Opportunity Information: Apply for PEPFAR ZM 2024 SMALL GRANTS
The PEPFAR Zambia 2024 Small Grants NOFO is a competitive small-grants opportunity issued by the U.S. Department of State through the U.S. Mission to Zambia (U.S. Embassy). It is part of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and is designed to support community-level organizations that are directly contributing to Zambia's HIV response. The program focuses on practical, service-oriented projects that can show measurable results, especially among populations most affected by HIV.
The application window for this round opened on January 3, 2023 and closed on March 3, 2023. Late submissions were not accepted or reviewed. The Embassy directed applicants to obtain the application package through Grants.gov, and it emphasized that incomplete applications (missing required documents) would not be considered, which signals a strict compliance screen before proposals move forward for review.
This small-grants program supports projects across three main thematic areas: HIV prevention, care for children and Adolescents and Young People (often abbreviated as AYP), and initiatives that strengthen education, treatment, and adherence among key and priority populations. In practice, this means projects should either prevent new HIV infections, improve identification and linkage to treatment, or strengthen ongoing care and adherence for people living with HIV, with a strong emphasis on reaching those who are often underserved or at higher risk.
Applicants were expected to already be providing at least one of three eligible service types. The first category is HIV prevention through targeted, evidence-based prevention programming. The NOFO clarifies that "evidence-based" is not a vague label: it refers to using a specific curriculum or structured approach, monitoring implementation, measuring results, and relying on methods that have already demonstrated positive outcomes. Prevention activities may include work related to HIV prevention and sexual violence, norms and behavior change, outreach to key and priority populations, and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response including post-GBV care services.
The second eligible service category is targeted HIV case finding. This is centered on identifying people who are HIV-positive but not yet diagnosed or not currently in care, and then ensuring they are newly tested, newly linked, or re-linked to antiretroviral treatment (ART). The NOFO highlights the full cascade of steps involved: identification, linkage, and retention in care. It also stresses priority groups for these efforts, including key and priority populations as well as children and adolescents and young people.
The third category is community-based care and support for people living with HIV (PLHIV), including children and adolescents and young people living with or affected by HIV, along with key and priority populations. Examples of activities listed include case management, adherence clubs, psychological support services, and tracking and tracing individuals who have interrupted treatment or who are not virally suppressed. This framing makes it clear the grants are meant to support continuous engagement in care and improved treatment outcomes, not just one-time awareness events.
The funding ceiling for an individual award was up to the Zambian Kwacha equivalent of 25,000. Applicants had to submit detailed budgets, and the final awarded amount could be adjusted based on pre-award risk assessments. This indicates the Embassy would assess the financial and operational risk profile of selected organizations and potentially scale funding accordingly. The NOFO also required applicants to provide recommendations from previous funding agencies that confirm successful project implementation, which functions as a credibility check and a way to verify performance history.
The project period for funded activities was set for October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, aligning with a one-year implementation timeline. The solicitation anticipated up to 15 awards, suggesting relatively small grants spread across multiple organizations rather than a single large implementing partner.
Eligibility was limited to Zambian civil society organizations, community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations that are registered in Zambia, have been operating for at least two years, and serve HIV-affected, HIV-infected, and/or high-risk populations. A key restriction was that applicants could not be receiving other direct U.S. Government funding as either a prime partner or a sub-recipient, which is intended to broaden access to PEPFAR resources and bring in organizations not already supported through U.S. Government mechanisms. The eligible applicant type in the source data is listed as nonprofits without U.S. IRS 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), which fits the local Zambian organization focus.
For questions, applicants were directed to the Program Manager for Civil Society Engagement within the PEPFAR Coordination Office at the U.S. Embassy in Lusaka, using the email LusakaSmallGrants@state.gov and the provided phone number. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a targeted, compliance-driven small-grants mechanism meant to strengthen localized, evidence-based HIV prevention and care services, especially for children, adolescents and young people, and key and priority populations, while covering practical program costs such as supplies, transport, equipment, training, and limited administration tied directly to implementation and capacity-building needs like monitoring and evaluation and case management.Apply for PEPFAR ZM 2024 SMALL GRANTS
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Zambia in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "PEPFAR Zambia 2024 Small Grants NOFO" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.029.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 03, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 03, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $25,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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