FY 2025 PRM Request for Concept Notes for NGO programs benefiting Refugees in Jordan | DFOP0017036

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The FY 2025 PRM Request for Concept Notes for NGO programs benefiting Refugees in Jordan (Funding Opportunity Number DFOP0017036) is a U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) funding opportunity that invites eligible organizations to submit concept notes for humanitarian programs in Jordan. The opportunity is positioned in the context of rapidly changing dynamics related to Syria, with PRM emphasizing that it is too early to predict how evolving conditions may affect refugee return decisions. PRM underscores that any returns to Syria must be voluntary, safe, and dignified, and notes that while the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) could be updated if conditions warrant, the funding opportunity is continuing as currently published.

At its core, this opportunity seeks programs that respond to the needs of refugees and other populations of concern in Jordan. PRM explicitly includes refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless persons, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and also vulnerable members of host communities. The intent is not only to fund direct services, but to support humanitarian assistance that is delivered in a way that is safe and accessible, accountable to affected populations, and designed with meaningful community participation. PRM also signals an interest in strengthening local organizational capacity and promoting social cohesion, which points to programming that builds durable systems, improves local partner capabilities, and helps reduce community tensions that can arise in high-pressure service environments.

PRM indicates priority humanitarian sectors for proposed work, including protection, education, health, and livelihoods. In practice, this framing supports a wide range of interventions, such as protection services and case management, child protection and gender-based violence risk mitigation and response, safe referral pathways, access to learning and education support for refugee children and youth, health access and quality improvements, and livelihoods activities that help vulnerable households stabilize and become more self-reliant within the constraints of the local context. The emphasis on social cohesion also suggests that PRM may value approaches that benefit both refugees and vulnerable host community members where appropriate, particularly when that approach reduces friction and improves equitable access to services.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement under PRM’s humanitarian assistance authority (CFDA 19.519). The listed award ceiling is $3,000,000, meaning concept notes can propose activities up to that maximum amount per award, subject to PRM’s final decisions and the competitive process. The opportunity listing shows “Expected Awards: 0,” which generally should be read as not specifying a set number of awards in advance rather than indicating no awards will be made. Applicants invited to the next stage should plan on a competitive review process for full proposals, and PRM notes that organizations selected for funding should anticipate awards within approximately five months of the full proposal submission deadline.

Eligibility is open to a range of non-UN entities. U.S.-based nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status are eligible, as are nonprofit organizations that do not have 501(c)(3) status (with the stated limitation that institutions of higher education are excluded under those nonprofit categories). Overseas-based nonprofits may apply if they can provide proof of registration. International organizations are also eligible, but United Nations agencies and other international multilateral organizations should not apply through Grants.gov for this opportunity; instead, PRM directs those entities to contact the PRM Program Officer listed in the announcement by the closing date if they seek funding for relevant programs. The announcement also flags that if an applicant wants institutions of higher education or private for-profit entities to be eligible to apply, that should be discussed directly with PRM’s NGO Coordinator and Comptroller, implying those entity types are not standard eligible applicants under this call without prior coordination.

Applicants may submit a concept note as a single organization or as part of a consortium, with the consortium option requiring at least three organizations. This structure supports more comprehensive responses that combine complementary expertise (for example, pairing protection and mental health services with education or livelihoods support) and can also reflect PRM’s interest in capacity strengthening and coordinated delivery.

The process begins with concept notes rather than full proposals. Concept notes must be submitted via Grants.gov, and the closing date for submissions is January 9, 2025 (Original Closing Date: 2025-01-09). Organizations whose concept notes align with PRM priorities will be invited to submit full proposals for competitive review. The opportunity was created on November 27, 2024, and includes an update note dated December 10, 2024, clarifying that despite the fluid Syria context, the NOFO remains active in its current form unless PRM issues a further notice.

In summary, this PRM opportunity is designed to fund well-justified, protection-centered humanitarian programming for refugees and other vulnerable groups in Jordan, with strong expectations around accountable, participatory service delivery, attention to social cohesion, and a demonstrated ability to execute effectively either independently or through a multi-organization consortium. The immediate action item for interested applicants is to prepare and submit a concise but compelling concept note through Grants.gov by January 9, 2025, with the understanding that an invitation-only full proposal stage will follow for those advanced in the review process.

• 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 NGO programs benefiting Refugees in Jordan" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.519.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-11-27.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-09. (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 $3,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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