Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0006550
The Air Quality Management Community of Practice in East Africa grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0006550) was a U.S. Department of State program issued through the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. It was released on February 28, 2020, and originally scheduled to close on May 1, 2020. The award mechanism was a cooperative agreement, which typically means the funder expected to remain actively involved during implementation rather than providing a hands-off grant. The funding was categorized under the Environment activity area and associated with CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) 19.017.
At its core, the opportunity aimed to strengthen and help operationalize the Regional Framework Agreements (RFA) on Air Pollution in Africa, with a specific emphasis on East Africa. These RFAs were described as containing actionable targets, meaning the focus was not only on general awareness or high-level policy dialogue, but on concrete steps that governments and partners could take to reduce air pollution and improve air quality management. The notion of a "Community of Practice" signals an emphasis on building a sustained network of practitioners and institutions that share tools, lessons learned, technical approaches, and policy solutions, rather than supporting a one-off event or standalone study.
The program scope was explicitly multi-sector, reflecting the reality that air pollution is driven by a range of economic activities and household behaviors. The RFAs highlighted targeted action areas across transport; industry and mining; energy; waste; vegetation fires; indoor air pollution; and urban planning and management. In practical terms, this framing points toward interventions such as cleaner transportation planning and emissions management, industrial and extractive-sector pollution control, cleaner energy transitions, improved waste handling and reduction of open burning, better management of agricultural and landscape fires, strategies to reduce indoor smoke exposure from cooking and heating, and city-level planning that integrates air quality considerations into land use, mobility, and development decisions.
Financially, the opportunity listed an award ceiling of $296,296. The posting noted "Expected Awards: 0," which can appear in listings for a variety of administrative reasons (for example, uncertainty at the time of posting about the final number of awards), but the ceiling indicates the maximum anticipated funding level for an individual award under this opportunity. Eligibility was broadly labeled as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full notice, suggesting that applicants could include certain non-traditional or specifically defined organizations beyond standard categories, depending on the criteria in the complete announcement text.
Overall, this grant opportunity was designed to support regional coordination and practical implementation of agreed air pollution targets in East Africa, using a cooperative, network-building model to improve how air quality is managed across the major sectors that contribute to pollution and exposure.Apply for SFOP0006550
- The Department of State, Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Air Quality Management Community of Practice in East Africa" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.017.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 28, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 01, 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 $296,296.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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