The U.S. Embassy Vientiane Public Diplomacy Section has announced their call for applications for the 2019 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program Laos. Interested organizations from Laos can apply for grants between $1000 and $20,000 and the deadline is 4 April 2019.
If you want to apply for the 2019 Public Diplomacy small grant program, you need to be a Not-for-profit organization, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations, a public and private educational institution or an individual. You need to be from or work in Laos. For-profit organizations cannot apply.
The 2019 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program Laos has the goal to promote partnerships between Lao and U.S. people and organizations; promote strong, sustainable and inclusive economic growth for Laos through education, health, market orientation, governance, and the environment; improve security cooperation; enhance education ties, strengthen media engagement, and/or build capacity of local partners. Projects can be funded specifically in the following areas:
If you want to apply for the 2019 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program Laos, you have to send your proposal to the email given on the website. Your proposal should not be longer than 7 pages and contain the following:
Furthermore, you have to submit a budget narrative in a different form.
As this project is with USAID, you need to submit registration documents with USAID. Make sure you double check which documents you need and have them ready at the time of submission. Some registrations might take up to four weeks to obtain.
The grant-giving institution has worked out very detailed guidelines for this opportunity, including format requirements. Make sure that you 100% follow these guidelines. It even is stated in the guidelines, that organizations that do not adhere to them will be disqualified.
When submitting, you need to have acquired a number of registration numbers from USAID like the Data Universal Numbering System/DUNS number. Make sure that you start this process early and that you already have these numbers. The process might take up to several weeks, so plan accordingly.
A lot of emphasis will be put on the objectives and activities of the project, so make sure they are well designed, measurable and practicable. If you want to learn more about SMART objectives, read this article.
For further information, please see this link.
Best of luck with your application!
Eva is based in Germany and has worked for nearly a decade with NGOs on the grassroots level in Nepal in the field of capacity development and promotion of sustainable agricultural practices. Before that, she worked in South America and Europe with different organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in geography and her field of research was sustainability and inclusion in development projects.
