Closed · 72DFFP20APS00002 · CFDA 98.001;98.008 · Discretionary

International Emergency Food Assistance

Federal grant opportunity posted by Agency for International Development, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $2B
Award range
Closed
Status
November 6, 2020
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

International Emergency Food Assistance is a closed discretionary listing from Agency for International Development that offered Up to $2,000,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 753 other opportunities from Agency for International Development.

up to $2B
award range
Closed
application status
98.001;98.008
CFDA program
753
other opportunities from Agency for International Development

Archived opportunity record

International Emergency Food Assistance is closed (last close November 6, 2020). 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 November 6, 2020

Posted Jan 2 Closes Nov 6

Est. Total Funding

$2,000,000,000

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Food for Peace (FFP) is the U.S. Government (USG) leader in international food assistance. The purpose of this Annual Program Statement (APS) is to disseminate the necessary information to enable prospective applicants to apply for USAID FFP emergency food assistance awards using Title II and/or Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP) resources.This funding opportunity is authorized under the Food for Peace Act (FFP Act) or Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) of 1961, as amended. *Please note the award ceiling is $2,000,000,000 for the purpose of this synopsis. The value of awards and expected number of awards will be determined by assessed needs and context in a country to country basis and is subject to the availability of funds. FFP assigns no thresholds for minimum or maximum award or number of awards per response.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 72DFFP20APS00002

Grants.gov marks International Emergency Food Assistance 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Food and Nutrition (FN). This eligibility-code string dominates the Agency for International Development book (340 peers, 45% of 754).

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

BHA Grants Unit

What to do next

International Emergency Food Assistance is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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