U.S. based and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Public International Organizations (PIOs)/Foreign Public Entities (FPEs), institutions of higher education, and for-profit entities who choose to forgo profit are eligible to apply to this NOFO. Foreign governments are not eligible to apply, but governments may be beneficiaries of funded programs, provided that funding does not pay salaries of government agency personnel and that such assistance is not restricted by U.S. law or policy.