Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0010304
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) is offering a discretionary grant competition focused on combatting descent-based slavery in the Sahel region of West Africa. The aim is to support practical, rights-based work that helps eradicate slavery and reduces discrimination against people who are currently enslaved as well as those who were formerly enslaved, recognizing that social stigma and exclusion often persist long after someone leaves a situation of bondage. This opportunity is explicitly framed around addressing both the practice of descent-based slavery and the broader discriminatory systems that keep affected communities marginalized.
The competition is structured to make two separate awards. One project will be dedicated exclusively to Mauritania, reflecting the country-specific nature of descent-based slavery dynamics and the need for targeted interventions there. The second award will fund a regional project that must cover two or more countries in the Sahel region of West Africa, supporting approaches that can address cross-border patterns, shared drivers, or comparable forms of discrimination and exploitation across the region. Organizations that want to compete for both the Mauritania-only award and the multi-country regional award are allowed to do so, but they must submit two separate applications rather than a single combined proposal.
Eligibility is broad and listed as unrestricted, meaning DRL is open to a wide range of applicant types. U.S.-based and foreign-based nonprofit organizations and NGOs may apply, along with public international organizations. The opportunity also allows applications from private, public, or state institutions of higher education, and from for-profit organizations or businesses. Even though for-profit entities are eligible, DRL states a clear preference for working with nonprofit organizations, and notes that for-profit applications may receive additional review after the panel selection process. Importantly, the Department of State does not allow profit under its assistance awards to for-profit or commercial organizations. In this context, "profit" is defined as any amount above allowable direct and indirect costs, and the allowability of costs for commercial organizations is determined using the Federal Acquisition Regulation framework, including the relevant cost accounting standards and contract cost principles (referenced as 48 CFR 30 and 48 CFR 31).
Administratively, the opportunity is identified as "DRL Combatting Descent-based Slavery in the Sahel Region of West Africa" with Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0010304 and CFDA number 19.345. It uses a grant as the funding instrument type and is categorized under a broad "Other" funding activity category. DRL anticipated making two awards in total, consistent with the one-country and regional split described in the program design. The award ceiling is set at $2,000,000, which indicates the maximum amount an individual award could reach (with final award sizes depending on the bureau's decisions and the proposed program design). The opportunity record shows a creation date of March 19, 2024, and an original application closing date of May 17, 2024.
Taken together, this funding opportunity is designed to back organizations that can demonstrate credible strategies to reduce and ultimately end descent-based slavery and the discrimination tied to inherited status in the Sahel, either through a focused effort in Mauritania or through a coordinated multi-country regional approach.Apply for SFOP0010304
- The Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DRL Combatting Descent-based Slavery in the Sahel Region of West Africa" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.345.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-19.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-17. (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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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