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Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: APS-278-15-000002
Funding Opportunity Title: Jordan Partnerships Program
Opportunity Category: Other
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: Economic Development
Expected Number of Awards:
CFDA Number(s): 98.001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Posted Date: Sep 21, 2015
Creation Date: Sep 21, 2015
Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 20, 2016
Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 20, 2016
Archive Date: Oct 20, 2016
Estimated Total Program Funding: $20,000,000
Award Ceiling: $20,000,000
Award Floor: $500,000
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants:
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Additional Information
Agency Name: Jordan USAID-Amman
Description: The APS solicits innovative proposals to address Economic Development challenges and is open to potential not-for-profit and for-profit partnerships. The proposals are to include a minimum of 1:1 match with a minimum USAID contribution of $500,000.
Link to Additional Information:
Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Rima Kayyal Senior Acquisition Specialist Phone 96265906666
[email protected]

The United States Agency for International Development ( USAID) is the federal government agency that leads worldwide development and humanitarian efforts to save lives, lessen poverty, enhance democratic government, and support people to move beyond reliance on aid. The mission is to promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world.
USAID has offices around the world, in all the countries where it leads projects and helps the vulnerable population in countries such as Namibia, Laos, Libya, Barbados, Maldives, Palestine/West Bank & Gaza, Germany, Cote d'Ivoire, USA, Paraguay, Ecuador, Nicaragua, USA, Panama, Guinea, Angola, Sierra Leone, Mongolia, USA, Madagascar, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Jamaica, Bolivia, Peru, Zimbabwe, Nepal, and the Philippines.
USAID has hundreds of ongoing projects and funds in the world, the main responsibilities being to promote global health, support global stability, provide humanitarian assistance, catalyze innovation and partnership and empower women and girls. USAID engaged with African nations at an early stage and has since acted in partnership to achieve common interests and ideals from security to global health to climate change to freedom and democracy to shared wealth.
USAID also plays a crucial role in collaborating with Asian nations to ensure that the development decisions they make today help them to achieve long-term success by advancing countries on their paths to consciousness. In Europe and Eurasia, USAID continues to confront massive corruption, political stagnation, severe poverty, and underdeveloped policy and regulatory systems.
Entails initiatives that promote entrepreneurship, strengthen competitive markets, and expand domestic and international trade opportunities.