Are you a changemaker passionate about making a difference in the world? Do you want to contribute to meaningful projects and initiatives that drive positive change in various social fields? Look no further! We are thrilled to present our brand-new, free-to-use USAID Grant Listing, your gateway to a world of opportunities!
Tailored to serve individuals and organizations at the local level, our USAID Grant Listing is thoughtfully curated to provide you with an extensive and up-to-date database of open opportunities in various social fields, including education, healthcare, environment, agriculture, gender equality, and more.
USAID: Development Innovation Ventures Annual Program Statement
Deadline Date: October 31, 2023
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), invites applications for the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program.
Through a year-round grant competition, Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) sources proposals for innovations that address international development challenges and improve the lives of people living in poverty in developing countries around the world. DIV provides tiered funding to pilot, test, and transition to scale (i.e., grow to reach the highest number of beneficiaries possible) those innovations that demonstrate evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and the potential to scale.
DIV funds four types of grants. Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3 grants follow a tiered approach that aligns the funding amount to the strength of the evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and scalability of the proposed innovation. Evidence Generation grants are reserved for rigorous evaluations of already scaled or scaling development solutions that lack sufficient rigorous evidence of impact and cost-effectiveness
The purpose of this APS is to disseminate information to prospective applicants so they may develop and submit applications for USAID funding. This APS:
- describes the types of activities for which applications will be considered;
- describes the funding available and the process and requirements for submitting applications;
- explains the criteria for evaluating applications; and
- refers prospective applicants to relevant documentation available on the internet. USAID anticipates awarding multiple grants as a result of this APS.
Stages
- STAGE 1: Pilot ≤ $200,000
- STAGE 2: Testing & Positioning for Scale ≤ $1,500,000
- STAGE 3: Transitioning to Scale ≤ $15,000,000
- EVIDENCE GENERATION ≤ $1,500,000
What DIV might fund?
DIV recognizes that innovation can take multiple forms. Some examples of development innovations that DIV may support include the following:
- New technologies;
- New ways of delivering or financing goods or services;
- New business models;
- Cost-effective adaptations to existing solutions;
- New ways of increasing uptake of proven solutions, replication, and scaling to new places;
- Policy innovations;
- Social or behavioral innovations based on insights from behavioral science; and
- Data collection and rigorous evaluation to measure the social impacts of promising innovations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organization Type. DIV accepts applications from anyone, including businesses, social entrepreneurs, individuals, nonprofit organizations, researchers, and governments.
- Geography. DIV supports innovations across all countries where USAID operates.
- Sector: DIV accepts applications across all development sectors, including education, environment, energy, democracy, economic development, and others.
- Applicants that are organizational entities must be legally recognized under applicable law. Local organizations are eligible and encouraged to apply, as well as consortia of local organizations. Participation of foreign government entities is possible only through an approved subaward agreement with a prime recipient.
- USAID encourages applications from new partners.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Program
Deadline Date: March 04, 2024
The United States Government, as represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Innovation, Technology, and Research (ITR) Hub, invites applications for the Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships in Higher Education program.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners have been working to tackle the world’s toughest development challenges for more than 50 years. Their mission is to partner to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity.
Aims
USAID/ITR operates under a set of guiding principles and aims to be:
- Open and Inclusive – Drawing upon the ingenuity of people from around the world particularly from developing countries.
- Evidence-based – Investing based on strong evidence of impact.
- Catalytic – Attracting the support of others to enable sustainable development solutions that reach massive scale.
- Agile – Creating fast feedback loops that enable continuous learning and performance improvement.
Objectives
USAID/ITR’s programming is aligned around five objectives:
- Science: Increasing the use of scientific research to improve development outcomes and make better policy and programming decisions.
- Technology: Advancing the use of enabling technologies and data-driven approaches to empower underserved communities and improve development effectiveness.
- Innovation: Increasing the adoption of high impact development solutions and the effective use of innovation models and design practices.
- Partnerships: Advancing the use of new and underutilized partners, including those from government, non-government entities, civil society, and the private sector, in order to support engagement, new collaborative approaches, and cultivation of entrepreneurial ecosystems to accelerate and scale development impact.
- Agency Integration: Increasing the effective integration of STIP by Missions and Bureaus to advance USAID’s sustainable development results and priorities
Eligibility Criteria
Addenda under this APS may request concept notes/full applications (in cases where only a full application is requested) from all types of organizations. Such organizations must demonstrate engagement with HEIs and/or related partners as well as other institutional partners, be they public, private, for-profit, nonprofit organizations, public international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. governmental organizations, or multilateral and international donor organizations. All organizations must be determined to be responsive to the APS as well as the specific addenda to which the concept note is being submitted and must come from organizations that can be determined to be sufficiently responsible to lead the final award.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
NOFO: Innovative Health Practices to Improve Health Outcomes
Deadline Date: February 20, 2028
USAID invites organizations and companies to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) and participate in generating novel tools and approaches that accelerate and sustain improved health outcomes in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs).
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is issuing this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to seek participants to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaborate on creating, piloting, and scaling innovative research and development interventions utilizing innovative health practices to help reduce disease and mortality rates worldwide.
Problem Statement
Challenge
Harness the power of research and development (R&D), innovation, and innovative practices in health, including science, technology, market-based approaches, and financing, to generate new knowledge, tools, and approaches that can reduce LMIC mortality down to the levels seen in high-income countries (HICs). USAID and its partners will work to identify promising R&D approaches that will help to achieve USAID’s goals of preventing child and maternal deaths, controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and combating infectious diseases. The proposed concepts will be locally-oriented and aim to work in support of, and alongside, populations to find appropriate and lasting solutions to their own health challenges.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000,000
- Award Floor: $1,000,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
Public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations, as well as institutions of higher education, public international organizations, non-governmental organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. governmental organizations, multilateral and international donor organizations are eligible under this BAA. All organizations must be determined to be responsive to the BAA and sufficiently responsible to perform or participate in the final award type.
For more information, visit Grant.gov.
U.S. Agency for International Development announces Social and Behavior Change Research
Deadline Date: December 31, 2029
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) is pleased to announce the Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Research Annual Program Statement (APS).
- research to answer priority social and behavioral science questions to improve the uptake and continuation of healthy behaviors;
- research to improve the monitoring and evaluation of SBC programs; and
- technical assistance for improved SBC research utilization in USAID and host country government-funded health and development programs and policies.
- Result 1: Generate new evidence through the implementation of innovative SBC interventions. SBC Research will focus on evidence gaps on how to design and implement effective and sustainable interventions to improve healthy behavioral outcomes. There is widespread evidence of the importance of social and system factors beyond individual knowledge and attitudes in determining health-seeking behaviors, including social and gender norms, power dynamics, and structural, environmental determinants like access, quality, and cost of seeking and continuing to utilize health services.
- Result 2: Improved monitoring and evaluation of SBC interventions. SBC Research will improve the measurement of SBC interventions, including process documentation, consistent usage of validated SBC indicators, and adaptive monitoring and evaluation. Cost effectiveness, scale and sustainability of SBC interventions, consistency in measurement, and theory of change process documentation have all been identified as critical evidence gaps in published literature on SBC interventions.
- Result 3: Improved research utilization of SBC evidence in USAID and host country government-funded health and development programs. SBC Research will improve research utilization among donor and government-funded health and development programs. Moving beyond the pilot stage of innovative research to adoption and scale-up of evidence-based practices is critical for the sustainability and improved impact of health and development programming.
- U.S. and non-U.S. public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations, as well as institutions of higher education, public international organizations, and non-governmental organizations, are eligible to submit a concept paper under each Round(s) of this APS. Further, the organization must be a legally recognized organizational entity under applicable law, not otherwise restricted by statue, regulation, Agency policy, or administrative determination (i.e., suspension and debarment) from receiving assistance, and legally registered in a country that is not prohibited source per ADS 310.
- Applicants must demonstrate that they have capacity to operate in more than one country. Concept papers and resulting full applications can be global or regional. The organization(s) must have the capacity to work simultaneously in or across multiple countries, particularly in USAID’s focus countries.
- Concept papers from organizations that do not meet the above eligibility criteria will not be reviewed and evaluated. Individuals and consortiums are not eligible to apply for any Rounds of this APS. Organizations that wish to be subawardees can also submit a concept paper if they wish to be evaluated and if successful, invited to co-creation; subawardees that did not submit a concept paper (or were unsuccessful) can be added at the full application stage.
- Organizations in developing countries are strongly encouraged to apply, inasmuch as they will support not only the objectives of this APS and the Round(s) they are applying to, but also USAID’s objectives to build the capacities in local organizations that are needed for sustainable development. USAID strongly encourages applications from potential new partners who meet the above eligibility requirements and are willing to be subjected to a Pre-Award Survey to determine whether the prospective recipient has the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and technical skills – or ability to obtain them – in order to achieve the objectives of the project, or whether specific conditions will be needed.
Caribbean Climate Investment Program
Deadline Date: November 05, 2023
The Caribbean Climate Investment Program (CCIP), a buy-in activity under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Climate Finance for Development Accelerator (CFDA), is seeking applications to mobilize private sector financing for technologies that advance climate mitigation and adaptation goals across the Caribbean region.
Although private capital is increasingly directed at the energy transition in emerging markets, it is not yet at the speed and scale needed to address the global climate crisis.
The Climate Finance for Development Accelerator (referred to as CFDA or “the Accelerator”) is a global USAID-funded climate finance activity that aims to mobilize private finance and private sector actions that support the transition to an equitable and resilient net-zero economy. CFDA aims to mobilize $2.5 billion of additional private and public finance for climate adaptation and mitigation by 2030 by creating incentives and reducing risks for large-scale investments that address the climate finance gap. CFDA is implemented by Chemonics International, an international development consulting firm and manager of large, complex projects globally.
The primary focus of this APS is to catalyze financing for the development of RE and EE technology and deploy climate change adaptation interventions that increase the resiliency of clean energy investments in the region.
Objectives
- CFDA, in collaboration with the USAID/Dominican Republic, will implement a 4-year, $23.5 million buy in activity, the Caribbean Climate Investment Program (CCIP). CCIP is a catalytic activity which aims to unlock and increase private sector investments in social and environmentally sound renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) projects and natural climate solutions with the following objectives:
- Objective 1. Business development service facilitation to private sector partners working with RE/EE technologies;
- Objective 2. Access to finance, de-risking instruments, and lending products to climate finance seekers working with RE/EE technologies; and
- Objective 3. Technical and financial support to businesses, communities and other entities in developing, scaling, or improving adaptation practices and technologies.
Funding Information
- CFDA anticipates awarding a minimum of 10 grant awards through this APS. Grants are limited to $1 million U.S. Dollars per award for Caribbean or other non-U.S. organizations and $500,000 for U.S. organizations (not-for-profits or for-profits). Through these awards, CFDA will adhere to a minimum 1:1 leverage for partnerships for locally led grants. This is the minimum cost leverage and applicants, particularly those from the private sector, are encouraged to achieve higher leverage amounts.
Geographic Scope
- CCIP will support climate investments across the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be:
- A private Caribbean-based business or organization (not-for-profit or for-profit) or a private international for-profit or non-profit organization or business developing and piloting cutting-edge RE, EE, or climate adaptation technology which can be scaled in CCIP priority countries.
- Applicants may only submit one concept at a time per organization under this APS.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate successful past performance in implementation of integrated development programs related to CCIP’s priority areas.
- Applicants must display sound management in the form of financial, administrative, and technical policies and procedures and present a system of internal controls that safeguard assets; protect against fraud, waste, and abuse; and support the achievement of program goals and objectives. CFDA will assess this capability prior to awarding a grant.
- Applicants must sign certain required certifications prior to receiving a grant. The certifications will be provided to applicants selected to advance to the next phase and present a full application.
- For any grant award(s) resulting from this solicitation that is other than in-kind, equivalent to $25,000 USD or more, and has no anticipated subawards, grantees will be required to provide a UEI at the time of award. If the applicant already has a UEI number, it should be included in their concept paper. Otherwise, applicants will be expected to get a UEI number before an award is made. CFDA will assist successful applicants with this process. More information on UEIs can be found here.
- The project will work with the successful grantee to draft a marking and branding plan which will be annexed to the grant agreement.
- Faith-based and community groups will receive equal opportunity for funding in accordance with the mandated guidelines laid out in ADS 303.3.28 except for faith-based organizations whose objectives are for discriminatory and religious purposes, and whose main objective of the grant is of a religious nature.
- Public International Organizations (PIOs) and partner government entities (ministry, department, agency, service, district, municipality, or public universities) are not eligible for financing under CCIP.
For more information, visit CCIP.
Water and Energy for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Call for Innovations
Deadline Date: Ongoing
Water and Energy for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development (WE4F) Call for Innovations is now open to address barriers to enable the production of more food with efficient and sustainable usage of water and energy along the value chain from farming to end-users, and to impact food security, gender, and poverty reduction in an environmentally sustainable way.
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Union (EU), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Netherlands, The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) invite eligible organizations to respond to the Open Call for Innovation (O-CFI) Water and Energy for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development (WE4F) Call for Innovations.
Aim
- WE4F aims to:
- Increase food production along the value chain through a more sustainable and efficient usage of water and/or energy.
- Increase income for base of the pyramid (BoP) women and men in both rural and urban areas working in farming and/or consuming food products.
- Sustainably scale the Organizations’ solutions to meet the challenges in the WE4F nexus.
- Promote climate and environmental resilience and biodiversity through the sustainable, holistic management of natural resources and ecosystems.
Thematic Areas
- The WE4F Founding Partners have identified priority thematic areas in which innovation is urgently needed as mentioned below. Innovations supported by Water and Energy for Food could include, but are not limited to, the themes mentioned below:
- Theme 1: Innovations in food production to reduce water usage.
- Theme 2: Efficient use of water resources for food production.
- Theme 3: Sustainable use of energy and water on farm.
- Theme 4: Energy innovations for food processing & logistics.
- Theme 5: Food production with efficient energy use.
- Theme 6: Leveraging food/agriculture waste for energy.
Funding Information
- Individual awards are expected to range between 40,000 US Dollars and 250,000 US Dollars depending on the type of funding requested with the awardee expected to bring in a minimum 1-1 matching amount themselves. The period of performance for individual awards is up to two years; the actual period of performance for each award will be determined at the time of award.
Target People
- WE4F expects to target poor or vulnerable men and women, smallholder farmers and others working in all parts of the agriculture value chain.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements to participate in the call for Water and Energy for Food:
- Type – WE4F is open to legally incorporated / registered for-profit and not-for-profit organizations or academic institutions which are responsible for generating revenue and maintaining a self-sustaining operational budget (i.e., covering costs). In addition, these organizations should be able to demonstrate a revenue track record selling the water energy-food nexus-relevant product or service. WE4F is focused on financially viable businesses or organizations that can showcase a proven and sustainable revenue model.
- Size – Water and Energy for Food call is open to all relevant organizations/companies regardless of size. They encourage applications from small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
- Location – Southern and Central Africa.
- Language- Application responses must be written in English or French. However, most correspondence between the hub and the innovator will be in English.
- Matching funds or cost-sharing – All Open Call for Innovation (O-CFI) awardees are required to have at least one-to-one matching funds (cash/cash equivalent) to satisfy the matching requirements. Matching (whether in-kind or cash/cash equivalent) is based on funding provided by WE4F, not the total project budget. For example, applicants who 14 request 100,000 US Dollars (initially) for an innovation would need to provide a minimum of 100,000 US Dollars of in-kind contributions *or* matching funds, making the total project budget 200,000 US Dollars. The funds must pay for activities that further the growth, development, or commercialization of the organization’s technology (e.g., manufacturing, distribution, marketing).
- Local presence – All applicants must use the funds to implement the innovation in the target country(ies). In addition, applicants must either already have a presence in SCA or must have a local partner active and operational since at least January 2023 (supporting documentation required).
- Impact – Innovations must have a direct linkage between water/energy and the food value chain. Applicants must demonstrate that they are not causing any negative harm to the environment like increased water usage or biodiversity loss. In addition, innovations must directly or indirectly benefit the poor (income, products, opportunities). In addition, applications must contribute to gender equality and strive for a positive impact on the environment while avoiding negative environmental effects and local market distortions.
- Data collection – Applicants must have in place proven data collection tools and/or processes that capture the number of end-users, contact details, addresses, income category per quintile, and gender amongst others. If the applicant’s main clients are points of sales, distributors, i.e., work on a B2B basis, their direct clients’ end-users will still need to be reported as per the aforementioned criterion.
- Applicants from nearly any category of organization or institution are welcome to respond to this solicitation. Specific categories of organizations and institutions that are welcome to respond include, but are not limited to, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and regional organizations. Water and Energy for Food welcomes and encourages high-quality applications, especially from women-owned/women-led enterprises and entrepreneurs from developing countries.
- Note: Government entities and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding.
For more Information, visit Water and Energy for Food.
Open Call for Innovations: Water and Energy for Food – A Grand Challenge for Development
Deadline Date: Ongoing
Are you a MENA-based organization with a proven solution tackling water and/or energy issues in urban or rural food production? If, yes then apply now for Open Call for Innovation (O-CFI) Water and Energy for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development (WE4F) Call for Innovations which is designed to support organizations in the region in growing their business by tackling the most common internal and external challenges.
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Union (EU), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Netherlands, The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) invite eligible organizations to respond to the Open Call for Innovation (O-CFI) Water and Energy for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development (WE4F) Call for Innovations.
This Open Call for Innovation (O-CFI) is designed to address barriers to enable the production of more food with efficient and sustainable usage of water and energy along the value chain from farming to end-users, and to impact food security, gender, and poverty reduction in an environmentally sustainable way. Individual awards are expected to range between 25,000 US Dollars and 250,000 US Dollars depending on the type of funding requested with the awardee expected to bring in a minimum 1-1 matching amount themselves. The period of performance for individual awards is up to two years; the actual period of performance for each award will be determined at the time of award.
By tackling matters related to business growth, technical aspects, environmental and social impact, and access to finance together with MENA RIH experts, organizations such as yours will receive tailored and intense support to help you rapidly grow through:
- developing your strategic growth plan
- redesigning your business model for growth and impact
- overcoming your cashflow problems
- strengthening your financial management foundations
- optimizing your production processes and organizational structure
- receiving more than 20 other growth support services such as export readiness, technical, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects.
The MENA RIH will also help you in
- building your network across the MENA region
- becoming investment ready to access needed debt and/or equity funding
- developing partnerships with financial institutions for end user finance
- raising the right type of capital needed through the best mix of debt and equity
- receiving cash grants of up to 200,000 USD (reimbursement basis).
Thematic Areas
- The WE4F Founding Partners have identified priority thematic areas in which innovation is urgently needed as mentioned. Innovations supported by Water and Energy for Food Could Include, But Are Not Limited To, the themes mentioned:
- Theme 1: Innovations in food production to reduce water usage
- Theme 2: Efficient use of water resources for food production
- Theme 3: Sustainable use of energy and water on farm
- Theme 4: Energy innovations for food processing & logistics
- Theme 5: Food production with efficient energy use
- Theme 6: Leveraging food/agriculture waste for energy
Priority Organizations and Innovations
- The WE4F Founding Partners have identified priority types of organizations and Innovations. Innovations prioritized by Water and Energy for Food Could Include, But Are Not Limited To:
- Energy- Agricultural processing: This includes Innovations which use renewable energy or aim to improve the energy efficiency of value-added food processing including the transformation of raw agricultural goods to food stuffs or the changing of food stuffs to other more valuable forms.
- Digital solutions: This includes Innovations which are digital in nature and improve the water and/or energy efficiency of agricultural processes but cannot be defined by one single other Innovation type listed.
- Financial solutions: This includes Innovations which improve the financial access or financial resources of actors within the food value chain including food producers, food processors, and direct end-users of agricultural goods.
- Women-led, managed, or owned organizations or organizations with a track record of serving at least thousands of female-end users in agriculture and food value chains.
- Organizations which demonstrate strong capabilities to monitor and document key programmatic KPIs such as the end-users benefitting from the Innovation and the impact on water and/or energy savings (e.g., through CRM systems, data loggers, etc.).
- Organizations that have a clear positive environmental impact and impact on Base of the Pyramid (BoP) and vulnerable communities through the provision their Innovation to end-users and/or in their value chains.
- While the program is targeting organizations established or operating in the MENA countries in – Eligible Countries of Implementation, priority countries include Yemen, Algeria, and Tunisia.
Why apply?
- Join a Network of Innovative Game-Changing Entrepreneurs
- Winners will be part of an extensive network and introduced to various partners, mentors, and service providers to help them achieve their expansion goals.
- They will also have access to an exclusive learning community where they can exchange ideas with their cohort peers in the cohort and other Regional Innovation Hubs through regular workshops and meetings.
- Receive Technical Support and Investment Facilitation
- Receive support to expand the business to other geographies, products, or services
- Attract and secure external investors by working with MENA RIH’s Brokering Unit.
- Examples of support categories:
- Investment readiness
- Commercial expansion
- Marketing and communication
- Digitalization and technology enhancement
Funding Information
- Select organizations may qualify for grants to help achieve scaling goals, funding size ranges from $25,000 to $250,000 USD.
Location: The MENA RIH supports innovators from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen. Applicants must be legally registered in at least one of these countries. If expansion into a new country is a key part of an applicant’s business plan, they must demonstrate that they already have partners in place in that country to be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- WE4F is looking for mid- to late-stage enterprises, nonprofits with a for-profit program, and other organizations based in the Middle East and North Africa, who have innovative water-food, energy-food, and water-energy-food solutions. Applicants must meet the minimum requirements outlined to participate in this call for innovation.
- Women-owned and women-led organizations are encouraged to apply.
- WE4F is open to legally incorporated/registered for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations or academic institutions with a proven business model, recurring sales, an existing customer base, and the ability to generate revenue and maintain a self-sustaining operational budget.
- WE4F is open to all relevant organizations/companies which are ready to scale. They encourage applications from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
For more information, visit WE4F.
USAID/Peru and South America Regional Locally Led Development Initiative
Deadline Date: September 30, 2023
The United States government, represented by the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Republic of Peru, invites Local Entities to propose innovative concepts that offer greater opportunities for more sustainable solutions to development challenges in the region.
The Peru-SAR Locally Led Development Initiative seeks to engage local private and civil sectors in priority areas as defined by the partner governments in the region and the United States Government (USG). This initiative is designed to increase sustainability and impact in the areas of Regional Environmental and Sustainable Growth; Socio-economic Integration of Migrants; and Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment, and Climate Change.
Program Funding Areas
Restriction: This section addresses issues or approaches that are inherently transnational. Concept notes should propose programs implemented in two or more of these Amazon Basin countries, including border regions: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.
- Regional Environment and Sustainable Growth
- Socio-economic Integration of Migrants
- Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and climate change
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $4,500,000
- Award Floor: $250,000
- The period of performance must be 60 months or less.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant Eligibility
- USAID welcomes concepts from Local and Regional Entities who have a solid understanding of the development challenges facing their communities, countries, or regions; have innovative solutions and demonstrate a commitment to tackling them
- Eligible applicants must:
- Be a Local Entity as defined in ADS 303.6, and
- Have an active registration in the System for Awards Management (SAM)
- A local entity is:
- “An individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that:
- Is legally organized under the laws of;
- Has as its principal place of business or operations in;
- Is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of; and managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a country receiving assistance from funds appropriated under title III of the Consolidated Appropriations Act.”
- For purposes of this section, “majority-owned’ and “managed by” include, without limitation, beneficiary interests and the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization’s managers or a majority of the organization’s governing body by any means.”
- Eligible entities applying for USAID funding under this initiative must therefore meet all the definitions.
- For South America Regional programs, a Regional Entity is an organization that meets the criteria of a Local Entity and operates in any of the countries covered by a program funding area and benefits from the particular program. For example, a Local Entity based in Ecuador carrying out regional programs in Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia would be considered a Local Entity.
- For the Regional Environmental and Sustainable Growth funding area, “country” includes the following USAID’s partner countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.
- For the Socio-Economic Integration of Migrants funding area, “country” includes Peru, Brazil and Ecuador.
- USAID especially encourages concepts from Local Entities that have not worked with USAID before. While not an exhaustive list and provided for illustrative purposes only, the following types of non-U.S. entities are encouraged to participate:
- Civic groups
- Colleges and universities
- Cooperatives
- Faith-based organizations (FBOs)
- USAID will only make an award to a prime organization, but encourages eligible Local Entities interested in this opportunity to network and/or form implementing alliances with other capable entities (local or international) that can enhance and add value to their concept.
- “An individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that:
For more information, visit USAID.
USAID: Democracy, Human Rights and Accountability (Uganda)
Deadline Date: March 28, 2024
The United States Agency for International Development in Uganda (USAID/Uganda) seeks applications from non-profit and for-profit organizations to participate in USAID’s Uganda Democracy, Human Rights and Accountability (DRA) Annual Program Statement (APS).
The Uganda DRA APS is an initiative to encourage new and innovative ideas, as well as new partnerships to create sustained, measurable improvements in development outcomes in the DRA space. USAID/Uganda welcomes innovative and creative ideas 5 that can be rigorously tested, shared, and potentially scaled in Uganda within this context. Through the Uganda DRA APS, USAID/Uganda is open to considering a wide range of approaches to achieve its development objectives. It is understood that all partners will share risks and responsibilities.
Focus Areas
- This APS is intended to increase the sustainability and impact of USAID/Uganda’s development assistance through civil society and non-governmental organization related partnerships in the following areas:
- Human Rights
- Conflict/Violence Prevention and Mitigation
- Accountability and Anti-Corruption
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $65,000,000
- Award Floor: $250,000
- Duration: Applications must state a period of performance. The period of performance must be 60 months or less. The period of performance is subject to negotiation during co-design.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility is unrestricted. Eligible implementing partners include (but are not limited to) non-governmental/not for profit or civil society entities. USAID/Uganda is particularly interested in working with Local Entities, Locally Established Entities, New Partners, and Non-traditional Partners as Implementing Partners. However, this solicitation is not specifically limited to these categories, and USAID/Uganda strongly encourages concept papers from all interested entities.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
Tanzania: Grants to Strengthening Inclusive, Democratic, Participatory, & Accountable Governance – APS
Deadline Date: January 08, 2024
The United States Agency for International Development in Tanzania (USAID/Tanzania) is announcing the Strengthening Inclusive, Democratic, Participatory, and Accountable Governance Annual Program Statement (hereinafter SIDPAG APS).
Purpose
USAID/Tanzania seeks to build partnerships with Tanzanians, government institutions, civil society, and the private sector to promote transformational change in key governance systems and processes. This partnership will be achieved through a new five-year program, the SIDPAG project, with the following key results:
- Enhanced media and civil society resilience
- Increased transparency and accountability, including over public resources in health, education, agriculture, natural resources, and other areas
- Strengthened political dialogue and reconciliation
- More transparent and inclusive electoral and democratic processes
- Greater political and civic empowerment of women, girls, and marginalized groups
- Strengthened rule of law, access to justice, and empowerment of Tanzanians, particularly marginalized groups.
USAID/Tanzania anticipates that this initiative will support a civil society environment where organizations, including media, operate more freely and effectively. Together with these institutions, citizens will be engaged in greater civic activity, including catalyzing transparency efforts to improve systems of democratic governance. Finally, the rights of women, youth, and marginalized communities will be strengthened so that all Tanzanians may more equitably benefit from the country’s development.
Funding Information
- USAID intends to make multiple awards that may be either cooperative agreements or grants pursuant to this APS notice of funding opportunity. Subject to funding availability and at the discretion of the Agency, USAID intends to provide up to $13,000,000 in total USAID funding. $13,000,000 is the funding for all awards made under this APS. Individual awards will range between from $250,000 to a maximum amount of $3,000,000 for a 5-year period. Award ceilings may be limited for any given addenda.
- Duration: The anticipated period of performance for awards made under the APS is from 2 years to 5 years. The estimated start date for an award will be approximately five to six months after the due date for receipt of concept papers.
Cross-cutting Themes
- Gender Analysis:
- Youth and Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWDs):
- Localization
- Adaptive Programming
- Cross-sectoral Coordination
Outcomes
- USAID has identified the following illustrative results/outcomes, which will be further defined as part of each addendum to this APS. When developing concept papers and applications, applicants are encouraged to consider the illustrative outcomes under each result area. These outcomes are illustrative only and Applicants may develop their own, considering its applicability to each overall priority theme.
- Result Area 1: Enhanced media and civil society resilience
- Result Area 2: Increased transparency and accountability, including over public resources in health, education, agriculture, natural resources, and other areas
- Result Area 3: Strengthened political dialogues and reconciliation
- Result Area 4: More transparent and inclusive electoral and democratic processes
- Result Area 5: Greater political and civic empowerment of women, girls, and marginalized groups
- Result Area 6: Strengthened rule of law, access to justice, and empowerment of Tanzanians, particularly marginalized group.
Eligibility Criteria
- Unless otherwise stated in an addendum, eligibility for this APS is restricted to local, Tanzanian organizations. That means that only local organizations are eligible for award. USAID defines a “local entity” as an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that:
- Is legally organized under the laws of; and
- Has as its principal place of business or operations in; and
- Majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of; and
- Managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the country receiving assistance.
- For purposes of this definition, ‘majority owned’ and ‘managed by’ include, without limitation, beneficiary interests and the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization’s managers or a majority of the organization’s governing body by any means.
- USAID especially welcomes applications from organizations that have not previously received financial assistance from USAID.
- Faith-based organizations are eligible to apply for federal financial assistance on the same basis as any other organization and are subject to the protections and requirements of Federal law.
- Addendums may open eligibility to U.S.-based and international organizations depending on the development result area, and the Agency’s needs. However, this APS is intended to prioritize collaboration with local, Tanzanian organizations.
For more information, visit USAID.
Grants for Guinea Local Health System Strengthening (GLHSS)
Deadline Date: February 25, 2025
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Guinea is pleased to issue this Round for the implementation of an activity designed to strengthen local health systems in targeted geographic areas so that Guineans can access a higher quality of health care in their communities and local public health facilities.
- The achievement of this goal will be measured by the following changes experienced by communities and local health facilities supported by USAID:
- Evidence of an improvement in governance practices of prefectural health authorities and health service providers.
- Increased improvement in the accessibility of quality health services in USAID-supported geographic zones.
- Clients and citizens report improved satisfaction with the health services they receive
- Health service delivery points report increased use of essential services; and
- CSOs and FBOs provide increased oversight of local health services.
- Accessibility, Affordability and Quality of Care
- Supply Chain Management
- Leadership, Management and Governance
- Human Resources for Health
- Health Information Systems
- Social and Behavior Change (SBC)
- Funding for the Health Sector
- Issuance of this APS and/or related Rounds under this APS do not constitute an award commitment on the part of the U.S. Government, nor do those commit the U.S. Government to pay for any costs incurred in the preparation or submission of questions, comments, suggestions, Concept Notes, and/or Full Applications. Applicants submit Conceptn Notes/Applications at their own risk, and all preparation and submission costs are at their expense.
- Note: This APS is not a request for Concept Notes. Applicants must provide Concept Notes in response to, and in accordance with the instructions provided in a specific Round to this APS. Specific information and instructions for Concept Notes submission under this APS will appear in individual Rounds.
- Estimate of Funds Available and Number of Awards Contemplated
- The actual number of assistance or contract awards, if any, under this APS is subject to the availability of funds and the interests and requirements of USAID, as well as the viability of eventual Applications received. There is no predefined minimum or maximum number of awards USAID Guinea will support through this APS.The financial range for award(s) will be specified in each Round.
- Start Date and Period of Performance for Federal Award
- The proposed period of performance for each agreement awarded as a result of each Round under this APS will not exceed five years in duration beginning from the negotiated start date, and subject to availability of funds. Full applications should propose activities for a five-year period of performance. If the expected period of performance will be less than five years for a specific Round, that Round’s procurement document will include that information. Additionally, the anticipated start date for a possible award(s) will be specified in each Round.
- Eligibility for this APS is not restricted. All qualified U.S. and non-U.S. organizations (other than those from foreign policy restricted countries) are eligible to apply. USAID welcomes applications from organizations which have not previously received financial assistance from USAID. Further, the organization must be a legally recognized, organizational entity under applicable law.
- The Recipient must be a responsible entity. Applicants must have established financial management, monitoring and evaluation processes, internal control systems, and policies and procedures that comply with established U.S. Government standards, laws, and regulations. The successful Applicant will be subject to a responsibility determination and pre-award risk assessment by the Agreement Officer (AO).
- First time recipients of USG or USAID funding may undergo a Pre-award Survey. The AO may determine a pre-award survey is required to conduct an examination that will determine whether the prospective recipient has the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and technical skills – or ability to obtain them – in order to achieve the objectives of the program and comply with the terms and conditions of the award.
- If an organization does not submit a successful concept paper and is not invited to attend a cocreation workshop or submit a full application in a specific Round, that organization may still submit another concept paper in a future Round(s), if one occurs. Evaluation criteria will be revised to the specifics of each Round; another submission in another Round does not guarantee a successful concept paper and invitation to attend a co-creation workshop/submit a full application.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
Grants for Advancing Equity and Equality of Marginalized Groups Activity in Serbia
Deadline Date: September 08, 2026
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Serbia is seeking concept papers from qualified applicants for the Advancing Equity and Equality of Marginalized Groups Activity in Serbia.
This Annual Program Statement (APS) publicizes the intention of the United States Government (USG), as represented by USAID/Serbia, to obtain concept papers, full applications and issue awards for the Advancing Equity and Equality of Marginalized Groups Activity in Serbia. The purpose of this activity is to support various economic empowerment initiatives for marginalized communities so as to help advance Serbia’s inclusive and sustainable development.
USAID intends to fund a wide range of flexible, innovative, and experimental approaches to encourage locally led development through addenda under this APS. Each addendum to the APS will specify which group or groups will be the focus for the particular round of applications. In 2021, the focus of the APS Round 1 will be on providing assistance to programming, benefitting Persons with Disabilities (PWD).
Purpose
USAID/Serbia seeks to build partnerships with Serbian people, Serbian institutions, and civil society organizations to help advance equity and prosperity for Serbia’s marginalized groups. The purpose of this roundunder the APS is to support initiatives aimed at promoting equity and economic empowerment of persons with disabilities in Serbia.
Objectives
- Advancing workforce development of select marginalized groups
- Improving the Enabling Environment and Commitment to Inclusive Economic Development
- Improving prospects for individual business development (entrepreneurship)
Funding Information
- The expected total estimated amount for all cooperative agreements and/or grants to be awarded under this APS will be approximately $6,000,000 million USD.
- For Round 1, USAID intends to award one (1) cooperative agreement with a total estimated amount of up to $2 million.
- The period of performance anticipated for the cooperative agreement awarded under Round 1 of this APS is not expected to exceed 4 years in duration. For Round 1, the anticipated start date for the award(s) is on or about January 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- This activity is restricted to the following Serbian local entities: for-profit, and nonprofit non-governmental organizations, and institutions of higher education.
- For the purposes of this section, local entity means an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that:
- is legally organized under the laws of;
- has as its principal place of business or operations in;
- is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of; and
- managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a country receiving assistance from funds
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
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