State Department FY 2023 Scalable Wins: Grant Proposal Form

Due to REOs by COB April 15, 2024

Notes on Eligibility: See the list of ESF-eligible posts (Tab 5) for the Scalable Wins Grants
Program.

Instructions: Scalable Wins grant proposals need to be submitted using the template below.
Proposals should be no more than five pages long. Please see the GEEA Fund Project Toolkit
(Tab 4) for more detailed guidance and expectations on categories below.

Overview

Project Title

Post
REO (if applicable)
Post ESTH Officer
Grants Officer
GOR
Estimated
Program Duration
Project Location

1. Does this grant directly work to promote women in green economic growth?
❑ Yes
❑ No [if no, the proposal is not eligible for the Scalable Wins grant program]
2. Which Scalable Wins program priority area will this proposal address?
❑ Climate Crisis
❑ Plastic Pollution
❑ Sustainable Fisheries and Ocean Conservation

Narratives

3. Project Description: Describe the goals of this project, its primary activities, and the main
beneficiaries in under 300 words.

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4. Project Justification: Describe how this project meets Post and Bureau goals. Does it align
with post’s most recent Integrated Country Strategy? Please explain how. Clearly state
how the project will address gender equity and equality and the selected priority areas
(climate, plastics, or oceans and fisheries).

5. Other relevant information (or n/a): Include other relevant contextual information,
including details on the proposed grantee organization and/or any partnerships with the
private sector, NGOs, local organizations, or the public sector.

6. Diplomatic engagement component: Describe any proposed linkages to high-level

bilateral, regional, or multilateral events/commitments, as well as follow-on policy
engagement and program amplification during the program lifecycle. Will the program
include a specific U.S. element (for example, a U.S. speaker, the involvement of an alumni of
a USG program, or the use of U.S. materials or resources)? Have you consulted with your
Public Affairs section and are they able to offer support with public affairs/public diplomacy
components? I.e. posting about the program activities on social media and helping with
public events?

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7. Budget estimate:
a) Complete your budget estimate in the table below, including information on in-kind or
other donor support in the cost-share column. *(Note that per GEEA Fund
requirements, this should include estimated costs for a gender analysis)

Categories Brief description of cost Requested Cost share Total

from OES
Personnel

Travel

Supplies

Equipment

Contractual

Other direct
costs

Indirect
costs

Total

8. Metrics for Success: Please provide a brief description of the planned approach to
monitoring, evaluation, and learning, including illustrative indicators (recommend
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applicants consider standard GNDR and EG indicators), the intended outcomes of this
project, the targets and/or outputs that will be used to measure success, and the plan to
monitor the grant’s progress to ensure success. Please outline how the projects will be
informed by a gender analysis and incorporate efforts to ensure protection from sexual
exploitation and abuse (PSEA) for both partners and program participants. If applicable,
detail if the project will include external consultations, transformation of systemic and
structural inequalities, and/or an intersectional approach. See the GEEA Fund Project
Toolkit for more information (Tab 4).

9. Review your metrics for success (Q7), does the proposal fulfil the following criteria? All
person-level indicators must at minimum be disaggregated by gender. All proposals must
track the total number of individuals reached by the intervention, disaggregated by gender.
See the GEEA Fund Project Toolkit for more information (Tab 4).
❑ Yes
❑ No [if no, the proposal is not eligible for the Scalable Wins grant program]

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