Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0007647
The FY 2021 Request for Concept Notes for Humanitarian Research (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0007647) is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) solicitation that starts a two-step application process for humanitarian research funding through a cooperative agreement. Instead of asking for full proposals upfront, PRM first screens short concept notes and then invites a subset of applicants to submit full proposals. The goal is to support targeted, field-relevant research that can strengthen humanitarian assistance and protection programming for PRM populations of concern overseas.
The process works like this: organizations submit concept notes responding to one of two defined research topics. PRM reviews those notes and then selectively invites applicants to develop them into full proposals. Invited applicants must submit either a single-year proposal (up to 15 pages) or a two-year proposal (up to 20 pages). Those full proposals must include clear objectives, measurable indicators, and detailed budgets for each year of programming. Once an organization is notified that its concept note has been selected, it has 30 calendar days to complete and submit the full proposal package, so applicants need to be prepared to quickly expand their study design, measurement plan, and costing details.
PRM is looking for concept notes that directly address one of the following research areas. The first topic is Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) for Protection. Within that topic, PRM is specifically interested in research that examines how cash and voucher assistance can be designed to most effectively achieve protection outcomes, not just economic or consumption outcomes. The questions emphasize practical decision-making: when cash-for-protection approaches work, when they should be deployed, what conditions or prerequisites need to be in place, and what implementation approaches most reliably produce the intended protection benefits. PRM also highlights the importance of understanding longer-term impacts, including how the duration of cash transfers affects whether protection outcomes persist over time. In other words, the research is expected to go beyond whether cash helps in the short run and instead look at how program design choices, timing, and transfer length influence sustained protection results.
The second topic focuses on Displaced Indigenous and/or Other Marginalized Populations in South America. PRM is seeking research that documents and analyzes the specific displacement-related challenges faced by indigenous communities and/or binational or transborder (binational/transfronterizo) populations in the South American context. The solicitation also asks applicants to assess whether and how humanitarian organizations account for the distinct assistance and protection needs of these groups, including potential gaps, barriers to access, and culturally or legally specific risks that may not be addressed by standard programming models. PRM notes that proposals may include a comparative component, such as research involving at least two indigenous communities in South America, which suggests an interest in identifying patterns as well as meaningful differences across contexts.
A key eligibility and scope requirement is that the proposed research must be relevant to PRM populations of concern. For this call, PRM defines those populations as refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), stateless persons, conflict victims, and vulnerable migrants. The research must be humanitarian in nature and conducted overseas. PRM explicitly states it will not review proposals focused on domestic research related to U.S.-based assistance activities, so applicants need to ensure the study setting and implications are clearly international and aligned with PRM’s humanitarian mandate.
There are also submission limits designed to keep the competition focused. Each organization may submit up to two concept notes total, but only one concept note per topic area. That means an organization can submit one concept note on CVA for protection and one on displaced indigenous/marginalized populations in South America, but it cannot submit multiple variations within the same topic.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, signaling that PRM expects a more collaborative relationship with awardees than a standard grant might involve. The CFDA number listed is 19.522, and the posted award ceiling is $300,000. The opportunity was created on February 17, 2021, with an original closing date of March 19, 2021. The listing shows “ExpectedAwards: 0,” which typically indicates that the specific number of anticipated awards was not specified in the posted summary rather than guaranteeing no awards will be made.
Overall, this solicitation is essentially PRM’s way of sourcing tightly framed, decision-relevant humanitarian research in two priority areas: how to use cash and vouchers to measurably improve protection outcomes, and how displacement affects indigenous and other marginalized populations in South America and whether the humanitarian system is responding appropriately. The concept note stage is used to identify the most promising ideas before requiring applicants to invest the time needed to produce full proposals with rigorous methods, indicators, and line-item budgets.Apply for SFOP0007647
- 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 "FY 2021 Request for Concept Notes for Humanitarian Research" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.522.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 17, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 19, 2021. (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 $300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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