Project Grant SAL60021GR3024

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $864,160 Project Grant to Corporacion Participacion Ciudadana Ecuador under the Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund (CFDA 19.662) program. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, supports a 24-month project to amplify awareness and use of funds for communities and municipal governments impacted by mining and oil activities in Ecuador. The non-profit organization Corporacion Participacion Ciudadana Ecuador will...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $250,000 project grant to Asociacion De Asentamientos Unidos Del Area Ixil, Nebaj, Quiche under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support disaster recovery and resilience efforts among indigenous farming families impacted by recent hurricanes in Guatemala. The grantee will implement small economic initiatives like seedling nurseries, organic fertilizer production, and family gardens to strengthen community resilience. It...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide multipurpose cash assistance (MPCA) to approximately 595 individuals in Ecuador affected by an earthquake. Funded through USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001), which supports global health, democracy, and humanitarian efforts, the award will be implemented over three months from March 22, 2023 to June 21, 2023 by HIAS, Inc. in partnership with Caritas. HIAS...

This $164,006 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research initiative to enhance community resilience to landslide hazards in underserved rural, isolated, and small communities (RISC) in southwestern Puerto Rico. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish new partnerships with federal and local stakeholders to facilitate data access and coordinated disaster response; (2) co-produce research questions and...

This $3,400,000 Cooperative Agreement award, issued on September 30, 2024 by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, aims to build the resilience of school communities in earthquake-affected districts of western Nepal. The award provides funding to the National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET), a non-profit organization, to implement activities focused on preparing human resources for recovery...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $187,974 under the Earthquake State Assistance cooperative agreement to the Puerto Rico Planning Board. The funding supports the Earthquake Consortium program under FEMA's National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Earthquake State Assistance grant program (CFDA #97.082). NEHRP aims to reduce earthquake risks through a coordinated federal approach. The Earthquake State Assistance program provides funding to states to assist with...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $165,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the grassroots organization Foro Ciudadano Articulacion de Mujeres por la Equidad de Genero e Igualdad (FORO AMUPEI) in the municipality of Oruro, Bolivia. The grant supports community-led efforts to promote respect for civic and human rights, and reduce violence against women and other marginalized groups. FORO AMUPEI is providing training and education,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences) provides $345,926 to Florida International University (FIU) to characterize seismic activity and fault slip dynamics along the Enriquillo Plantain Garden Fault Zone (EPGFZ) and the Septentrional Fault Zone (SFZ) in Hispaniola. The primary research activities include: 1) Detecting transient aseismic slip events, 2) Calculating interseismic surface velocity fields, and 3)...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) grant program, awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to Fondation Communautaire Haitienne Espwa (FCH-Espwa) to strengthen its organizational and technical capacity to expand its community foundation model in the southern departments of Haiti. This 4-year grant, effective September 18, 2024, will enable FCH-Espwa to deepen engagement with Haitian organizations working in sectors such as agriculture,...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, provides $174,995 to the National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET) to enhance the understanding of earthquake hazard and risk in Nepal in order to support disaster risk reduction efforts in the country. The award period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. NSET, a non-profit organization focused on...