Closed · BAA-OAA-RMR2-2017 · CFDA 98.001 · Discretionary
Round 2 - Harnessing Local Innovations, Expertise and Partnerships to Solve Development Challenges in Asia
Federal grant opportunity posted by Agency for International Development, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 19, 2018
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Round 2 - Harnessing Local Innovations, Expertise and Partnerships to Solve Development Challenges in Asia is a closed discretionary listing from Agency for International Development that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 753 other opportunities from Agency for International Development.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 98.001
- CFDA program
- 753
- other opportunities from Agency for International Development
Archived opportunity record
Round 2 - Harnessing Local Innovations is closed (last close September 19, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Agency for International Development still indexes 753 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed September 19, 2018
Instrument
Other
Description
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeks opportunities to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaborate in the research, development, piloting, testing, and scaling of innovative, practical and cost-effective interventions to address development challenges in Asia. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) invites organizations and interested parties to partner with USAID to identify other new technologies, innovative solutions, and promising activity approaches that can solve development problems in the Asia region. This BAA seeks to incorporate innovative ideas and unorthodox partnerships that can achieve sustainable results. This BAA serves to inform the public of the opportunity for possible funding from USAID for innovative, applied research to address development challenges in Asia. This BAA is not a request to receive information from interested parties.USAID will issue periodic addenda to this BAA seeking sustainable solutions, scalability opportunities, feasibility studies and other research and development initiatives addressing specific development challenges in Asia. The terms of this BAA apply to each addendum. Each individual addendum may have specific instructions, requirements for evaluation criteria, and administrative information, such as the requirements for expressions of interest, concept papers, and response deadlines. SEE RELATED DOCUMENTS FOR ADDENDA. This Special Notice can also be found in FedBizOpps.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · BAA-OAA-RMR2-2017
Grants.gov marks Round 2 - Harnessing Local Innovations with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Agency for International Development book (305 peers, 40% of 754).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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What to do next
Round 2 - Harnessing Local Innovations is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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