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Eligibility Details

• Applications must clearly identify one USO (the applicant) and one OSI partner (the applicant's sub-awardee). The USO and OSI may be the same entity if the USO conducts activities in the proposed place of performance.
• Per Section 214 of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) of 1961, as amended, OSIs must be founded or sponsored by U.S. citizens.
• USOs must be active and have no active exclusions or delinquent federal debt in the U.S. Government's System for Award Management (SAM) before submitting an application. USOs must continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times while an application is under consideration.
• USOs must have a continuing and successful supportive formal relationship with OSIs that has lasted at least two years prior to the date of application. A continuing relationship may include financial and technical support, joint ventures, exchange programs, volunteer placement programs, faculty exchanges, fundraising or other arrangements. This may include in-kind contributions as well as help with public private partnership, Development Credit Authority (DCA) and Global Development Alliance (GDA) mechanisms. USOs and OSIs must submit independently audited financial statements for a recent operating year from 2015 or later.
• USOs and OSIs must be open to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, parental status, political affiliation, and veteran's status. However, targeting assistance to certain populations as defined in the Project Description will not be construed as discrimination for this APS.
• OSIs must be located outside the United States.
• OSIs must NOT be under the control or management of a foreign government or any of its agencies including local, regional, or national government. Control or management in this context indicates that a majority of the members of the Board of Directors are government employees or appointees or that the recipient government owns a majority interest in the organization. The receipt of financial or other assistance from a government or government agency or the observance of national educational or medical standards does not indicate the institution is under the control or management of a foreign government.
• OSIs that are:
  • Schools must provide English language instruction or use English as the language of instruction in at least one course. Schools must also provide post-secondary education or secondary education that serve students at the equivalent of a U.S. sixth grade level or higher. Libraries must demonstrate promotion of English language and literature.
  • Hospitals or medical centers must perform medical education or research in addition to being a treatment facility.
• If the project involves construction or renovation activities, the USO or OSI must submit an official copy of a title, lease or similar official documentation recognized within the country where implementation will take place demonstrating a legal right to the land (to build, renovate, retrofit according to current building codes) ideally for a period of at least 20 years from the date of the application, as well as an English translation if the official copy is not in English. While applications involving a legal right to the land of 20 years (or more) will be given a greater preference, USAID is willing to consider applications that include a title, lease or similar official documentation covering a shorter period of time, but such applications will be given a lower preference.

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