Closed · 72038623RFA00001 · CFDA 98.001 · Earmark

Innovations for Reducing Plastics for a Cleaner Environment in India (inREPLACE) Activity.

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

$25M-$30M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 2, 2023
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Innovations for Reducing Plastics for a Cleaner Environment in India (inREPLACE) Activity. is a closed earmark listing from India USAID-New Delhi that offered $25,000,000 -- $30,000,000 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.

$25M-$30M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
98.001
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Innovations for Reducing Plastics for a Clean… is closed (last close March 2, 2023). 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 2, 2023

Posted Dec 16 Closes Mar 2

Est. Total Funding

$30,000,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The purpose of the activity is to reduce plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, through improvements in solid waste management and advancing a plastics circular economy in selected regions of India. Through the activity, USAID/India will partner with the Government of India (GOI) to address the plastic pollution challenge by: (1) improving plastic and solid waste management planning, infrastructure, and services; and (2) addressing the life cycle impacts of plastics and other materials by promoting a circular economy. For this three phased NOFO, the applicant is required to leverage 50% of the award amount from other sources, external to the United States Government.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 72038623RFA00001

Grants.gov marks Innovations for Reducing Plastics for a Clean… 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Environment (ENV). This eligibility-code string dominates the India USAID-New Delhi book (17 peers, 43% of 40).

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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Agency Contact

Vandana Shali Vats Phone 91 11 24198568

What to do next

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