Funding Opportunity Number: M-OAA-GRO-EGAS-DGP-10-001
Opportunity Category: Mandatory

Closing Date for Applications: Feb 12, 2010
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development

Estimated Total Program Funding: $40,000,000
Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
Award Floor: $1
CFDA Number(s): 98.001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above).

Agency for International Development

Description
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Development Partners (ODP), Division of Private and Voluntary Cooperation (PVC), is seeking applications from prospective partners that are either Private and Voluntary Organizations based in the United States (U.S. PVOs) or indigenous, local NGOs (LNGOs) for the Development Grant Program (DGP). Section 674 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2008 authorizes the DGP. The Development Grants Program (DGP) will support successful applications for development activities in the following four sectors for FY 2009 funding: climate change adaptation, microenterprise, water and sanitation, and dairy. The recipient of a DGP grant will be responsible for ensuring achievement of the program objectives contributing to USAID’s development efforts in specified countries. Applications should consider Agency priorities in Food Security, Global Climate Change, and Global Engagement with new partners, including Muslim majority countries and Muslim communities. Please refer to the Funding Opportunity for a complete statement of goals, expected results, and criteria for selection of successful concept papers and full applications. Subject to the availability of funds, USAID intends to provide approximately $40 million in total USAID FY 2009 funding to be obligated in FY2010 and expended over a three-year period. USAID reserves the right to fund any or none of the applications submitted. Applications received after the deadline may be able to resubmit them for the FY 2010 DGP.

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PDF document: Full Announcement CLICK HERE   
Zip of All Attachments Full Announcement CLICK HERE   

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If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Roderick Watson
Contract Specialist
Phone: 202 712 0442
eMail: Work (rwatson@usaid.gov)