Funding-Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Powering
Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) - Second Global
Innovation Call; February 12, 2015
Agency
Description
The
objective of Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development
(PAEGC) is to support new and sustainable approaches to accelerate the
development and deployment of Clean Energy Solutions (CES) for increasing
agriculture productivity and/or value in developing countries. Such solutions
are those that integrate clean energy technologies and innovative business
models to: (i) Enhance agricultural yields/productivity; (ii) Decrease
post-harvest loss; (iii) Improve farmer and agribusiness income generating
opportunities and revenues; and/or (iv) Increase energy efficiency and
associated savings within the operations of farms and agribusinesses - while
stimulating low carbon economic growth within the agriculture sector of
developing countries.
Through
this Broad Agency Announcement, Applicants will apply for either Window 1 or
Window 2 funding. The PAEGC Global Innovation Call channels resources
through two separate Funding Windows tailored to support a portfolio of CES at
both: (i) the early stages of research and design and (ii) at the later stage
of product/business model development.
Announcement
Number:
AID-SOL-OAA-00005
Closing
Date:
Feb 12, 2015
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=269552
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