Preventing Violent Extremism in Central Asia

Preventing Violent Extremism in Central Asia Addendum #1

Open Date: September 20, 2017 Questions: October 6, 2017 Closing Date: October 20, 2017

General Information
Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: BAA-OAA-RMR2-2017
Funding Opportunity Title: Round 2 - Harnessing Local Innovations, Expertise and Partnerships to Solve Development Challenges in Asia

Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Other
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: The right to select for award an instrument type that is appropriate to the specific development context, partner relationship, and proposal selected for award. Instruments types include but are not limited to contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, Global Development Alliance agreements, Development Innovation Agreements, Inter-Agency Agreements, Government to Government Agreements, Donor to Donor Agreements, and Memorandums of Understanding. In addition, the Government may craft a new instrument type to meet the needs of a specific relationship.
Expected Number of Awards:
CFDA Number(s): 98.001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: Sep 20, 2017
Last Updated Date: Sep 20, 2017
Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 19, 2018 BAA Open Period: September 20, 2017 to September 19, 2018 USAID will issue periodic addenda to this BAA seeking sustainable solutions, scalability opportunities, feasibility studies and other research and development initiatives addressing specific development challenges in Asia. The terms of this BAA apply to each addendum. Each individual addendum may have specific instructions, requirements for evaluation criteria, and administrative information, such as the requirements for expressions of interest, concept papers, and response deadlines.
Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 19, 2018 BAA Open Period: September 20, 2017 to September 19, 2018USAID will issue periodic addenda to this BAA seeking sustainable solutions, scalabilityopportunities, feasibility studies and other research and development initiatives addressingspecific development challenges in Asia. The terms of this BAA apply to each addendum. Eachindividual addendum may have specific instructions, requirements for evaluation criteria, and administrative information, such as the requirements for expressions of interest, conceptpapers, and response deadlines.
Archive Date: Sep 20, 2018
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: 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, and 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.

Additional Information
Agency Name: Agency for International Development

Description: This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeks opportunities to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaborate in the research, development, piloting, testing, and scaling of innovative, practical and cost-effective interventions to address development challenges in Asia. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) invites organizations and interested parties to partner with USAID to identify other new technologies, innovative solutions, and promising activity approaches that can solve development problems in the Asia region. This BAA seeks to incorporate innovative ideas and unorthodox partnerships that can achieve sustainable results. This BAA serves to inform the public of the opportunity for possible funding from USAID for innovative, applied research to address development challenges in Asia. This BAA is not a request to receive information from interested parties.USAID will issue periodic addenda to this BAA seeking sustainable solutions, scalability opportunities, feasibility studies and other research and development initiatives addressing specific development challenges in Asia. The terms of this BAA apply to each addendum. Each individual addendum may have specific instructions, requirements for evaluation criteria, and administrative information, such as the requirements for expressions of interest, concept papers, and response deadlines.This Special Notice can also be found in FedBizOpps.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Sandra Saad Agreement Specialist Phone 202-567-4622

sasaad@usaid.gov