APLU-IAS: RFA released for Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification

[Jeff Silvertooth]

fyi...

Dear Ag Administrators,

What follows is an announcement for the RFA soliciting an eligible 
organization to be the management entity that will establish and 
implement the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable 
Intensification. The Feed the Future Innovation Labs were formerly 
known as Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs). A direct 
link to the RFA in grants.gov is in the email.

This RFA is for an award of between $25-50 million. The deadline for 
submission of applications is 15 May 2014.

Please note that an Adobe Connect webinar will be hosted by USAID on 
Thursday, March 6th from 11:00am to 1:00pm Washington, DC Time. You 
will be able to ask questions during this public webinar. You can 
register at the URL below.

<https://kdad.adobeconnect.com/si_rfa/event/registration.html>https://kdad.adobeconnect.com/si_rfa/event/registration.html 


Please bring this funding opportunity to the attention to appropriate 
individuals or teams at your institution.

As always if there is anything that I or anyone at APLU can do for 
you, please don't hesitate to contact me.

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Mark Varner, Ph.D.
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Senior Counselor
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Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:43 AM
Subject: RFA released for Feed the Future Innovation Lab for 
Sustainable Intensification

Thanks in advance for helping us to disseminate this Request for 
Applications (RFA) for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for 
Sustainable Intensification.

<http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=251506>http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=251506

Funding Opportunity Number:
RFA-OAA-14-000009
Funding Opportunity Title:
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification

Posted Date:
Feb 18, 2014

Q&A Webinar:
March 6, 2014
Closing Date for Applications:
May 15, 2014

Description:
Pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (FAA), the 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) requests 
applications (proposals) from qualified and eligible organizations to 
manage and implement the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for 
Sustainable Intensification (Sustainable Intensification Innovation 
Lab). The applicable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 
number is 98.001, USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas. 
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(Labs) are USAID-funded 
long-term, multi-disciplinary applied research and training 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 Sustainable 
Intensification Innovation Lab, for which applications are requested 
by this RFA, will engage U.S. university capacity to address key 
issues related to the sustainable intensification of small-holder 
farming systems.

An open and public, internet-based question and answer session will 
be hosted by USAID on
Thursday, March 6th from 11:00am to 1:00pm Washington, DC Time. 
USAID's website,
<https://kdad.adobeconnect.com/si_rfa/event/registration.html>https://kdad.adobeconnect.com/si_rfa/event/registration.html, 
will post a video of the
webinar.

All questions concerning this RFA should be addressed to Christine 
Dwulet, in writing, at <mailto:cdwulet at usaid.gov>cdwulet at usaid.gov.



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