The United States AGency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Global Health (BGH), Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition (HIDN) is seeking proposals from NGOs for the FY 2012 Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP).
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.
Categories
Scalable Solutions to Challenges: Advancing Learning and Evidence (SCALE) Category: 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).
New Partner Category: Up to 2 awards in the New Partner category (up to $1.5 million each, up to five years; total estimated cost of two awards: $3,000,000). The guidance and evaluation criteria for this category have been revised from prior years to support USAID’s procurement reform objectives for increasing direct partnerships with new partners (national, U.S.) and documenting promising practices and processes to advance local capacity building and sustainability.
The deadline to submit applications for this opportunity is 16 April 2012. For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number for: RFA-OAA-12-000008.
