USAID /
East Africa is seeking applications from regional organizations in East Africa
for programs to support the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future strategy for East
Africa.
Individual
applications should be in the range of $100,000 to $1,000,000, with project
length of a minimum of 12 months and a maximum of 36 months.
Successful
applicants must be operational in at least two of the following countries and
legally registered in one: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and/or Uganda.
Applicants
must have the experience, presence and organizational mandate to operate in a
regional context and contribute to the regional goals and objectives of the
East Africa Feed the Future strategy.
The
strategy can be found at: http://www.feedthefuture.gov/sites/default/files/country/strategies/files/EastAfricaFTFMulti-YearStrategy.pdf
Interested
parties can locate the APS at www.grants.gov; search by the keyword “AIIM” to
find the announcement and other supporting documents, or go to the APS directly
on the webpage: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=B3mnRwJbxBzSwHNhcZyz14gf3QZGQLQLgRJP6TV1nnGv3nC21X1r!-2128858829?oppId=230933&mode=VIEW
Submissions
for the next review are due no later than 5:00 pm on March 1, 2014 and must be
sent electronically to AIIM@usaid.gov.
Applications
must respond to the specific format, instructions and deadlines provided in the
APS to be considered valid.
There will
be two conferences for interested applicants: in Kenya on January 21, 2014, at
The Lord Erroll Restaurant in Gigiri, Nairobi and in Tanzania on January 23,
2014, at the Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel.
The
conferences will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Interested
applicants that are not able to attend either conference in person have the
option of attending the Nairobi conference on January 21, 2014, virtually
through a webinar.
Conference
participants must cover all personal costs of attending. Participation is
limited to two individuals per organization.
To register
for either conference or the webinar, or to submit questions regarding
conference logistics, please e-mail info@aiim-assist.org.
Please
indicate your name, contact information, title, and organization and specify
the conference you plan to attend.