Funding-Limited Submission - USAID -
Health Research Program (HaRP); May 22, 2009
The United States Government,
represented by the Agency for International Development (USAID), Global Health (GH),
Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition (HIDN), proposes to enter
into two Leader with Associate Cooperative Agreements
for the implementation of the Health Research Challenge for Impact (HRCI)
activity and the Health Research Challenge for Delivery (HRCD) activity.
A. Health Research Challenge
for Impact (HRCI)
A successful applicant will work
with USAID and other partners to develop and test new or refined tools,
approaches, interventions, and policies that contribute to the improved health
status of infants, children, and mothers. HRCI will work with USAID and other
partners to implement a research agenda that is structured from the beginning
around a vision of how new research might lead to translation of research
results into programs for maximal coverage and utilization.
B. Health Research Challenge
for Delivery
A successful applicant for the HRCD
project will address the “know-do” gap by managing research and evaluative
activities on how to deliver, achieve coverage, and scale up existing
evidence-based approaches that contribute to the improved health status of
infants, children, and mothers in developing countries. It is anticipated that
these research activities would usually occur within the context of existing
service delivery programs and would focus on research and introduction
activities and would not normally provide funding support to establish or
support existing ongoing service delivery activities.
The full guidelines for RFA
#USAID-M-OAA-GH-HSR-09-919 may be accessed at:
Individual organizations, consortia,
prime/sub award application, i.e. any application involving two or more of the
same partner organizations are eligible to bid for either HRCI or
HRCD, and may not submit proposals for both cooperative agreements.
Because USAID limits partnership
participation to only one of the cooperative agreements, the University of Kentucky has established an internal
selection process. Individuals interested in submitting to this program are to send
the following information electronically to the Office of the Vice President at
vpr@email.uky.edu and a
copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, May 12, 2009:
A committee will be appointed to
review the information and make recommendations as to the University’s
submission in time for the May 22, 2009 deadline.