Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) - Second Global Innovation Call

Post Date

November 13th 2014

Application Due Date

February 12th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

AID-SOL-OAA-00005

CFDA Number(s)

98.001

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Other

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligibility Categories

Other

Applicants from any category of organization or institution, US or non-US , are welcome to respond to this solicitation. Specific categories of organizations and institutions and entrepreneurs that are welcome to respond include, but are not limited to: educational, industrial, and not-for-profit and for-profit organizations, faith-based, foundations, academic institutions, civic groups, regional organizations, vendors, start-ups, and project developers. Government entities and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding. For the purposes of this BAA, publicly-funded universities or universities with government affiliations are not considered government entities.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant 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.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Agency for International Development

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Prospective Applicants that are unable to retrieve the BAA from the Internet can request an electronic copy by email.

• Agency Mailing Address:

  PAEGC Email Address

• Agency Email Address:

  www.PoweringAg@usaid.gov.