Deadline: 6-May-22
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is soliciting applications for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole).
Objectives
The principal objectives of the McGovern-Dole Program are to carry out:
- preschool and school food for education programs in foreign countries to improve food security, reduce the incidence of hunger, and improve literacy and primary education, particularly with respect to girls; and
- maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs for pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children who are five years of age or younger.
McGovern-Dole feeds school children and improves literacy (especially for girls) in low-income, food-deficit countries around the world. The program provides for the procurement of U.S. agricultural commodities, local and regional agricultural commodities, as well as financial and technical assistance, to support McGovern-Dole objectives.
Funding Information
- Available Funding for the NOFO: Up to $220,000,000; Subject to the availability of funding
- Estimated number of Awards: 8
- Estimated Funding per Award: $10 million – $27.5 million
- Period of Performance: Approximately 48 to 60 months
- Projected Period of Performance Start Date(s): 10/01/2022
Eligible Countries
FAS will accept applications for the following priority countries: Angola, Burundi, The Gambia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritania, Tanzania, and Timor-Leste.
Eligibility Criteria
- In accordance with the McGovern-Dole authorizing legislation, the following entities are eligible Applicants:
- Private Voluntary Organizations;
- Cooperatives;
- Intergovernmental Organizations;
- Governments of developing countries and their agencies; and
- Other organizations
- Each Applicant, is required to:
- Be registered in SAM before the closing date of this announcement;
- Provide a valid unique entity identifier (UEI) in its application; and
- Continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which the Applicant has an active Federal award or an application or plan under consideration by FAS.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338479