Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) India – Ag Tech Challenge Broad Agency Announcement

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: BAA-ROAA-GFSS-2018

Funding Opportunity Title: Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) India – Ag Tech Challenge Broad Agency Announcement
Opportunity Category: Other
Opportunity Category Explanation: Other Research and Development
Funding Instrument Type: Other
Category of Funding Activity: Food and Nutrition
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 2
CFDA Number(s): 98.001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Dec 22, 2017
Last Updated Date: Dec 22, 2017
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 31, 2018
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 31, 2018
Archive Date:
Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000
Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Award Floor: $1,000,000
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: India USAID-New Delhi
Description: 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 research and development interventions to address development challenges for food and nutrition security in Asia . USAID invites organizations and companies to submit an Expression of Interest, as provided below. The intent of the BAA is to allow co-creation and co-design to the maximum extent to create high quality, effective partnerships with great efficiency in time and resources. USAID will invite selected for-profit and non-profit, public and private organizations, as detailed below, to co-create Research and Development (R&D) solutions to the Problem and Challenge Statements stated in this BAA, including those organizations that have ideas, expertise, resources, and/or funding to add to potential solutions. Co-Investing: USAID wants to align goals with the partners under this BAA, to facilitate shared responsibility, shared risk, and shared resourcing. Shared resourcing requires that cash and other resources, both tangible and intangible, such as in-kind contributions, expertise, intellectual property, brand value, high-value coordination, and access to key people, places, and information, are directed towards reaching the solution to the Problem/Challenge. Co-investing does not require equal shared resources (such as 1:1 leverage), but rather resource contributions that are appropriate to the specific project’s objectives, considering the comparative advantages brought by the participation of each party.
Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Armando Espinosa Agreement Officer Phone 91-11-24198000

Regional Office of Acquisition and Assistance (ROAA), India indiarco@usaid.gov