FY 2025 PRM Request for Concept Notes for Global Innovation Programs to Address Gender-based Violence for Conflict-Affected People | DFOP0017083

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The FY 2025 PRM Request for Concept Notes for Global Innovation Programs to Address Gender-based Violence for Conflict-Affected People (Funding Opportunity Number DFOP0017083) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM). It is designed to solicit concept notes, not full proposals at the outset, for innovative approaches that strengthen the prevention of and response to gender-based violence (GBV) in humanitarian and conflict-affected contexts. The main emphasis is on global initiatives that can move the field forward by improving both the quality and the accessibility of GBV-related services, particularly for women, girls, and other GBV survivors impacted by conflict and displacement.

PRM is looking for ideas that do more than deliver direct services in a single place. The opportunity is geared toward innovations that can be applied across contexts, replicated, and used by the broader humanitarian community. Priority concepts are those that contribute to a stronger evidence base (for example, generating credible learning about what works, under what conditions, and why), build on existing humanitarian standards to document and elevate good practices, and reinforce inter-agency and inter-sectoral leadership. In practical terms, that means PRM wants proposals that improve how different actors work together across sectors that intersect with GBV risk and response, such as protection, health, mental health and psychosocial support, education, livelihoods, and shelter. Another clear priority is better coordination at both the global and field levels, suggesting interest in tools, systems, common approaches, and shared learning that reduce fragmentation and help responders deliver safer, more consistent, survivor-centered support.

Applicants are expected to anchor their approaches in established humanitarian guidance, specifically the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action and the Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Programming, where applicable. This signals that PRM is not seeking brand-new programming divorced from existing best practice; rather, it is seeking innovation that strengthens implementation, uptake, quality assurance, and measurable impact while remaining aligned with survivor-centered principles and recognized technical standards.

A core eligibility and design requirement stems from PRM's mandate to protect and assist refugees and conflict victims. PRM will only fund projects in which at least 50 percent of participants are refugees, and this threshold applies even if the concept includes country case studies. This requirement is central to the opportunity and has major implications for program design, target populations, and monitoring. In addition, PRM explicitly states that single-country GBV service provision concept notes will not be considered, reinforcing that the funding is intended for multi-country, global, or field-connected initiatives that advance broader practice rather than stand-alone service delivery in one location.

The anticipated funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial involvement by the funding agency in the execution and oversight of the project compared to a standard grant. The award ceiling listed is $750,000. The opportunity lists an original closing date of February 18, 2025, and the funding activity category is labeled as "Other" under CFDA 19.522. While the record shows "ExpectedAwards: 0," this often reflects how the listing is configured rather than a definitive statement that no awards will be made, and applicants generally interpret the ceiling, instrument type, and requested concept notes as evidence that PRM is actively seeking viable submissions.

Eligible applicants include U.S.-based and non-U.S. nonprofits (both those with 501(c)(3) status and those without, excluding institutions of higher education under those nonprofit categories), international organizations, and both public/state-controlled and private institutions of higher education. A notable procedural point is that international multilateral organizations, including United Nations agencies, should not submit proposals through Grants.gov for this notice; instead, they are instructed to contact the relevant PRM Program Officer on or before the closing date if they seek funding aligned with the announcement.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a call for field-relevant, globally oriented innovations that measurably improve GBV outcomes for refugee and conflict-affected populations, strengthen coordination and leadership across the humanitarian system, and produce usable evidence and documented good practice that can raise the standard of GBV prevention and response beyond a single program site or country.

• The Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2025 PRM Request for Concept Notes for Global Innovation Programs to Address Gender-based Violence for Conflict-Affected People" 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 2024-12-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-02-18. (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 $750,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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