# Innovation Lab for Food Systems for Nutrition

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/7200aa21rfa00007-innovation-lab-for-food-systems-for-nutrition/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/331290

> Agency for International Development offered grants of up to $39.9 million (at least $25.0 million) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $39.9 million in total. Applications closed on March 8, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | 7200AA21RFA00007 |
| Agency | Agency for International Development |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | March 8, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $39.9 million |
| Award floor | $25.0 million |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $39.9 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 98.001 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligibility for this opportunity is restricted to U.S. colleges and universities as defined under Section 296(d) of Title XII of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA).

## What the grant funds

The Food System Innovation Lab will design, lead and implement a program of nutrition-sensitive food system research and capacity building aimed at addressing the opportunities and challenges, and will additionally serve as a resource to RFS, missions and their partners confronting on the role of food systems in inclusive economic growth, nutrition, food safety, and a nutrition-sensitive approaches, gender-sensitive and youth inclusive development, and resilience. The Food System for Nutrition Innovation Lab is broadly expected to help implement and communicate impact pathways from nutrition sensitive food systems research to development outcomes through partnerships with USAID mission-supported value chain programs, national partners, private companies and associations, community-based organizations and other donors and their programs. The Innovation Lab will deliver on this vision by a) strengthening the capacities of select country and regional research institutions to undertake research that is relevant and sound, to communicate findings in ways that are more likely to influence government partners, policy makers, and practitioners, while b) implementing an integrated country, regional and global research agenda.

## Questions people ask

### Is 7200AA21RFA00007 still open?

No. It closed on March 8, 2021.

### Who can apply for Innovation Lab for Food Systems for Nutrition?

Agency for International Development accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Innovation Lab for Food Systems for Nutrition?

Closed March 8, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $39.9 million each. About $39.9 million in total for one award.

### Who has won USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Family Health International, Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The program made 4,233 awards worth $37 billion in that time.