Feed the
Future Innovation Labs, formerly known as the Collaborative Research
Support Programs (CRSPs), are authorized under Title XII of the FAA.
Feed the Future Innovation Labs (Innovation Labs) are USAID-funded
long-term, multi-disciplinary applied research and capacity-building
efforts to address the problem of food insecurity and malnutrition in
developing countries. Managed by U.S. universities, Innovation Labs
support students and researchers in the U.S. and around the world to
work with leading scientists in seeking scientific solutions to overcome
hunger and poverty, while building the capacity of the institutions
with which they collaborate.
The principal partners in this research and
training are scientists from U.S. universities, working in
collaboration with scientists in developing country universities,
national and international research centers, the private sector, and
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to jointly pursue scientific
investigations to overcome critical agricultural constraints facing
today’s global food systems.
The IPM Innovation Lab, for which
applications are requested by this RFA, will engage U.S. university
capacity to conduct research on integrated pest management (IPM) and
address key issues related to the adoption of IPM strategies and
technologies by smallholder farmers and other beneficiaries of USAID
assistance. The IPM Innovation Lab is described in more detail in
Section I of this RFA.
Moreinfo: www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html and Funding Opp # RFA-OAA-14-000018
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