Reduction of Vulnerability to Coastal Natural Hazards in Asia | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Reduction of Vulnerability to Coastal Natural Hazards in Asia" (Funding Opportunity Number: APS OFDA 11 000001) was issued by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to support disaster risk reduction (DRR) programs focused on coastal natural hazards in Asia. The central aim is to reduce disaster vulnerability and build stronger, more resilient coastal communities by encouraging practical measures that help people prepare for, withstand, and recover from recurring coastal threats. In addition to physical and technical risk reduction, the opportunity places emphasis on strengthening a broader culture of DRR, meaning programs are expected to promote sustained awareness, local capacity, and behaviors that lower risk over time rather than relying only on short-term interventions.

The opportunity is designed for activities in Asian countries and coastal areas where hazards such as storms, storm surge, coastal flooding, cyclones, tsunamis, or other recurring coastal events have a direct and repeated impact on communities. Priority is directed toward locations where these hazards affect the greatest number of people and where the consequences are especially severe in socio-economic terms, including disruption to livelihoods, damage to critical infrastructure, and long-term effects on household stability and community development. In practical terms, this signals a preference for proposals that are targeted, evidence-based, and grounded in a clear understanding of local hazard patterns and the underlying drivers of vulnerability, such as poverty, exposure of housing and services in high-risk zones, limited early warning reach, or lack of community-level preparedness and planning.

This was a discretionary funding opportunity using a grant instrument under the Disaster Prevention and Relief activity category (CFDA 98.001, USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas). USAID anticipated making up to six awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $3,750,000. Individual awards were expected to fall between $500,000 (award floor) and $750,000 (award ceiling). There was no cost-sharing or matching requirement stated, which means applicants were not required to contribute their own funds as a condition of eligibility, although voluntary cost share can sometimes still be proposed depending on an applicant's strategy.

Eligibility was broad across several organization types, allowing a wide range of implementers that could demonstrate relevant capability in DRR and coastal resilience. Eligible applicants included private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions within that category), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, small businesses, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. This mix suggests OFDA was open to proposals that could blend technical expertise, community engagement capacity, applied research, and operational field implementation, as long as the proposed approach aligned with DRR outcomes for vulnerable coastal populations.

The announcement timeline shows it was posted and created on January 26, 2011, with an original and current closing date of March 7, 2011, and an archive date of April 6, 2011. For applicants who could not access the full announcement electronically, the contact listed was L. Leach, with an OFDA electronic submission address referenced for assistance. Overall, the opportunity sought scalable, locally relevant DRR interventions that measurably increase resilience in high-impact Asian coastal settings, with a clear preference for efforts that reach the most vulnerable communities and address the recurring, socio-economically damaging nature of coastal hazards.

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