The Environmental Department is offering a grant to reduce mercury use in Indonesia’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining sector. This project aims to limit mercury supply, promote mercury-free processing techniques, and enhance government capacity to handle and store mercury removed from mining activities. The grant also targets primary mercury mining and import issues, with a closing date of Jun 29, 2018.
Opportunity ID: 304763
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SFOP0005012 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Reducing Mercury Use in Indonesia’s Small-scale Gold Mining Sector |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.017 — Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 07, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 29, 2018 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 29, 2018 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligibility is limited to U.S. non-profit/nongovernmental organizations subject to section 501 (c) (3) of the U. S. tax code, foreign not-for-profit/nongovernmental organizations, educational institutions, and to public international organizations. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Oceans – Int. Environmental – Scientific |
| Description: | To reduce the use and release of mercury from Indonesia’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector. This project aims to restrict the supply of mercury, making its use more difficult and expensive, to encourage miners to adopt mercury-free processing techniques.The project is expected to build central and local government capacity to handle and store mercury that has been removed from ASGM activities and to address primary mercury mining and import. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Link to Opportunity in SAMS Domestic |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jane Dennison
dennisonje@state.gov Email:dennisonje@state.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 304763 Full Announcement-Mercury Program NOFO Indonesia -> Mercury Program NOFO Indonesia ASGM Final.pdf
Folder 304763 Full Announcement-Mercury Program NOFO Indonesia -> DoS Grant and Cooperative Agreements Budget Template (3).pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Jane Dennison dennisonje@state.gov Email: dennisonje@state.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.017 | SFOP0005012 | Reducing Mercury Use in Indonesia’s Small-scale Gold Mining Sector | PKG00241841 | May 07, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
304763 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
304763 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
304763 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
304763 SF424A-1.0.pdf
304763 SF424B-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
304763 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
304763 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
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