The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish has released a Request for Applications (RFA) to support research for development. The RFA solicits concept notes focusing on the Fish Innovation Lab’s primary focus countries of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia. Other high-priority countries include Ghana, Madagascar, Nepal, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The Fish Innovation Lab intends to fund approximately 14 activities for a period of up to 3 years with anticipated start dates of December 1, 2024, through March 1, 2025. Budgets for funded activities will be between $200,000–$500,000 U.S. dollars (USD) for the period of performance. The expected average award size will be $400,000-$500,000 USD. Funded research-for-development activities will commonly involve multiple U.S., host country, and other institutions and employ an integrated, interdisciplinary research approach with strong capacity development components. At least one of the three Areas of Inquiry must be addressed in the proposal, and all three cross-cutting themes must be clearly and convincingly integrated into the core research design and approach. Activities will be selected through a two-step process involving a concept note and a proposal.
This competition is open to any qualified research, educational, governmental, private sector, or nonprofit institution globally that has a Unique Entity ID and is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM; http://sam.gov/). Unique Entity ID and SAM registration are not required for concept note submission. However, Unique Entity ID registration will be required for full proposal submission. The lab strongly encourages qualified U.S. Minority-Serving Institutions to respond to this competitive RFA.
Concept notes are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time on May 15, 2024. If invited to submit a full proposal, the deadline is July 24, 2024. The anticipated selection date is September 3, 2024. More information about the funding opportunity and complete application instructions are available on the Current Opportunities page of the Fish Innovation Lab website.
To apply, submit your concept note to https://fish.piestar-rfx.com/opportunities.