Opportunity Information: Apply for DFOP0014397
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) is offering a discretionary grant opportunity titled "Improving Operations and Reducing Mercury Use in Small-scale Gold Mining Processing" (Funding Opportunity Number DFOP0014397). The program is focused on environmental protection and is designed to support practical, on-the-ground work that advances implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The core objective is to reduce mercury risks tied to artisanal and small-scale gold mining by strengthening operational controls and management systems at small-scale gold processing centers in Tanzania, with particular emphasis on preventing the dangerous dual use of mercury and cyanide in processing.
The project concept centers on improving how processing centers operate day to day, not just promoting general awareness. In practice, this means helping facilities adopt better procedures, oversight, and management systems that limit or eliminate mercury use and reduce the likelihood that mercury and cyanide are used together. The dual use issue is important because combining mercury and cyanide (whether intentionally or through poor controls and sequencing) can create serious health and environmental hazards, including increased exposure pathways for workers and surrounding communities and broader contamination of water and soil. By targeting processing centers, the opportunity aims to influence a key point in the supply chain where multiple miners may bring ore for processing, so improvements can have a multiplier effect beyond a single site.
Funding is provided as a grant with an award ceiling of $300,000, and the agency anticipates making one award. The opportunity was created on May 15, 2024, and the original application closing date is July 12, 2024. The funding activity category is Environment, and the CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 19.017. Applicants should expect a competitive process, with proposals evaluated on their ability to deliver measurable operational improvements that support Minamata Convention implementation goals in the Tanzanian small-scale gold processing context.
Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations that have 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, excluding institutions of higher education. This means the applicant must be a qualifying charitable nonprofit and not a university or college acting as the prime applicant. Given the technical and operational nature of the work, strong proposals would typically demonstrate experience in environmental health, mercury reduction in artisanal and small-scale gold mining, operational compliance systems, training and capacity building, and partnership-based implementation, especially with local stakeholders and processing centers. Overall, the grant is aimed at producing practical, sustainable operational changes that reduce mercury use and prevent mercury-cyanide co-usage at processing hubs in Tanzania, directly supporting international mercury control commitments under the Minamata Convention.Apply for DFOP0014397
- The Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Improving Operations and Reducing Mercury Use in Small-scale Gold Mining Processing" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.017.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-15.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-12. (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 $300,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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