Project Grant AIDASHAG1600018

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $6,000,000 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program to the LAU Health Foundation, Inc. on November 1, 2024. The two-year grant supports a commodities project at the Lebanese American University Medical Center - Rizk Hospital Sal to enhance healthcare operations by improving medication management processes, workflow optimization, and procuring critical medical supplies. The...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $3,900,000 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program (CFDA 98.006) to the Lebanese American University (LAU). The grant will provide commodities support, including medical equipment, educational materials, library resources, and infrastructure improvements such as construction, renovation, and rehabilitation of facilities. The objective is to create and enhance international...

The American University of Beirut received a $500,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program. The award will support construction projects at the university from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The purpose of the ASHA program is to provide assistance to schools and libraries outside the United States that are founded or...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will provide emergency health, protection, shelter, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance to vulnerable populations affected by crises in Lebanon. The non-profit organization Medair, which specializes in delivering humanitarian aid, will implement the one-year project starting November 1, 2024 and running...

This $2,470,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (CFDA 19.519 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Middle East and North Africa) aims to improve access to rights, decent living conditions, and sustainable livelihoods for vulnerable and/or at-risk Syrian refugees and Lebanese communities in Akkar, Nabatieh, North, South, and Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. The prime awardee, Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI), a...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $491,029 to William Marsh Rice University to develop a bioengineered lymphatic regenerating platform for the treatment of breast cancer-related lymphedema. The key products and services to be delivered include: Fabrication and optimization of an alginate methacrylate (ALMA) hydrogel platform coated with an anti-fibrotic small molecule and containing programmable...

The US Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID BHA) awarded a $540,000 cooperative agreement to ST Luke's Health Care Foundation for the 2020 ASHA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. The award, made under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program (CFDA 98.006), will support construction projects in Ethiopia through September 2025. The ASHA program aims to provide assistance to schools and libraries outside the...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $3,940,000 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program (CFDA 98.006) to the American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, Inc. The grant will fund a two-year commodities project to provide $1,970,000 in medical supplies and equipment to the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Israel. This award is part of USAID's ASHA program, which supports overseas institutions founded or...

This Project Grant award of $200,000, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program, supports the physical conservation, inventory, and documentation of written and audio-visual archival materials in Lebanon. Specifically, the funding will enable the storage and digital conservation, inventory, and documentation of archival materials, as well as increase access to these important...

The US Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance awarded a $2.718 million Project Grant to the American Committee For Shaare Zedek Hospital In Jerusalem Inc. under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program (CFDA 98.006). The grant will fund a $1.22 million commodities project to be implemented by Shaare Zedek Hospital in Israel from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The ASHA program aims to support schools and libraries...