Development Innovation Ventures | APS OAA 16 000006

Opportunity Information: Apply for APS OAA 16 000006

Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), specifically USAID/LAB, designed to attract and support innovative approaches to international development. The opportunity is issued as an Annual Program Statement (APS), which is essentially a public call that lays out what kinds of projects USAID is willing to consider, how applicants should apply, how applications will be judged, and where to find the additional required references and documents. The core intent is to help prospective applicants understand the expectations up front so they can prepare strong, compliant submissions for USAID funding.

The APS explains four main things. First, it describes the types of activities that USAID will consider for funding, emphasizing the program area of science, technology, and other research and development. Second, it outlines how much funding is available, what funding instruments may be used, and the step-by-step process and requirements for submitting an application. Third, it details the evaluation criteria that reviewers will use to assess whether a proposed innovation is a good fit and a good investment. Fourth, it points applicants to relevant documentation that is available online, which typically includes required forms, standard USAID provisions, and other compliance references that applicants need to follow.

USAID anticipates making multiple awards under this APS, using grants and/or cooperative agreements (the listing also notes the funding instrument type as "Other," but the description makes clear that grants and cooperative agreements are expected). The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number APS OAA 16 000006 and is associated with CFDA Number 98.001. The eligibility category is listed broadly as "Others," which generally signals that a wide range of organizations or entities may be able to apply, depending on the detailed eligibility language and any restrictions described in the full APS.

A major emphasis of this solicitation is compliance and responsiveness. Applicants are warned that to be competitive, their applications must be fully responsive to all directions in the APS, with specific attention called out to Section D.2. In practical terms, that means proposals that miss required components, ignore formatting or submission rules, fail to include mandatory attachments, or do not address stated criteria risk being deemed nonresponsive and therefore not competitive, regardless of how promising the idea might be.

Key administrative details include an original closing date of July 28, 2017, a creation date of October 26, 2016, and an award ceiling of up to $15,000,000. While the number of expected awards is not specified in the provided data, the APS explicitly notes that USAID expects to make multiple awards. Overall, DIV is structured as a competitive, rules-driven opportunity aimed at identifying and funding development innovations, with clear guidance on what USAID is looking for, how to apply, and how proposals will be evaluated.

• The Agency for International Development in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Development Innovation Ventures" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-10-26.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-07-28. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $15,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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