Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0009010
The Air Quality Management Community of Practice in Africa grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0009010) is a U.S. Department of State program from the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs focused on strengthening air quality management across Africa through a coordinated, regional network. Structured as a discretionary cooperative agreement, it is designed to support a single lead implementer (with one expected award) that can bring together a wide range of air quality stakeholders and help them work as an ongoing community rather than as isolated projects or country-by-country efforts. The overall emphasis is on practical collaboration, shared learning, and turning technical knowledge into real-world improvements in how air quality is measured, understood, and managed.
At the core of the opportunity is the creation of a regional "community of practice" that convenes air quality experts alongside decision-makers and on-the-ground actors. This includes technical specialists, government officials, community groups, and private sector participants, as well as other practitioners involved in air quality monitoring and management. The intent is to build durable connections among these groups so that experience, data, tools, and lessons learned can circulate more quickly and consistently. In practice, this kind of network is meant to make it easier for cities, agencies, and organizations to learn from each other, standardize approaches where appropriate, and avoid repeating the same early-stage mistakes when building monitoring networks or designing air quality policies.
The project scope highlights several technical and institutional outcomes. On the technical side, the community is expected to help advance best practices in air quality monitoring, modeling, forecasting, and data management. That framing suggests support for better sensor deployment and quality assurance, improved methods for analyzing and modeling pollution levels, approaches for forecasting air quality conditions, and systems for organizing and sharing data so it can actually be used by governments, researchers, and the public. On the institutional and public-facing side, the opportunity emphasizes expanding awareness and understanding of air quality issues, which points toward knowledge products, training, stakeholder engagement, and communication strategies that translate technical measurements into information people can act on.
A major deliverable theme is strengthening air quality governance by helping develop and implement air quality management frameworks and clean air solutions "across scales." That wording signals an interest in solutions that operate at multiple levels, for example local (city) action plans, national regulatory or standards frameworks, and potentially regional alignment on methods, metrics, and coordination. The community of practice model is intended to support not only discussion, but also the spread and uptake of workable management approaches, including policies, planning tools, and interventions that reduce pollution and improve public health outcomes.
Administratively, this opportunity sits in the environment funding activity category under CFDA number 19.017. The award ceiling is listed as $440,440, with an original closing date of August 4, 2022, and a creation date of June 1, 2022. Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at an organization capable of coordinating regional convenings, facilitating technical exchange, producing actionable guidance, and helping partners move from shared learning to implementation of air quality management practices and clean air measures.Apply for SFOP0009010
- The Department of State, Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Air Quality Management Community of Practice in Africa" 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 Jun 01, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 04, 2022. (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 $440,440.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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