USAID/Bangladesh Innovation for Improving Early Grade Reading Activity

Post Date

August 26th 2014

Application Due Date

February 25th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

USAID-BANGLADESH-APS-388-14-000001

CFDA Number(s)

98.001

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, the United States Government (USG) as represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking Concept Papers from eligible Bangladeshi organizations (See Section B.1 of the APS)to implement activities as described in the following Annual Program Statement (APS).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $3000000

• Award Range:

  $250000 - $3000000

Grant Description

The purpose of this Annual Program Statement (APS) is to disseminate information to prospective applicants, so that they may develop and submit applications for USAID funding. Specifically, this APS; 1)Describes the types of activity for which applications will be considered; 2)Describes the funding available and the process and requirements for submitting applications; 3)Explains the criteria for evaluating applications; and, 4)Provides guidance on the types of entities that are eligible to apply for funding. USAID may award one or multiple grants or no awards at all, as a result of this APS. The goal of this Program is to fund innovations that will result in widespread improvements in literacy skills for Bangladeshi students via: 1) improved teaching and learning materials; 2) increased local capacity; 3) better trained teachers to develop literacy skills for students; and, 4) better education data to support decision-making, transparency, incentives and accountability. All of which are essential to advancing the goal of all children reading in the primary grades

Contact Information

• Agency

  Agency for International Development

• Office:

  Bangladesh USAID-Dhaka

• Agency Contact:

  Kaiser Ali
  A and A Specialist
  Phone 8855500

• Agency Mailing Address:

  kali@usaid.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  kali@usaid.gov