either as an allowable direct cost to the award, or included in
the organizations established indirect costs in the award’s detailed
budget.
G. PRM Contacts
Applicants with technical questions related to this announcement
should contact the PRM staff listed below prior to proposal submission.
Please note that responses to technical questions from PRM do not
indicate a commitment to fund the program discussed.
PRM Program Officer Chris Upchurch: UpchurchCM@state.gov, 202-453-9307
