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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) --RFA-0AA-12-000004
Internal Deadline: February 23, 2012 5 p.m.
Cost sharing: Required in addition to leveraging additional funds from private donations, foundation support, developing country institutions, private sector investments social entrepreneurs, design and research institutions, media, and other resource partners. The recommended ratio for leveraging resources is 1:1.
DRAFT RFA-0AA-12-000004 [pdf]
Limit on Number of Proposals
- As lead institution in Consortium: (1) one
- As single Institution applicant: (2) two
- Institutions are free to form as many inter-institutional collaborations as consortium partners as appropriate.
Synopsis of Program:
The President's Policy Directive on Development (PPD 6) highlighted the importance of partnership, innovation, and science and technology to achieve development objectives. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is taking a new catalytic approach to solving major development challenges. This involves harnessing the intellectual power of faculty, students, and staff in great academic institutions to define and solve some of the world's most challenging development problems, to sustain creative, evidence-based multidisciplinary approaches to international development, and to expand the role of science, technology, and engineering to solving complex development problems. Specifically, the Office of Science & Technology (S&T) is seeking creative, science-based approaches that are directed toward the Core Development Objectives outlined in USAID's 2011-2015 Policy Framework, which can be found electronically at: http://www.usaid.gov/policy/USAID_PolicyFramework.PDF
Consortium Centers are robust collaborative consortia of institutions of higher education and other non-profit or for-profit organizations that complement each other's strengths and undertake efforts that a single entity or smaller network would find difficult to impossible to accomplish. All consortia will be strongly encouraged to include developing country institutions or research institutions. The consortia should provide greater value together through their interactions than as individual institutions.
Single Institution Centers will involve a single higher education institution.
Awards
USAID anticipates funding Consortium Centers at between $4-5 million per year and Single Institution Centers at between $1-2 million per year. Application above a maximum amount of US$25 million for Consortium Centers and US$10 million for other Centers will not be considered.
Internal Application Procedure
To apply as the one lead consortium or single institution applications, please provide the following:
- Not more than five (5) page summary covering the following:
- Title, which includes either consortium or single institution application
- Key Personnel ( Co-PIs )
- Explain how the proposed project will address the USAID program goals
- potential outcomes
- Implementation strategy
- An estimated budget that addresses how you would manage the 1:1 expectation for leveraging of resources
Submit the summary to: USAIDLimitedSubmission@umich.edu
The Office of the Vice President for Research, in consultation with others, will decide which proposals should be developed for submission to USAID.
Anticipated Decision is Monday 27 February 2012.
If you have any questions about project eligibility, please direct them to Kathy DeWitt, dewitt@umich.edu, in ORSP.
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