Opportunity Information: Apply for 7200AA18RFA00006
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Fish (Fish Innovation Lab) is a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) discretionary funding opportunity intended to support research and innovation that strengthens food and nutrition outcomes through fisheries and aquaculture. It sits within the broader Feed the Future initiative, which focuses on reducing hunger, improving nutrition, and promoting inclusive agricultural growth in partner countries. As an Innovation Lab, the program is structured to generate practical, evidence-based solutions and tools that can be applied in real-world development settings, often by linking academic research capacity with field implementation needs.
USAID planned to make one award under this opportunity, using a Cooperative Agreement as the funding instrument. A cooperative agreement typically signals that the agency expects to be substantially involved during the life of the project, not just at the start and end. In practice, this can mean ongoing collaboration with USAID on work planning, coordination with other Feed the Future activities, alignment to evolving priorities, and participation in reporting and learning agendas. The activity category is listed as Food and Nutrition, which indicates that the program is expected to connect fish-sector improvements directly to diet quality, household nutrition, food security, and related development impacts rather than focusing only on production or conservation outcomes in isolation.
The opportunity was published under funding opportunity number 7200AA18RFA00006, with a creation date of February 22, 2018, and an original closing date of May 23, 2018. The award ceiling was $15,000,000, suggesting a sizable, multi-year effort with sufficient scale to support research, partnerships, training, and dissemination of findings. With only one expected award, the recipient would likely serve as the lead institution coordinating a broader consortium of partners, potentially including universities, research institutes, NGOs, private sector actors, and local organizations across multiple countries or regions.
Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with the note to consult the Additional Information on Eligibility section in the official Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO) for the exact rules. Opportunities like this commonly target entities capable of managing large research-and-development programs and building international partnerships, often including higher education institutions and consortia arrangements. Because the listing references a "Related Document - NFO," the detailed program objectives, required components, geographic focus, partnership expectations, and evaluation criteria would be found in that attached notice rather than in the short summary.
Overall, this grant opportunity was designed to fund a flagship Feed the Future Innovation Lab focused on fish, using a cooperative agreement mechanism, with up to $15 million available for a single awardee to lead research and innovation aimed at improving food and nutrition outcomes through fisheries and aquaculture systems.Apply for 7200AA18RFA00006
- The Agency for International Development in the food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Fish (Fish Innovation Lab)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 22, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 23, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $15,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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