No. RFA-FIL-19-000001
This request for proposals is now closed and those who submitted have been notified of the status of their proposal. The information below is provided as an archive of the request for proposals and amendments.
Request for Applications
The Fish Innovation Lab has issued a request for applications to support research for development in Feed the Future target and aligned countries in west Africa, east Africa, and Asia.
The lab intends to fund approximately 10 proposals for up to three years and with budgets $200,000-$800,000 USD; the expected average size will be $500,000 USD. Current lab activities are in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Kenya, and Zambia. Other Feed the Future target and aligned countries may be considered if sound justification is provided. Areas of inquiry include advancing the productivity frontier, reducing and mitigating risk to fish production systems, and improving human outcomes. Successful proposals also will integrate four crosscutting themes: gender mainstreaming and youth engagement, improving human nutrition, resilience of fish value chains and households, and capacity building.
This competition is open to any qualified research, educational, governmental, private sector, or non-profit institution globally that has a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and is registered in the System for Award Management (https://www.sam.gov/SAM/). The lab strongly encourages qualified U.S. minority-serving institutions to respond to this competitive request for applications.
Concept papers were due May 24, 2019, and invited final proposals by July 31, 2019. Information about the funding opportunity and application instructions were posted online prior to the May 24th deadline at https://rfx.piestar.com/opportunities/fish.
Written questions were received through May 3, 2019. Responses are now available online.
Those invited for full proposals were notified on June 14, 2019. To be informed of future funding opportunities and other news from the Fish Innovation Lab, please sign up for our email list.
Notice of Amendment No. 1
Please note that due to the high volume of submissions, the Fish Innovation Lab has extended the timeline. A summary is provided in the table below, and details are provided in the full amendment document.
Notice of Amendment No. 2
Please note that due to the high volume of submissions, the Fish Innovation Lab has extended the timeline. A summary is provided in the table below, and details are provided in the full amendment document.
Notice of Amendment No. 3
Due to delays in receiving external reviews, the Fish Innovation Lab management entity must extend award notifications to ensure selection standards are met. Applicants will be notified on or before October 24, 2019, as noted below and in the full amendment document.
