USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Call for Proposals

Last date : November 1, 2016

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the call for applications for the next round of Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Program.
DIV supports the piloting and rigorous testing of innovative approaches to solving international development problems and supports transitioning innovations with evidence of impact and cost effectiveness to scale. DIV’s aim is to create a portfolio of innovations that improves lives for millions of the poor around the world, especially individuals in poverty or extreme poverty, and other vulnerable groups.
DIV employs a staged funding model, with size of investment commensurate with evidence of potential for success. DIV recognizes that organizations supported will need flexibility to iterate and adapt innovations and DIV strives to provide this flexibility.
There are several types of projects that are not a good fit for DIV’s objectives. This includes standard development practice (e.g. building schools), basic scientific research (e.g.laboratory research), a planning tool or diagnostic that is unlikely to result in measurable development impacts, innovations that are applicable only in very limited context, or private sector applications to expand businesses in developing countries that are unlikely to lead to significant development impacts.
All interested organizations must submit a 2-4 page Expression of Interest (EOI). EOIs can be submitted anytime and will be reviewed on a rolling basis from October 1, 2015 to October 1, 2016. If initial review indicates the EOI merits further consideration, selected organizations or consortia may be invited, individually or in combination, to
further develop their concept.
Eligibility Information. Public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations, as well as institutions of highereducation, public international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. governmental organizations, multilateral and international donor organizations are eligible under this APS. All organizations must be determined to be responsive to the APS and sufficiently responsible to perform or participate in the final award.

For more details : http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=279760

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