| Funding Opportunity Number: | RFA-OAA-12-000008 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Posted Date: | Mar 15, 2012 |
| Creation Date: | Mar 22, 2012 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 16, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 16, 2012 |
| Archive Date: |
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| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: |
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| Expected Number of Awards: | 8 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $13,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $13,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
| CFDA Number(s): | 98.001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Global Health (BGH), Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition (HIDN) is seeking applications from U.S. Private and Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) and U.S. and non-U.S. Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) (restrictions apply, see below) who are engaged in international health and development to implement activities under the Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP) for Fiscal Year 2012.
The success of U.S. Government (USG) initiatives [e.g., Global Health Initiative (GHI) and Feed the Future (FtF)] prioritizes collaboration and effective partnerships with diverse local, national, and global stakeholders in order to implement the core principles guiding these initiatives and accelerate progress towards achieving their goals and targets through country-led and countryowned policies and strategies. U.S. Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO)/Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and their local partners, and local and national NGOs are well poised to contribute to the core principles of these initiatives1 as well as key areas within USAID’s reform agenda, including but not restricted to promotion of research and innovation, integration, sustainability and systems strengthening, a focus on women and girls, and new partnerships with
civil society as a part of procurement reform.
Through the Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP), USAID’s Bureau for Global Health (BGH) has developed effective partnerships with U.S. PVOs and leveraged their entrepreneurship and expertise for community health and development, particularly for designing, implementing, and evaluating innovative community oriented approaches through local/sub-national/national partnerships in order to effectively and sustainably improve the coverage of high impact MNCH interventions in vulnerable populations.
Specifically, the FY12 CSHGP Request For Applications (RFA) for the Scalable Solutions to Challenges: Advancing Learning and Evidence (SCALE) category seeks to build evidence about new and/or promising solutions through operations research (OR) focusing on globally and nationally relevant challenges for improving and scaling up the delivery and use of high impact maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) interventions in resource poor settings. It provides PVO/NGOs with an opportunity to develop and strengthen partnerships with research institutions and governments (national, local) to advance national learning through stakeholder engagement in the conduct of the OR. Recipients of CSHGP’s SCALE awards will become key partners within a wider community of researchers and innovators supported by USAID and participate in events aimed at sharing and disseminating solutions and evidence to advance global and national learning. The New Partner category seeks new and diverse partnerships with new partners (U.S.
PVOs and national NGOs) and provides opportunities to build technical and organizational capacity for MNCH programming, in collaboration with mentor organizations and local partners, and contributes to documenting promising models for local capacity and sustainability. Please see Section IV: Application and Submission Information for additional information on both the SCALE and New Partner categories.
General RFA Information
Issuance of this RFA does not constitute an award commitment on the part of the Government, nor does it commit the Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and/or submission of an application. Applicants who come under consideration for an award that have never received USAID funding will be subject to a pre-award audit to determine fiscal responsibility, ensure adequacy of financial controls, and establish an indirect cost rate (if applicable). For the purposes of this RFA, the term “Grant” is synonymous with “Cooperative Agreement”; "Grantee" is synonymous with "Recipient;" and "Grant Officer" is synonymous with "Agreement Officer". The authority for this RFA is found in the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, as amended.
USAID intends to award up to eight (8) Cooperative Agreements in total under this RFA totaling up to $13,500,000. Cooperative Agreements issued under this RFA may have an implementation period (FY2012-FY2017) of up to five (5) years. Applicants may propose implementation periods of less than five (5) years (cost efficiencies and project effectiveness should be considered) but no more than five (5) years. Projects proposed with an implementation period of more than five (5) years will not be considered. Cooperative Agreements will be awarded in the following two (2) categories; however, the Government reserves the right to reject any or all applications received and may or may not award the specified number of Cooperative Agreements in any category.
Categories
1. Scalable Solutions to Challenges: Advancing Learning and Evidence (SCALE) Category: Up to six (6) awards in the SCALE category (each up to $1,750,000 total, up to five years; total estimated cost of six awards: $10,500,000). The guidance and evaluation criteria for this category have been revised from prior years with USAID/USG interest in advancing global and national knowledge for improving and scaling up
implementation practices for relevant to national and global policies and strategies. This category continues to strengthen the role of international NGOs and their partnerships with research institutions (academia) and national and local government leadership to advance the science of implementation and scale up of nationally relevant solutions (new, promising). This overall category will be competed in three sub-categories:
The success of U.S. Government (USG) initiatives [e.g., Global Health Initiative (GHI) and Feed the Future (FtF)] prioritizes collaboration and effective partnerships with diverse local, national, and global stakeholders in order to implement the core principles guiding these initiatives and accelerate progress towards achieving their goals and targets through country-led and countryowned policies and strategies. U.S. Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO)/Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and their local partners, and local and national NGOs are well poised to contribute to the core principles of these initiatives1 as well as key areas within USAID’s reform agenda, including but not restricted to promotion of research and innovation, integration, sustainability and systems strengthening, a focus on women and girls, and new partnerships with
civil society as a part of procurement reform.
Through the Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP), USAID’s Bureau for Global Health (BGH) has developed effective partnerships with U.S. PVOs and leveraged their entrepreneurship and expertise for community health and development, particularly for designing, implementing, and evaluating innovative community oriented approaches through local/sub-national/national partnerships in order to effectively and sustainably improve the coverage of high impact MNCH interventions in vulnerable populations.
Specifically, the FY12 CSHGP Request For Applications (RFA) for the Scalable Solutions to Challenges: Advancing Learning and Evidence (SCALE) category seeks to build evidence about new and/or promising solutions through operations research (OR) focusing on globally and nationally relevant challenges for improving and scaling up the delivery and use of high impact maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) interventions in resource poor settings. It provides PVO/NGOs with an opportunity to develop and strengthen partnerships with research institutions and governments (national, local) to advance national learning through stakeholder engagement in the conduct of the OR. Recipients of CSHGP’s SCALE awards will become key partners within a wider community of researchers and innovators supported by USAID and participate in events aimed at sharing and disseminating solutions and evidence to advance global and national learning. The New Partner category seeks new and diverse partnerships with new partners (U.S.
PVOs and national NGOs) and provides opportunities to build technical and organizational capacity for MNCH programming, in collaboration with mentor organizations and local partners, and contributes to documenting promising models for local capacity and sustainability. Please see Section IV: Application and Submission Information for additional information on both the SCALE and New Partner categories.
General RFA Information
Issuance of this RFA does not constitute an award commitment on the part of the Government, nor does it commit the Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and/or submission of an application. Applicants who come under consideration for an award that have never received USAID funding will be subject to a pre-award audit to determine fiscal responsibility, ensure adequacy of financial controls, and establish an indirect cost rate (if applicable). For the purposes of this RFA, the term “Grant” is synonymous with “Cooperative Agreement”; "Grantee" is synonymous with "Recipient;" and "Grant Officer" is synonymous with "Agreement Officer". The authority for this RFA is found in the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, as amended.
USAID intends to award up to eight (8) Cooperative Agreements in total under this RFA totaling up to $13,500,000. Cooperative Agreements issued under this RFA may have an implementation period (FY2012-FY2017) of up to five (5) years. Applicants may propose implementation periods of less than five (5) years (cost efficiencies and project effectiveness should be considered) but no more than five (5) years. Projects proposed with an implementation period of more than five (5) years will not be considered. Cooperative Agreements will be awarded in the following two (2) categories; however, the Government reserves the right to reject any or all applications received and may or may not award the specified number of Cooperative Agreements in any category.
Categories
1. Scalable Solutions to Challenges: Advancing Learning and Evidence (SCALE) Category: Up to six (6) awards in the SCALE category (each up to $1,750,000 total, up to five years; total estimated cost of six awards: $10,500,000). The guidance and evaluation criteria for this category have been revised from prior years with USAID/USG interest in advancing global and national knowledge for improving and scaling up
implementation practices for relevant to national and global policies and strategies. This category continues to strengthen the role of international NGOs and their partnerships with research institutions (academia) and national and local government leadership to advance the science of implementation and scale up of nationally relevant solutions (new, promising). This overall category will be competed in three sub-categories:
- Sub-category 1-A: Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Solutions: Up to 3 awards
- Sub-category 1-B: Social and Behavior Change (SBC) to increase Impact in PMI
Priority Countries: Advancing PMI Program and Strategies (100% Malaria): Up to 2 awards
- Sub-category 1-C: Family Planning Integration (to maternal, newborn, and child health): Up to 1 award
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