How to Apply
Application Instructions
Applications for MEPI local grants should be submitted by email to the U.S. Embassy in your country. Please click here for a list of email addresses.
Applications are accepted in English, Arabic or French, but final grant agreements will be concluded in English. We look forward to receiving creative proposals.
Application Forms
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Project Narrative (PDF-191 KB)
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Budget Narrative (PDF-162 kb)
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Application for Federal Assistance SF-424 (PDF-290 kb)
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Application for Federal Assistance SF-424 A (PDF-92 kb)
Activities that are typically funded include, but are not limited to:
- Workshops and meetings of a practical and professional nature, which are an integral part of a larger project and contribute to overall project goals;
- Community service projects that practice democratic processes and encourage volunteerism;
- Public education projects/ Public meetings or seminars;
- Task forces that will subsequently recommend a specific plan of action.
Activities that cannot be funded:
- Social welfare projects;
- Organizational start-up costs;
- Ongoing operating costs or capital improvements;
- Buying furniture and office decorations;
- Buying vehicles;
- Setting up a center unless part of a broader project;
- Paying to complete activities begun with other funds;
- Projects that contain the appearance of partisanship/support to individual or single party electoral campaigns;
- Academic or analytical research (if not part of a larger project); Scholarships; International travel, unless specifically justified within the context of a larger project.
- Citizen exchange programs with foreign countries;
- One-of-a kind events such as conferences and round tables (if not part of a larger project);
- Medical and psychological research, and clinical studies;
- Provision of health care services;
- Projects of a commercial or profit-making nature;
- Cultural presentations, cultural research, cultural clubs, and festivals etc.;
- Language training courses
- Entertainmentncosts (receptions, social activities, ceremonies, alcoholic beverages, cocktail parties, guided tours).
- Political party activities
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