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ClosedOpportunity 720FDA20APS00002

SCALING OF HERMETIC POST HARVEST STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS

Agency for International Development

At a glance

SCALING OF HERMETIC POST HARVEST STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Agency for International Development. The application deadline was May 8, 2020. Individual awards are listed as up to $500K, with about 1 award expected and $500K in total estimated funding. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing or matching is required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 98.001 (USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas).

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Key facts

  1. Feb 28, 2020Posted
  2. May 8, 2020Application deadline
Posted
Feb 28, 2020
Close date
May 8, 2020
Award floor
Not specified
Award ceiling
$500,000
Est. total funding
$500,000
Expected awards
1
Cost sharing
Required
Funding instrument
Grant
Opportunity category
Discretionary

Who can apply

  • Unrestricted (any entity type)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

See APS for applicant eligibility details.

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

Scaling postharvest hermetic storage by identifying finance mechanisms to accelerate adoption and use of hermetic postharvest storage technologies among smallholder farmers.

Related objectives include the following:

●      create or sustain demand for hermetic storage bags,

●      enable households to effectively use such technologies through improved post-harvest cash flow and longer periods of hermetic grain storage, and,

●      leave a market-viable mechanism for farm households to continue to access hermetic technologies once the donor-funded activity is completed.

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

Reported obligations under ALN 98.001

Historical data · not a prediction
FY19$10.3B
FY20$10.3B est.
FY21$10.3B est.
FY22$28.8B
FY23$30B est.
FY24$32B est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 98.001. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Jacinda Jordan Grantor
jdever@usaid.gov
7037757790

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “SCALING OF HERMETIC POST HARVEST STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS”?

The notice lists eligibility as unrestricted — open to any type of entity — subject to clarifications in the notice's additional eligibility information.

How much funding is available through “SCALING OF HERMETIC POST HARVEST STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $500k, total estimated program funding is $500,000 and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.

How do I apply for “SCALING OF HERMETIC POST HARVEST STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity 720FDA20APS00002), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

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