Closed · 72038619RFI00001 · CFDA 98.001 · Discretionary

RFI-South Asia Enhancing Growth and Development through Energy (South Asia EDGE)

Federal grant opportunity posted by India USAID-New Delhi, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$50M-$70M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 12, 2019
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

RFI-South Asia Enhancing Growth and Development through Energy (South Asia EDGE) is a closed discretionary listing from India USAID-New Delhi that offered $50,000,000 -- $70,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 39 other opportunities from India USAID-New Delhi.

$50M-$70M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
98.001
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

RFI-South Asia Enhancing Growth and Developme… is closed (last close March 12, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. India USAID-New Delhi still indexes 39 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 March 12, 2019

Posted Feb 27 Closes Mar 12

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Other

Description

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) India is offering an engagement opportunity with interested organizations to provide comments, opinions, and recommendations related to an upcoming activity called South Asia Enhancing Growth and Development through Energy (South Asia EDGE). This activity aims to improve the delivery of affordable, secure, reliable and sustainable energy services through expanded, transparent and efficient energy markets across South Asia. USAID/India is soliciting written feedback and intends to host a multi-stakeholder consultative meeting on March 19, 2019, with interested stakeholders from the private sector, governmental agencies, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and other sector experts to provide comments to refine the South Asia EDGE activity and its approach. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a request for proposal/application/quotation, an invitation for bids or solicitation, and any proposals/applications submitted in response to this request will not be considered.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 72038619RFI00001

Grants.gov marks RFI-South Asia Enhancing Growth and Developme… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). 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 Energy (EN). This eligibility-code string dominates the India USAID-New Delhi book (20 peers, 50% of 40).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

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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Agency Contact

Vandana S Vats Acquisition and Assistance Speciali Phone 91 11 24198568

What to do next

RFI-South Asia Enhancing Growth and Developme… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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