Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0006637

The "2020 Thailand, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal Full Proposal" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0006637) is a discretionary grant competition run by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). It was posted on March 12, 2020, with an original application deadline of April 13, 2020. PRM is offering funding through a cooperative agreement, which typically means the agency expects an active partnership role during implementation, with more ongoing coordination, reporting, and potential programmatic involvement than a standard grant.

The core purpose of this opportunity is to fund projects that primarily support refugees and asylum seekers in four focus countries: Thailand, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. The program design is expected to align with PRM's mandate, which centers on protection, humanitarian assistance, and advancing sustainable solutions for refugees and people affected by conflict. In practical terms, proposals should be built around interventions that directly address safety, access to essential services, and longer-term pathways toward stability for displaced populations in these settings.

A key eligibility and design requirement is the beneficiary composition threshold. PRM states it will consider funding only programs where at least 50 percent of the targeted beneficiaries are refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), or other "populations of concern" as defined within PRM's humanitarian scope. This is an important screening factor: applicants must be able to demonstrate, with credible targeting and monitoring plans, that the program is not primarily serving general host-community needs unless those activities are clearly tied to and proportionate within a refugee- or displacement-focused response. Programs can include additional groups, but they must remain anchored in the displacement-affected population and meet the minimum 50 percent requirement.

From a funding standpoint, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $7,500,000 and anticipates making up to nine awards. While the eligible applicant category is broadly indicated as "Others" (with further clarification referenced in the original notice), the structure suggests PRM is seeking capable implementing partners with the operational experience and compliance capacity to manage a cooperative agreement in complex humanitarian environments. The funding activity category is labeled as "Other," indicating that the specific programmatic areas may be defined in the full announcement text and could span multiple sectors, so long as the proposed work clearly advances PRM's protection and assistance objectives for refugees and asylum seekers in the named countries.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as PRM funding for refugee-focused humanitarian or protection programming in South and Southeast Asia, with a firm requirement that the majority of direct beneficiaries be people displaced by conflict or similarly covered populations. Applicants would be expected to propose evidence-based activities, demonstrate strong beneficiary targeting consistent with the 50 percent rule, and be prepared for a collaborative oversight relationship typical of cooperative agreements.

  • 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 Thailand, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal Full Proposal" and is now available to receive applicants.
  • Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.511.
  • This funding opportunity was created on Mar 12, 2020.
  • Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 13, 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 $7,500,000.00 in funding.
  • The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
  • Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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