NOFO FAQs.docx

This file is a Frequently Asked Questions document clarifying submission requirements for the DRL Transshipment Supply Chain Tracing federal grant opportunity. The document addresses three key submission inquiries: while a separate detailed budget document beyond the SF424A and Budget Justification Narrative is not required, it is strongly encouraged and organizations will not be deemed technically ineligible for omitting it; the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan is excluded from the proposal page limit, whereas the Proposal Summary, Introduction to the Organization, Problem Statement, Project Goals and Objectives, Project Activities, Project Methods and Design, Proposed Project Schedule and Timeline, Key Personnel, and Future Funding or Sustainability sections are all included in the page limit; and all proposal narratives must be formatted in single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font. The FAQ emphasizes that instructions in the Notice of Funding Opportunity take precedence over the Proposal Submission Instructions.

The underlying grant opportunity, administered by the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345), offers cooperative agreements up to $1,973,359 to strengthen the United States and partner countries' abilities to detect and disrupt transshipment practices that evade U.S. forced labor import prohibitions and similar restrictions in other countries.