Closed · DFOP0014012 · CFDA 19.345 · Discretionary

DRL Applied Research and Evaluation Innovation Fund: MEL360 Accompaniment in Democratizing DRG Evaluation

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1M-$1.4M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 1, 2024
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

DRL Applied Research and Evaluation Innovation Fund: MEL360 Accompaniment in Democratizing DRG Evaluation is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor that offered $1,000,000 -- $1,350,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 686 other opportunities from Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor.

$1M-$1.4M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.345
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

DRL Applied Research and Evaluation Innovatio… is closed (last close July 1, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor still indexes 686 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 1, 2024

Posted May 2 Closes Jul 1

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for an applied learning project. The project’s overarching goal is for monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) approaches for democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) programming that incorporate feedback and expertise from the communities and individuals impacted by DRG programming. DRL’s goal is to build a portfolio of evidence to further identify democracy, human rights, and labor rights program strategies that are effective. The DRL Evaluation Innovation Fund is an initiative that integrating evidence into program design, implementation, and evaluation in foreign assistance.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DFOP0014012

Grants.gov marks DRL Applied Research and Evaluation Innovatio… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor book (373 peers, 54% of 687).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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Agency Contact

DRL-GP-ALE@state.gov

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