STEWARD Strategic Activities Fund (SAF)

The summary for the STEWARD Strategic Activities Fund (SAF) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Forest Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
STEWARD Strategic Activities Fund (SAF): The United States Government, as represented by a partnership between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) West Africa and the United States Forest Service, International Programs (USFS/IP), seeks to expand the regional Sustainable and Thriving Environments for West African Regional Development Phase III (STEWARD III) Program. STEWARD III is a forest conservation and sustainable livelihoods program focusing on transboundary priority zones in the Upper Guinean Forest ecosystem in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast. This Strategic Activities Fund (SAF) invites applications from local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community based organizations, public sector institutions, and businesses using innovative and integrated approaches promoting biodiversity conservation, adaptation to or mitigation of climate change, and sustainable livelihoods. Through this SAF, USFS/IP is seeking to provide funding for the expansion of these innovations so that they may be implemented in the STEWARD priority zones in West Africa.
Federal Grant Title: STEWARD Strategic Activities Fund (SAF)
Federal Agency Name: Forest Service
Grant Categories: Natural Resources
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: 2011-STEWARD-SAF
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement Procurement Contract
CFDA Numbers: Information not provided
CFDA Descriptions: Information not provided
Current Application Deadline: Oct 05, 2011
Original Application Deadline: Oct 05, 2011
Posted Date: Sep 07, 2011
Creation Date: Sep 07, 2011
Archive Date: Nov 04, 2011
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $2,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $800,000
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Potential applicants, which are eligible to submit applications individually or in partnership with other institutions, are local or international organizations including universities, non-governmental organizations (both for-profit and non-profit), and other educational institutions. Local organizations must be registered in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, or Ivory Coast. In addition, international organizations must be legally registered under the laws of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, or Ivory Coast in order to hire local staff, manage a local office (if applicable), and implement activities on the ground.
Grant Announcement Contact
Stephanie Otis Africa Program Specialist 202-219-0877

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