Closed · 72068724RFA00008 · CFDA 98.001 · Mandatory
USAID Soroka
Federal grant opportunity posted by Madagascar USAID-Antananarivo, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $5M-$7.5M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- February 10, 2025
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
USAID Soroka is a closed mandatory listing from Madagascar USAID-Antananarivo that offered $5,000,000 -- $7,500,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $5M-$7.5M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 98.001
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - USAID Soroka - is cataloged under number 72068724RFA00008 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 98.001, posted by Madagascar USAID-Antananarivo. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on December 5, 2024 and last updated on April 9, 2025. The funding category is Mandatory, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $5,000,000 -- $7,500,000. The agency has projected $7.5 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 1 award. If the agency funds the expected 1 award from the $7.5 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $7.5 million. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on February 10, 2025. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$5,000,000 -- $7,500,000
Close Date
February 10, 2025
Posted
December 5, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$7,500,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
SOROKA is a Malagasy word which constitutes the root of the verb “misoroka”, meaning “to prevent”, corresponding to the aim of surveillance. SOROKA can be the acronym of the specific objectives of the project: Surveillance, Operational Research, and Optimization of Knowledge-sharing for Action activity.The SOROKA activity is expected to be a $7.5 million award for five years from Oct 2024 to Sept 2029. SOROKA's main objective is to advance the health of the Malagasy people through improvements in capacity-building and coordination and execution of data collection, management, synthesis, and use for public health action. Following the RISE project, SOROKA will enhance local capacity and expand leadership within the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) to detect threats to global health security, and to plan and conduct emergency outbreak response. It will reinforce the country's capacity to plan, implement, and disseminate locally led research and evaluations, and increase public sector capacity to use epidemiologic and surveillance data for public health action.SOROKA will be the main activity of USAID/Madagascar’s Health Office for research on malaria, MNCH (mother, neonatal, and child health), WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), and GHS (global health security), for program evaluation, biological surveillance including AMR (antimicrobial resistance), emergency responses to health threats and institutionalization of epidemiology and laboratory data use for decision making. SOROKA will also provide targeted and need-based cross-sectorial training for the MOPH staff throughout its implementation. In general, SOROKA is intended to cover all HPN program elements, particularly malaria, MNCH, GHS and WASH.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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Agency Contact
Johanesa N Rakotoniaina Grantor Phone 00261334432000
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