# USAID Somalia Accelerated Basic Education

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/rfi-som-2022-002-usaid-somalia-accelerated-basic-education/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/344948

> Somalia USAID-Mogadishu offered grants of up to $30.0 million (at least $23.0 million) to any type of organization. It expected to make one award worth $23.0 million in total. Applications closed on January 16, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | RFI-SOM-2022-002 |
| Agency | Somalia USAID-Mogadishu |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | January 16, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $30.0 million |
| Award floor | $23.0 million |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $23.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 98.001 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

## What the grant funds

Request for Information - RFI-SOM-2022-002 --- USAID/Somalia Accelerated Basic Education Activity USAID/Somalia is in the process of designing a new Accelerated Basic Education Activity. This $23-$30 million activity will build upon USAID/Somalia’s investment in non-formal education and increase access to education for the nearly four million out-of-school children and youth in Somalia. The Mission anticipates that the Activity will be implemented over a period of five years, in close partnership with the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Higher Education (MoECHE), and Federal Member States (FMS) Ministries of Education, and within USAID/Somalia’s Country Development and Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) focal zone. USAID/Somalia seeks public comment/feedback in order to enhance its Accelerated Basic Education Activity design process. USAID/Somalia is issuing this RFI for interested organizations to provide responses and comments on some or all the questions listed in the RFI. Please submit your comments to this RFI (No more than 3500 words) via email to Jesse Gutierrez at jgutierrez@usaid.gov with a copy to Aziz Alibhai at aalibhai@usaid.gov with the subject entitled: “RFI: USAID/Somalia Accelerated Basic Education Activity”, no later than the date and time stated above. This Notice can be viewed and downloaded from the Internet at http://grants.gov. Thank you for your interest in the subject request for information.

## Questions people ask

### Is RFI-SOM-2022-002 still open?

No. It closed on January 16, 2023.

### Who can apply for USAID Somalia Accelerated Basic Education?

Somalia USAID-Mogadishu accepted applications from any type of organization.

### What is the deadline for USAID Somalia Accelerated Basic Education?

Closed January 16, 2023. 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 $30.0 million each. About $23.0 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.