Funding-USAID - Feed
the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems; May 27, 2015
Agency
Agency
for International Development
Description
Feed
the Future Innovation Labs, formerly known as the Collaborative Research Support
Programs (CRSPs), are authorized under Title XII of
the FAA. Feed the Future Innovation Labs (Innovation Labs) are long-term,
multi-disciplinary applied research and capacity-building efforts to address
the problem of food insecurity and malnutrition in developing countries.
Historically, the Innovation Labs were USAID-funded; however, the Livestock
Systems Innovation Lab to be awarded under this RFA is expected to receive
funding from USAID as well as another donor and may receive management oversight
from more than one institution. Led by eligible U.S. universities, Innovation
Labs support students and leading researchers in the U.S. and around the world
to seek scientific solutions to overcome hunger and poverty, while building the
capacity of the institutions with which they collaborate. The principal
partners in this research and training are scientists from U.S. universities,
working in collaboration with scientists in developing country universities,
national and international agricultural research centers, the private sector,
and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to jointly pursue scientific
investigations to overcome critical agricultural constraints facing today’s
global food systems. The Livestock Systems Innovation Lab, for which applications
are requested by this RFA, will engage U.S. university capacity to conduct
research on livestock systems and address key issues related to livestock value
chains, disease management, animal source foods (ASFs), and enabling policies
that drive sustainable local and national agricultural productivity and combat
food insecurity and undernutrition.
Announcement
Number:
RFA-OAA-15-000012
Closing
Date:
May
27, 2015
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=274818
Contact
Information
Kelly
Miskowski