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Deadline: 16 March 2015
Link: http://www.crdfglobal.org/
Grant size: Up to $500,000
Food Systems Innovation Grants Competition
Countries: Innovations, proposals and ideas can come from any country. However, in order for proposals to be considered they must propose implementation (testing/piloting, evaluation, scaling) to occur in one of the following Feed the Future (FTF) focus countries or the Science, Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (STIP) focus countries shown below:
FTF Focus Countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
STIP Focus Countries: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Philippines, Uganda.
Description: Seeking applicants who can help create innovation in the global food system by finding, incubating and evaluating new and potentially game-changing knowledge and technology based solutions to development challenges, especially those related to population growth, climate change and urbanization.
This RFA requests applications at the following three grant levels:
- Innovation Scalability Grants (maximum $500,000 each, with a required 1:1 match)
- Innovation Evaluation Grants (maximum $250,000 each)
- Early Stage Innovation Grants (maximum $100,000 each)
Eligibility/Requirements: Universities, government or private laboratories or research organizations, for-profit and non-profit companies. Individuals may apply if able to meet the requirements of this RFA.
What is funded: Applications are only accepted in the following thematic areas:
- Weather data for climate-smart agriculture
- Improved ability of smallholder farmers to adapt to climate variability and change
- Improved ability of agricultural researchers to provide agronomic recommendations
- Assistance to small entrepreneurs in food processing
- Innovations in the informal urban food sector
- Gender-sensitive ICT-based approaches to improving women’s access to urban markets
- Marketing meat and dairy products without extensive cold chain development
- Projecting labor market and skill needs for agri-food businesses
- Improving effective use of mobile phone-based agricultural services by small farmers
- Promoting gender equitable access to profitable markets
Application Methods: Application must be filled out and submitted online.
- Review the RFA sections on web site.
- Create an account or sign in with E-Mail address and password.
- Fill out the required information on the online submission form and upload all the required documents to complete your application.
- If you choose to submit multiple applications, please note that you will need to use a different email address for each application.
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