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Intelligent Forecasting Addendum

USAID · GH-BAA-2018-INTELLIGENT-FORECASTING

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Award Range

$0 – $225K

Total Program Funding

$225K

Expected Awards

Deadline

September 8, 2020

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

Intelligent Forecasting Addendum. USAID. The USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) team is issuing an Addendum under the GH-BAA-2018 document. This addendum is entitled "Intelligent Forecasting: A Competition to Model Future Contraceptive Use" and it... up to $225,000 per award; $225,000 total program funding; ~3 awards expected.

Who Should Apply

Unrestricted (any eligible entity)

Who Should NOT Apply

Few restrictions — most eligible entities can apply

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•Deadline: 2020-09-08

💡 GrantQuick Tip

Clearly demonstrate alignment with funding priorities and provide measurable outcomes.

Competitiveness: Very high — extremely limited awards available

What This Grant Funds

The USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) team is issuing an Addendum under the GH-BAA-2018 document. This addendum is entitled "Intelligent Forecasting: A Competition to Model Future Contraceptive Use" and it seeks to encourage innovation and drive progress through intelligent forecasting methods to predict contraceptive consumption at the service delivery level of the public sector health system in Côte d’Ivoire.

This Addendum intends to issue awards under the following two (2) categories:

A) Forecasting Prize

One award for best performing model: 20,000 USD prize;
One award for second-best performing model: 5,000 USD prize.

B) Field Implementation Grant

One award of approximately 100,000-200,000 USD for the most compelling Field Implementation Grant concept note.

Expressions of Interests (EOI) must be submitted to the following online entry platform no later than Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. (loacal Washington, DC time):

https://competitions4dev.org/forecastingprize

All questions, comments, or concerns must be submitted to the following email address no later than Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 11:00am (local Washington, DC time):

forecastingprize@usaid.gov.

Please note, any EOIs submitted to the Questions email address will not be reviewed and will be considered ineligibile for consideration.

Amendment #1: Q&A and Webinar information - posted on 8.12.2020

Amendment #2: Follow-up Q&A from the Webinar session - posted on 8.20.2020