Prime Recipients for Key Populations Investment Fund (KPIF) | SBUR SOGAC 17 001

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The Prime Recipients for the Key Populations Investment Fund (KPIF) opportunity is a U.S. Department of State grant competition issued by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy (S/GAC). Released as a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), it seeks organizations to serve as prime recipients under a cooperative agreement structure, meaning awardees should expect an active partnership with the U.S. government during implementation rather than operating with minimal federal involvement. The opportunity sits in the health funding category (CFDA 19.029) and is tied to the U.S. global HIV response, with an emphasis on improving HIV/AIDS services for populations that are often underserved and face elevated HIV risk.

The central purpose of KPIF is to scale up key population-led community approaches that enhance and expand the quality of HIV/AIDS services for key populations. In practical terms, the fund is designed to strengthen and broaden community-driven models where people from key population communities play leading roles in designing, delivering, and improving services. The intent is not only to increase service coverage, but also to improve service quality, accessibility, and acceptability for key populations who may face stigma, discrimination, criminalization, violence, or other barriers that keep them from accessing prevention, testing, treatment, and support services. By prioritizing KP-led approaches, the program aims to ensure interventions are grounded in lived experience and local realities, which can increase uptake, trust, and continuity of care.

Eligibility is broad and includes both U.S.-based and foreign-based organizations. S/GAC explicitly welcomes applications from non-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, institutions of higher education (private, public, or state), and for-profit organizations or businesses. The eligibility list also includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and other applicant types, reflecting the program’s openness to a range of implementers capable of managing large-scale HIV programming. At the same time, the announcement makes clear that individuals are not eligible to apply, and neither are foreign governments or government-affiliated entities such as parastatals. This keeps the competition focused on organizational applicants with the capacity to administer and oversee programmatic activities as prime recipients.

A notable priority in the NOFO is leadership by key population communities. S/GAC encourages organizations led by individuals representing key population communities to apply, as well as organizations with a long track record of promoting key population leadership. This emphasis signals that the selection process is likely to value governance and management models that meaningfully include key populations in decision-making, not just as beneficiaries or outreach workers. It also suggests that applicants should be prepared to demonstrate authentic community partnerships, leadership development, and mechanisms for accountability to key population communities as part of their approach.

From the available source data, the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, and the award ceiling is listed as $10,000,000. The original closing date for applications was October 21, 2016, and the opportunity was created on August 23, 2016. The listing notes “expected awards” but does not provide a number in the provided excerpt, and it also states awards are pending availability of funds, which is standard language indicating final awards depend on appropriations and internal funding decisions.

Overall, this opportunity is aimed at capable prime recipient organizations that can manage sizeable HIV investments while centering key population leadership and community-led delivery models. The program’s focus is on scaling approaches that improve both reach and quality of HIV/AIDS services for key populations, with the cooperative agreement format implying close coordination with S/GAC throughout planning, implementation, and performance monitoring.

• The Office of the Secretary in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Prime Recipients for Key Populations Investment Fund (KPIF)" 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 2016-08-23.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-10-21. (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 $10,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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