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Intelligent Forecasting Addendum

USAID · Agency for International Development

At a glance

Intelligent Forecasting Addendum is a closed federal grant opportunity from USAID (Agency for International Development). The application deadline was September 8, 2020. Individual awards are listed as up to $225K, with about 3 awards expected and $225K in total estimated funding. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 98.001 (USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

  1. Jul 14, 2020Posted
  2. Sep 8, 2020Application deadline
Posted
Jul 14, 2020
Close date
Sep 8, 2020
Award floor
Not specified
Award ceiling
$225,000
Est. total funding
$225,000
Expected awards
3
Cost sharing
Not required
Funding instrument
Grant
Opportunity category
Discretionary

Who can apply

  • Unrestricted (any entity type)

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.

The USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) team is issuing an Addendum under the GH-BAA-2018 document. This addendum is entitled "Intelligent Forecasting: A Competition to Model Future Contraceptive Use" and it seeks to encourage innovation and drive progress through intelligent forecasting methods to predict contraceptive consumption at the service delivery level of the public sector health system in Côte d’Ivoire.

This Addendum intends to issue awards under the following two (2) categories:

A) Forecasting Prize 

  1. One award for best performing model: 20,000 USD prize;
  2. One award for second-best performing model: 5,000 USD prize. 

B) Field Implementation Grant 

  1. One award of approximately 100,000-200,000 USD for the most compelling Field Implementation Grant concept note.

Expressions of Interests (EOI) must be submitted to the following online entry platform no later than Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. (loacal Washington, DC time):

https://competitions4dev.org/forecastingprize

All questions, comments, or concerns must be submitted to the following email address no later than Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 11:00am (local Washington, DC time):

forecastingprize@usaid.gov.

Please note, any EOIs submitted to the Questions email address will not be reviewed and will be considered ineligibile for consideration.

Amendment #1: Q&A and Webinar information - posted on 8.12.2020

Amendment #2: Follow-up Q&A from the Webinar session - posted on 8.20.2020

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)

Deidre L Jackson Agreement/Contract Specialist
forecastingprize@usaid.gov
2029162794

Places named in the notice

District of Columbia

Derived from the notice text. A place being named does not by itself restrict eligibility.

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Intelligent Forecasting Addendum”?

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 “Intelligent Forecasting Addendum”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $225k, total estimated program funding is $225,000 and the agency expects to make about 3 awards.

How do I apply for “Intelligent Forecasting Addendum”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity GH-BAA-2018-INTELLIGENT-FORECASTING), 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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