Tun Mustapha Park Enforcement Assessment and Follow-on Activities | S MY300 16 GR TMP

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The U.S. Mission to Malaysia, through the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, offered a discretionary grant opportunity titled "Tun Mustapha Park Enforcement Assessment and Follow-on Activities" (Funding Opportunity Number S MY300 16 GR TMP). The focus of the award was to support practical, on-the-ground efforts tied to the newly gazetted Tun Mustapha Park in northern Sabah, Malaysia. In plain terms, the project was meant to help move the park from being officially designated on paper to being effectively managed in the real world, with an emphasis on compliance and enforcement capacity.

The core purpose of the grant was twofold. First, the recipient would develop a compliance (or enforcement/compliance) assessment for Tun Mustapha Park, meaning a structured review of how rules and protections could be upheld, what current enforcement realities looked like, and where the gaps were. This kind of assessment typically examines things like existing governance arrangements, enforcement authority, patrol coverage, staffing, equipment, reporting systems, stakeholder coordination, and the main pressures affecting compliance (for example, illegal fishing, encroachment, or other resource-use conflicts). Second, the grant supported follow-on activities that turned findings into action, specifically by conducting training and running methods pilot projects. These pilots were intended to test and demonstrate workable approaches in the field, rather than stopping at recommendations. The overall delivery timeline targeted early 2017, indicating a relatively short runway from award to implementation, with an expectation of tangible outputs within months.

The opportunity was categorized under Education and Environment, reflecting that the work combined capacity building (training, skill development, knowledge transfer) with environmental protection outcomes (improving management of a marine protected area). The funding instrument was a grant, and the opportunity was listed under CFDA 19.040, which is commonly associated with U.S. Department of State public diplomacy-related assistance. While the project content is conservation-oriented, the administering office being the Embassy Public Affairs Section suggests an additional emphasis on partnership-building, institutional strengthening, and potentially demonstrating U.S. engagement on marine conservation and sustainable resource management.

Eligibility was aimed primarily at nonprofit organizations, including U.S.-based nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions), and it also indicated openness to foreign nonprofit organizations and educational institutions. This signals the Embassy was willing to consider experienced international implementers, local or regional NGOs, and academic partners capable of conducting assessments, delivering training, and piloting practical enforcement or compliance methods in collaboration with Malaysian counterparts. The listing also included "Others" as eligible applicants, which can sometimes mean additional organization types could be considered depending on how they fit the program and meet grant requirements.

The award ceiling was up to $250,000. The posting did not clearly state the number of awards expected (it is shown as incomplete), so it is best read as potentially supporting one or more projects, but with no firm public commitment in the summary. The opportunity was created on June 29, 2016, and the original closing date for proposals was July 30, 2016, giving applicants about a month to respond. Overall, the grant was designed to produce a concrete enforcement/compliance assessment and then immediately translate that analysis into training and real-world pilot activities that could strengthen day-to-day compliance in Tun Mustapha Park soon after its establishment.

• The U.S. Mission to Malaysia in the education, environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Tun Mustapha Park Enforcement Assessment and Follow-on Activities" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-06-29.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-07-30. (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 $250,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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