Innovations in Feed the Future Monitoring and Evaluation | 7200AA18APS00001

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The Innovations in Feed the Future Monitoring and Evaluation opportunity is a USAID Bureau for Food Security (BFS) funding announcement focused on improving how Feed the Future and the Global Food Security Strategy are monitored and evaluated. Managed through the Office of Strategic Planning and Program Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (MEL), it seeks proposals that push beyond standard approaches and instead develop, test, or apply innovative monitoring or evaluation methods that can generate stronger evidence, better learning, and more useful decision-making for food security and agriculture development programming. The core idea is to fund practical research and applied learning that makes USAID and its partners better at measuring results, understanding what works, and adapting programs based on credible data.

This notice is structured as an Annual Program Statement (APS), which is a mechanism USAID uses when it wants to encourage a range of creative solutions rather than buy one predefined product or service. In practice, that means applicants are invited to bring forward different methodological ideas aligned with the APS theme, and USAID can consider multiple types of activities under the same umbrella announcement. The APS is designed to help prospective applicants understand what kinds of concepts USAID is willing to support, how the submission process works, and how proposals will be assessed. It specifically indicates that submissions may start with Concept Papers before full applications, and it outlines both the requirements and the evaluation criteria USAID will use to review and select the most promising ideas.

Eligibility is broad and includes both U.S. and non-U.S. entities, and it is open to non-profit and for-profit non-governmental organizations as well as international organizations. The funding instrument listed is a cooperative agreement, which usually signals substantial involvement by USAID during implementation, such as collaboration on technical direction, learning agendas, or the refinement and use of findings. The activity category emphasizes science, technology, and other research and development, reflecting the expectation that funded work will be methodologically oriented and contribute to better tools, approaches, or evidence practices in monitoring, evaluation, and learning for food security programs.

Key administrative details from the source include the funding opportunity number 7200AA18APS00001 and CFDA 98.001. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary. The original closing date shown is October 12, 2018, and the posting (creation) date is October 13, 2017. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0 and does not specify expected awards in the provided excerpt, which typically means applicants need to consult the full notice or linked documentation for precise funding ranges, the number of awards anticipated, and any topic priorities, submission windows, or rolling review procedures that may apply under the APS.

• The Agency for International Development in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Innovations in Feed the Future Monitoring and Evaluation" 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 2017-10-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-10-12. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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