Funding-SBIR grant program- Feed the future Partnering for Innovation program

Dear Charles,

Great talking to you today. As I mentioned on the phone, I recently started working at Fintrac on a USAID supported program called Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation (http://www.partneringforinnovation.org/). We run a grant program which supports the commercialization of technologies relevant for smallholder farmers.

Technology examples include, but are not limited to:

· Seed varieties

· Biological controls

· Animal genetics and vaccines

· Drip irrigation and water harvesting systems

· Postharvest and value-added technologies

· Farm tools

We have 2 types of awards, a 1 year pilot award which has a max budget of 400K, and a commercialization award, which does not have a year limit or a budget cap (although our program is 5 yrs). We support technology entering the market at all different phases, from first-market entry (pilot award), to scaling up and growing into new markets (commercialization award). Our next Expression of Interest (EOI) will open June 15^th. Attached is a brief announcement about the program. Please feel free to send it around now because they can join our mailing list which is linked in the attached announcement. Once you are on the mailing list, you will receive our EOI announcement.

If you have any questions about the program, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Best,

Kari

Kari Perez, PhD

Technology Commercialization Team Lead

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Washington DC

Office: 202-733-1185

Skype: kariw.perez