Knowledge SUCCESS (Strengthening Use, Capacity, Collaboration, Exchange, Synthesis, and Sharing) APS

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks concept papers from qualified applicants. This Annual Program Statement (APS) publicizes the intention of the United States Government (USG), as represented by the USAID, Bureau for Global Health (GH), to fund one or multiple awards to address the overarching APS Program Purpose of improving and strengthening programs and services by supporting increased utilization of evidence-based information in global health programming to advance global health goals. Grants and/or cooperative agreements may result from this APS. Please see the "Related Documents" tab for the full APS and Round postings.

This APS provides prospective applicants with a fair opportunity to develop and submit competitive applications to USAID for potential funding.

Round 1:

Applicants will first submit a Concept Paper that will be reviewed for responsiveness to the purpose of this APS, and intermediate results of Round 1 -- evaluated according to the evaluation criteria provided in Section V. Applicants who are successful in the Concept Paper stage will be invited to join a co-creation workshop. Others with expertise in relevant technical areas may also be invited to join the co-creation workshop. Following the co-creation process, selected applicants (individual organizations and/or consortia developed during co-creation) will be requested to submit a Full Application, the content and format to be provided in greater detail by the Agreement Officer. Publishing this APS does not commit USAID to make any awards. USAID also reserves the right to not conduct a co-creation workshop and request Full Applications from the applicants successful at concept paper stage.

This APS will remain open from June 19, 2018 to June 18, 2028. USAID will review concept papers in at least one round. The following schedule details when concept papers will be due for each round:

First round: July 9, 2018 at 10:00 am EST

Second round: TBD

Questions Deadlines before the First Submission of Concept Papers (Round 1): June 25, 2018 at 12:00 pm EST.

If additional rounds of concept papers will be accepted, this APS will be amended to include those rounds’ submission dates and relevant points of contact. For Round 1, the point of contact is Samantha Pierre, Agreement Officer, at spierre@usaid.gov.

As soon as all available funding has been committed, the USG reserves the right to close or amend the APS application process on or before the end date of June 18, 2028. Organizations are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as possible to be considered for review in Round 1 to maximize the possibility of available funding.

Issuance of this APS does not constitute an award or commitment on the part of the USG, nor does it commit the USG to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a concept paper or an application. The actual number of awards under this APS is subject to the availability of funds and the viability of applications received. Accordingly, USAID reserves the right to award multiple awards or no awards at all through this APS.

U.S. and non-U.S. public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations, as well as institutions of higher education, public international organizations, and non-governmental organizations, are eligible to submit a concept paper. Further, the organization must be a legally recognized organizational entity under applicable law, legally registered in a country within the geographic code 937 (“the United States, the recipient country, and developing countries other than advanced developing countries, but excluding any country that is a prohibited source,” per ADS 310.3.1.1).Applicants must demonstrate that they have experience operating in more than one country. Concept papers and resulting full applications can be global or regional. Please see Round-specific additional eligibility criteria in Round postings.