USAID Development Innovation Ventures

PURPOSE

USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) sources calls for proposals for developing innovations that improve the lives of people living in poverty in the developing world. It provides tiered funding to pilot, test, and transition to scale those innovations that demonstrate evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and the potential to scale. DIV’s portfolio approach enables it to tolerate risk as it identifies and supports innovations that improve the lives of individuals living in poverty and that address international development challenges.

DIV is deliberately open across sectors and countries in which USAID operates and aims to help transition the best innovations to scale, thereby improving the lives of millions of people around the world. It supports only those innovations that are at the post prototype stage (i.e., the innovation has already tested critical aspects of how the innovation will work).

STAGES
Up to USD 5 million, depends on your stage

STAGE 1: Pilot ≤ $200,000: DIV funds Stage 1 award to support the piloting of innovations in a developing country context. It supports only those innovations that are at the post-prototype-stage and are ready to be field-tested.

STAGE 2: Testing & Positioning for Scale ≤ $1,500,000: DIV funds Stage 2 awards to support the further testing and expansion of innovations beyond the piloting stage. Applicants for Stage 2 awards will have already conducted successful pilot testing and are now ready to rigorously test an innovation’s impact or market viability.

STAGE 3: Transitioning to Scale ≤ $5,000,000: DIV funds Stage 3 awards to transition proved approaches from piloting and testing to widespread scaling in new contexts or new geographies.

Evidence generation ≤ $1,500,000: DIV is committed to generating evidence on the causal impact of widely implemented development approaches that still lack sufficient rigorous evidence of impact and cost-effectiveness.

CRITERIA

• Anyone, including businesses, not-for-profit organizations, researchers, faith-based entities, and governments. DIV supports innovations across all countries and development sectors in which USAID operates, including health, education, water, energy, economic development, and other sectors.
• Applicants that are organizational entities must be legally recognized under applicable law. Local organizations are eligible and encouraged to apply, as well as consortia of local organizations.
• The participation of foreign government entities is possible only through an approved sub-award agreement with a prime recipient.
   

Max $ Per Applicant: RM20,805,000

Deadline: March 31, 2021