Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0005942
The Water Smart Exchanges (WiSE) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0005942) is a U.S. Department of State program run through the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. It sits under the U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP) and is designed to connect cities in the ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN), along with their water districts and utilities, with counterpart cities, utilities, and water-sector partners in the United States. The core idea is a practical exchange model: pairing institutions so they can learn from each other and accelerate the use of modern technologies and innovative management approaches for water systems.
Programmatically, WiSE focuses on helping participating partners modernize how they manage water resources, with the intended results being improved water quality and stronger water security. The opportunity emphasizes sustainability and resilience, which typically implies improving a system's ability to withstand and recover from stresses such as contamination events, aging infrastructure, population growth, and climate-related shocks like droughts and flooding. The exchanges are meant to speed up real-world adoption of better tools and practices, rather than leaving cooperation at the level of general dialogue.
From an administrative standpoint, this was a discretionary funding opportunity using a Cooperative Agreement, which usually means the federal agency anticipates having substantial involvement in guiding or collaborating on the project during implementation (more hands-on than a standard grant). The funding activity category is Environment and the CFDA number listed is 19.017. The total maximum award amount (award ceiling) was $1,481,250, with an expectation of making one award, indicating a single, relatively sizable project intended to coordinate multiple exchanges or a broader program of paired activities.
In terms of timing and status, the opportunity was created on June 6, 2019, and had an original closing date of July 25, 2019. Eligible applicants are identified broadly as "Others," with the official listing pointing applicants to an additional eligibility description in the full notice for clarification. In practice, that phrasing often means eligibility may extend beyond only state or local governments to include entities such as nonprofits, NGOs, academic institutions, public international organizations, or other qualified organizations depending on the detailed eligibility language in the notice.
Overall, WiSE is a targeted U.S.-ASEAN exchange and capacity-building effort aimed at upgrading urban and utility water management by connecting ASEAN smart cities and water providers with U.S. counterparts, encouraging technology adoption and innovative practices to improve water quality and strengthen long-term water security, sustainability, and resilience.Apply for SFOP0005942
- The Department of State, Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Water Smart Exchanges (WiSE)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.017.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 06, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 25, 2019. (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 $1,481,250.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Water Smart Exchanges (WiSE) - FAQs
What is the Water Smart Exchanges (WiSE) opportunity?
Water Smart Exchanges (WiSE) is a U.S. Department of State funding opportunity designed to run practical exchanges that connect ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) cities (and their water districts/utilities) with counterpart cities, utilities, and water-sector partners in the United States.
What is the funding opportunity number for WiSE?
The Funding Opportunity Number is SFOP0005942.
Which U.S. government entity sponsors and runs the program?
WiSE is a U.S. Department of State program run through the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
How does WiSE relate to the U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership?
WiSE sits under the U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP).
Who is the program intended to connect?
The program is designed to connect cities in the ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN), along with their water districts and utilities, with counterpart cities, utilities, and water-sector partners in the United States.
What is the core model or approach used by WiSE?
WiSE uses a practical exchange model that pairs institutions so they can learn from each other and accelerate the use of modern technologies and innovative management approaches for water systems.
What is the main purpose of the exchanges?
The exchanges are intended to speed up real-world adoption of better tools and practices for water systems, rather than limiting cooperation to general dialogue.
What areas does WiSE focus on programmatically?
WiSE focuses on helping participating partners modernize how they manage water resources, with intended results including improved water quality and stronger water security.
What outcomes is the program trying to achieve?
The stated intended results are improved water quality and stronger water security. The opportunity also emphasizes sustainability and resilience in water systems.
What does the emphasis on sustainability and resilience imply in this opportunity?
In this context, sustainability and resilience typically imply improving a water system's ability to withstand and recover from stresses such as contamination events, aging infrastructure, population growth, and climate-related shocks like droughts and flooding.
What types of improvements or themes are encouraged?
The opportunity highlights modern technologies and innovative management approaches for water systems, with a goal of accelerating adoption through paired exchanges.
Is this opportunity a grant or another type of award instrument?
This was a discretionary funding opportunity using a Cooperative Agreement.
What does it mean that the award is a Cooperative Agreement?
A Cooperative Agreement generally means the federal agency anticipates substantial involvement in guiding or collaborating on the project during implementation, which is more hands-on than a standard grant.
What is the funding activity category?
The funding activity category is Environment.
What CFDA number is listed for this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 19.017.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The total maximum award amount (award ceiling) was $1,481,250.
How many awards were expected to be made?
The opportunity indicated an expectation of making one award.
What does the expectation of one award suggest about the project structure?
It suggests a single, relatively sizable project intended to coordinate multiple exchanges or a broader program of paired activities.
When was the opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on June 6, 2019.
What was the original closing date?
The original closing date was July 25, 2019.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants were identified broadly as "Others," with the official listing pointing applicants to an additional eligibility description in the full notice for clarification.
What does the eligibility category "Others" generally indicate?
Based on how this phrasing is commonly used, it can mean eligibility may extend beyond only state or local governments to include entities such as nonprofits, NGOs, academic institutions, public international organizations, or other qualified organizations, depending on the detailed eligibility language in the full notice.
What geographic or partnership scope is emphasized?
The opportunity is framed as a targeted U.S.-ASEAN exchange and capacity-building effort that links ASEAN smart cities and water providers with U.S. counterparts.
What is the overall goal of WiSE in plain terms?
The overall goal is to upgrade urban and utility water management by connecting ASEAN and U.S. counterparts and encouraging technology adoption and innovative practices to improve water quality and strengthen long-term water security, sustainability, and resilience.
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