Supporting Implementation of the REIF in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
This cooperative agreement funds targeted technical and advisory support to host nation institutions and individuals involved in mining industries in Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda to improve governance and regulation for critical minerals investment.
⚑ Foreign-focused implementation project in the Great Lakes Region of Africa · Eligibility not stated in the provided notice excerpt · Award ceiling up to $14,490,000 · Cooperative agreement with substantial sponsor involvement likely
This is a technical-assistance and economic-governance implementation grant for mining institutions in Central/East Africa, which is outside IPPRA’s core program lines in risk perception, weather, energy/nuclear public opinion, and education policy evaluation. The team could maybe contribute tangentially on survey or stakeholder-engagement methods, but none of the named researchers has this as an own research line.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-08-11
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | peripheral portfolio topic: environment; signature methods: policy analysis, community engaged; social/behavioral work is minor; funds technical assistance, not research (capped); eligibility unclear — verify in the NOFO; capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 20 weak | technical depth: minor; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
The "Supporting Implementation of the Regional Economic Integration Framework (REIF) in the Great Lakes Region of Africa” project advances America's national interests by harnessing market-based, private sector-led growth in the area of Critical Minerals Investment in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda. This program aims to improve governance and regulation to attract American business and counter corrupt and unfair practices that hamper economic growth in the region, disadvantage the competitive process, and handicap companies that adhere to rule of law. The project will accomplish these objectives by providing targeted technical and advisory support to relevant host nation institutions and individuals involved in the mining industries within the DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda.
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