[June 2023]
USAID is offering grants to support projects, initiatives, and innovations that promote global social, economic, environmental, and political development. Apply now for valuable opportunities to make a positive impact.
“Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Environments” Grants Challenge
Deadline: 30-Jun-23
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched the Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Environments (RISE) Grants Challenge, a first-of-its-kind grant fund that supports activities designed to address gender-based violence and environmental linkages in environmental and climate-related programmes and generate evidence on promising interventions.
Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and managed by IUCN under their Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT) partnership, the RISE grants challenge is a direct response to a landmark study on gender-based violence and environment linkages by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which USAID’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Hub (GenDev) commissioned through the AGENT partnership.
USAID Innovation Grant for Socio-Economic Development in Education, Environment, Poverty and Others: Anyone from anywhere can apply!
Deadline: 31-Oct-23
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.
USAID: Promoting Results and Outcomes through Policy and Economic Levers (PROPEL) Program
Deadline: 30-Nov-27
The U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) is pleased to announce the Promoting Results and Outcomes through Policy and Economic Levers (PROPEL) Annual Program Statement (APS).
The purpose of this APS is to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies and delivery systems through: policy development and implementation; adequate, predictable and sustainable financing; enhanced government stewardship, transparency, and accountability; and an engaged and informed civil society prepared to advocate for improved systems and outcomes.
USAID: Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Research Annual Program Statement
Deadline: 31-Dec-29
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).
The purpose of the SBC Research APS is to strengthen the generation and utilization of SBC evidence to improve the uptake and continuation of healthy behaviors, including but not limited to healthy spacing and timing of pregnancies, care-seeking at onset of illness, adequate complementary feeding, childhood immunizations, use of health and nutrition services, and other health outcomes.
Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Program
Deadline: 4-Mar-24
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.
NOFO: Innovative Health Practices to Improved Health Outcomes
Deadline: 20-Feb-28
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.
WE4F’s Open Call for Innovations: A Grand Challenge to positively impact Food Security, Gender, and Poverty Reduction
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
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.
WE4F expects to target poor or vulnerable men and women, smallholder farmers and others working in all parts of the agriculture value chain.
Call for MENA-based Organization with a proven solution tackling Water/Energy issues
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
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.
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.
Call for Innovations: Water and Energy for Food – A Grand Challenge for Development
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
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.
The S/SEA RIH is proud to announce the second Call for Innovations. Companies, nonprofits with a for-profit program, and other organizations working on water-food, energy-food, and water-energy-food innovations are invited to apply. The winning organizations will receive customized support in the form of grants, business model support, and investment facilitation.
NOFO: USAID Kuteteza (Prevention) Health Project in Malawi and SADC
Deadline: 22-Jun-23
The purpose of the Kuteteza Health project is to expand access to high quality biomedical interventions that will avert new HIV infections among young boys and men and their respective partners, and support HIV risk reduction activities at the community level. USAID intends to support the Malawi Ministry of Health and the private health sector in the delivery of high quality safe medical male circumcisions.
The Kuteteza project will provide service delivery and technical support for site-level and abovesite interventions including technical leadership, service delivery, in-service training, quality management, policy and guidelines revision, domestic resource mobilization, communications, and social mobilization, monitoring and evaluation for accelerated scale up of voluntary medical male circumcision delivered in combination with other HIV prevention interventions.
USAID/Malawi invites Proposals for Ana ndi Achinyamata Patsogolo Project
Deadline: 22-Jun-23
This ANAPA Project will contribute to the achievement of the 95-95-95 goals and reaching and sustaining epidemic control in Malawi by helping to reduce lifetime risk of HIV acquisition and achieve durable viral suppression among children, adolescents, and their families. ANAPA’s goal is to improve the health, well-being, and protection of children and adolescents (and their families) living with, affected by, and vulnerable to HIV through high-impact service delivery and district-level social service system strengthening to sustain an effective response for children, adolescents, and their families through locally led solutions.
The project aims to standardize a robust model of care that can be replicated and scaled up by GOM. In addition, cornerstones of the Activity will be advancing human rights and equity for children and AGYW, youth engagement and participation, as well as maximizing community engagement to strengthen program responsiveness to clients’ priorities and improve service quality, acceptability, and impact.
USAID invites Proposals for Kuthekera (We can) Project
Deadline: 22-Jun-23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a Cooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement the Kuthekera (We can) Malawi Project.
Eligibility for this NOFO is restricted to local (Malawian) and Regional (Southern African Development Community – SADC) organizations. Applications from organizations that have not previously received financial assistance from USAID are welcome if the Applicant determines that it has necessary capacity to implement projects of the magnitude such as this one.
Funding Opportunity to implement the Kazakhstan Local Governance Activity
Deadline: 30-Jun-23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified entities to implement the Kazakhstan Local Governance Activity program.
Goal: Strengthen Local Governance in Kazakhstan Support the conditions and space for strengthened local governance in which civil society more effectively represents citizen voices and engages the government so that sub-national government institutions are more effective in their mandate and response to citizen needs.
USAID: Liberia Foundational Skill Activity in Liberia
Deadline: 18-Jul-23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Mission in Liberia, is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified entities to implement the Liberia Foundational Skill Activity.
The purpose of this Activity is to increase the percentage of Liberian children who complete primary school and meet government of Liberia learning standards.
DR Congo: USAID Combating HIV/AIDS through Local Partnership Activity (CHALPA)-Lualaba
Deadline: 11-Jul-23
The United States Agency for International Development in Democratic Republic of Congo (USAID/DRC) is seeking applications for a Fixed Amount Award (FAA) Cooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement the USAID Combating HIV/AIDS through Local Partnership Activity (CHALPA) Activity in Lualaba.
These activities will work with the Government of the DRC (GDRC) and other USAID implementing partners to deliver high quality, accessible HIV/AIDS related services in selected provinces towards achieving HIV epidemic control. These activities will join the portfolio of partners implementing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in the DRC.
USAID Combating HIV/AIDS Through Local Partnership Activity (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Deadline: 11-Jul-23
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Mission (USAID/DRC) intends to fund the implementation of three (3) distinctive activities named Combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic Through Local Partnership Activity (CHALPA) in the following provinces: Kinshasa, Lualaba, and Haut-Katanga.
These activities will work with the Government of the DRC (GDRC) and other USAID implementing partners to deliver high quality, accessible HIV/AIDS related services in selected provinces towards achieving HIV epidemic control. These activities will join the portfolio of partners implementing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in the DRC.
Applications Open for Empowering Women to Adapt to Climate Change in Northern Kenya
Deadline: 21-Aug-23
USAID/Kenya & East Africa is making a special call for the submission of concepts focused on empowering women in northern Kenya to improve their resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change and its impacts.
Through this announcement, USAID seeks to develop new and innovative public-private alliances with the private sector – including businesses, investors, and corporate foundations – as well as philanthropic foundations, NGOs, and other stakeholders focused on advancing entrepreneurship with a special focus on women in Northern Kenya. This activity will enhance women’s participation in climate action, create tangible economic opportunities for women in climate friendly industries and reduce gender-based violence which is often associated with women’s lack of ‘voice’ in decision making and lack of economic empowerment.
NOFO: USAID Controlling HIV/AIDS Epidemic among Key and Vulnerable Populations (Congo DR)
Deadline: 11-Jul-23
The United States Agency for International Development in Democratic Republic of Congo (USAID/DRC) is seeking applications for a Fixed Amount Award (FAA) Cooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement the USAID Controlling HIV/AIDS Epidemic among Key and Vulnerable Populations (CHEK) through Local Partnership.
PEPFAR’s focus is on shifting business practices to more effectively use a data-driven approach that strategically targets geographic areas and populations where the impact for investment is highest.
Grants to Improve HIV & Health Outcomes & Reduce New HIV Infections among AGYW (South Sudan)
Deadline: 26-Jun-23
USAID/South Sudan, with resources from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), is seeking assistance for a 5-year activity to support children, adolescents, and their families in the HIV epidemic to improve HIV and health outcomes and reduce new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).
With the current funding, the activity will be based in Juba County. The activity is expected to result in mitigation of the impact of HIV, reduction in new HIV infections, and improved HIV clinical outcomes for those on HIV treatment among the target sub-populations.
Caribbean Climate Investment Program
Deadline: 5-Nov-23
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.
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.
Open Call: Systems to End the Malaria Burden through Meaningful Engagement – II (Cameroon)
Deadline: 22-Jun-23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a Cooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement USAID/Cameroon’s Systems to End the Malaria Burden through Meaningful Engagement – II (SEMBE II) Activity (the Activity).
This program description outlines the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s expectations for the Systems to End the Malaria Burden through Meaningful Engagement – II – (SEMBE1 II) activity in Cameroon. SEMBE II seeks to strengthen the capacity of the Cameroonian government and local stakeholders to positively respond to malaria prevention, control, and elimination priorities.
NOFO: USAID seeks Applications to implement Rural WASH activity in Madagascar
Deadline: 24-Jul-23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks applications from qualified entities to implement USAID Madagascar Rural WASH activity to strengthen water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) progress in Madagascar, support the Government of Madagascar in leading sector progress, and stimulating private sector WASH service delivery to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and promote WASH sector growth.
USAID/Madagascar plans to build on current momentum in WASH sector governance in Madagascar to accelerate sustainable access to WASH services in rural communes and districts by addressing the known challenges to rural service delivery, building on successes achieved through USAID RANO WASH and other sector actors and recent commitments from the GoM, USAID, and its development partners.
Open Call for Inclusive Development and Equitable Assistance LWA (US)
Deadline: 17-Jul-23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications from all eligible organizations to implement the project, Inclusive Development and Equitable Assistance (IDEA).
USAID seeks qualified organizations to proactively and intentionally advance inclusive development to ensure the participation and inclusion of all people in programming, including those who have been historically marginalized.
USAID: Improve Livelihoods and Enhance Economic Development Program in Palestinian Territories
Deadline: 6-Jul-23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a Cooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement the five years program to “Improve Livelihoods and Enhance Economic Development” (ILEED) in Gaza.
The purpose of the gender analysis is to help the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/West Bank and Gaza (WBG) identify and understand key gender inequalities, issues, and related constraints in WBG. The recommendations that stem from the analysis aim to enable USAID to achieve greater gender equality and social inclusion within priority program sectors, as aligned with the Mission’s development objectives, intermediate results, sub-intermediate results, and activity planning.
NOFO: Local Solutions to Counter Wildlife Trafficking Activity in Vietnam
Deadline: 5-Jul-23
USAID/Vietnam is making a special call to local actors for the submission of concept papers focused on enhancing countering wildlife trafficking law enforcement; increasing political will and securing commitments from the Government of Vietnam (GVN) to address wildlife trafficking; and reducing consumer demand for illegal wildlife products at provincial level.
The goal of this activity is to support the GVN in reducing wildlife trafficking and illegal wildlife consumption and in strengthening partnerships between local organizations and the GVN at provincial level to counter wildlife trafficking. The activity is also intended to contribute to the following higher-level outcomes: increased arrests and prosecutions for illegal wildlife trafficking and reduced consumer demand for illegal wildlife products.
Funding Opportunity for Providing Family Planning Services (Zimbabwe)
Deadline: 3-Jul-23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications from qualified entities to implement the “Providing Family Planning Services” Activity under a cooperative agreement.
The goal of the Activity is to contribute to increase access to modern contraception and reduce the gap in unmet need through increased access to comprehensive, voluntary family planning services to poor, underserved and hard to reach populations in Zimbabwe.
USAID: Democracy, Human Rights and Accountability APS (Uganda)
Deadline: 28-Mar-24
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.
USAID/Colombia Special Call | Energy for Peace (E4P): Energy Transition for PDETs
Deadline: 7-Jul-23
USAID/Colombia is making a special call for the submission of concepts focused on implementing, co-financing, and sustainably operating an activity to support the energy transition for municipalities located in areas under the Rural Development Plan with Territorial Approach (PDET).
This GDA APS addendum seeks to engage investors and private sector partners whose businesses are equipped to implement and operate the portfolio of nine E4P solar generation sites. USAID/Colombia welcomes consortia composed of local and/or international private sector entities. Concepts must mobilize and leverage private sector resources at a level that equals and preferably exceeds the level of resources allocated by USAID/Colombia.
USAID/Tanzania seeks to build Partnerships with Civil Society to promote Transformational Change
Deadline: 08-Jan-24
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).
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.
USAID/Brazil Partnership to Conserve Amazon Biodiversity
Deadline: 14-Jul-23
The United States Agency for International Development in Brazil (USAID/Brazil) is seeking applications from organizations, companies, foundations, community-based enterprises and other public and private entities, academic and research institutions, and investors to propose novel or creative approaches, to participate in the Partnership to Conserve Amazon Biodiversity (PCAB) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO/Annual Program Statement (APS). Through this NOFO/APS, USAID/Brazil intends to broaden its current biodiversity conservation program to further advance biodiversity and forest conservation while promoting long-term community well-being.
Under this APS announcement, USAID aims to support activities that will align with Agency policies and priorities, such as the Climate Change Strategy and PRO-IP policy mentioned, as well as the Agency’s commitment to promote locally led development, enhance equity and inclusion with partners, and identify new and nontraditional sources of funding, including private sector resources.
Grants for Advancing Equity and Equality of Marginalized Groups Activity in Serbia
Deadline: 8-Sep-26
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 Open Call “Guinea Local Health System Strengthening”
Deadline: 25-Feb-25
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.
USAID/Peru and South America Regional Locally Led Development Initiative
Deadline: 30-Sep-23
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.
