Opportunity Information: Apply for DOS PSGP FY23 001
The U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, through the Department of State and under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), is offering a Small Grants Program to fund local, community-driven HIV interventions in Malawi. This is a discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: DOS PSGP FY23 001; CFDA: 19.029) designed to support small-scale projects that promote HIV prevention, testing, and treatment at the local level. The Embassy is looking to partner directly with community-based organizations that are already embedded in the communities where the proposed activities will take place and that can demonstrate real, prior experience delivering HIV/AIDS-related programs.
The main purpose of the program is to strengthen community-level responses that align with Malawi's national priorities and PEPFAR's strategy in-country. Projects must support the Malawi Health Sector Strategic Plan, the Malawi National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS, and the PEPFAR Malawi Country Operational Plan 2023. A strong application is expected to show both a clear connection to local needs and a track record of successful implementation, suggesting that the organization is trusted locally, understands the context, and can realistically deliver results with a small grant.
Proposals are expected to focus on beneficiaries who are at higher risk of HIV acquisition or who face major barriers to prevention and treatment services. The opportunity specifically highlights the following priority groups: male and/or female sex workers, youths, men, men who have sex with men, prisoners, and orphaned and vulnerable children. Applicants are expected to justify their choice of target population based on actual community needs rather than general assumptions, and activities should be designed in a way that directly benefits and reaches those specific groups.
The grant emphasizes practical, community-level approaches that improve the quality, reach, and uptake of HIV services. Example activities include facilitating community-led monitoring so service users understand what good service provision looks like and can help track whether services meet standards. Applicants may also propose work that identifies and addresses gaps in community-level referral systems so that people who test positive or need additional services can be linked more reliably to treatment, care, and other support. The program also encourages engagement with existing networks, clubs, or support groups to spread accurate and consistent messaging on prevention, testing, and care, which can be especially effective when messages come through trusted peer structures.
Another major focus is reducing the social and structural barriers that keep people from seeking services. Projects may address stigma, discrimination, violence, and marginalization affecting vulnerable groups and people living with HIV/AIDS, recognizing that fear of exposure, mistreatment, or harm can directly reduce testing and treatment uptake. Related activities can include efforts to create demand for testing, improve community understanding of how and where to access correct information and services, and promote safer behaviors through targeted education.
The opportunity also supports interventions that strengthen treatment outcomes and quality of life for people living with HIV. This includes training and support around nutrition and healthy lifestyles, which can complement clinical care and improve adherence and wellbeing. For young people in particular, projects may focus on life skills, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV education for both in-school and out-of-school youth, with an emphasis on delaying sexual debut, avoiding transactional or age-disparate sex, and building confidence and self-efficacy to make safer choices.
Applicants are encouraged to integrate HIV activities or messaging with other development interventions already taking place in the community, which can help normalize HIV services, reach broader audiences, and reduce duplication. The Embassy also highlights the importance of engaging local leaders to influence community and social norms, since leadership buy-in can shape attitudes toward prevention, testing, treatment, and acceptance of vulnerable groups.
In terms of funding, the program anticipates making up to 10 awards, with an award ceiling of $10,000 per grant. The original posting lists a creation date of February 10, 2023, and an original closing date of April 10, 2023, with a clear note that late submissions will not be reviewed. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted in general terms, but the narrative requirements make it clear that competitive applicants must be community-based, located in the implementation area, and able to prove experience implementing HIV/AIDS programs. Overall, the program is structured to fund small, focused, locally rooted projects that can show a clear link between community needs, targeted activities for high-risk groups, and measurable improvements in prevention, testing, referral, and treatment support.Apply for DOS PSGP FY23 001
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Malawi in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Small Grants Program" 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 Feb 10, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 10, 2023 Submissions received after due date will not be reviewed. (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 $10,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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