USAID Bureau for Asia Annual Program Statement (APS)

USAID Bureau for Asia Annual Program Statement (APS) is sponsored by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Funds development projects in the Asia region.

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (STIP) Annual Program Statement (APS) 7200AA22APS00005 Issuance Date: March 0 1, 2022 Closing Date: March 0 4, 2024 CFDA #: 98.

012 - USAID Development Partnerships for University Cooperation and Development Pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, the United States Government, as represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Innovation, Technology, and Research (ITR) Hub, invites applications for the Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships in Higher Education program.

The purpose of this Annual Program Statement (APS) is to disseminate information to prospective applicants so they may develop and submit Applications for USAID funding.

This APS: (A) describes the types of activities for which Applications will be considered; (B) describes the funding available and the process and requirements for submitting Applications; (C) explains the criteria for evaluating Applications; and (D) refers prospective applicants to relevant documentation available on the internet.

USAID/ITR anticipates awarding multiple grants and/or cooperative agreements as a result of this APS through the use of published subsequent addenda (specific calls for concept notes). However, publishing this APS does not commit USAID to publish any specific addenda or make any awards. The STIP APS is not a Request for Applications (RFA) or a Request for Proposals (RFP).

Rather, the STIP APS requests concept notes in response to addenda published to this APS . Based on those concept notes, USAID will determine whether to request a full application from an appropriate partner.

To be competitive under a particular addendum to this APS, Applications (both concept notes and any requested full applications) must be fully responsive to all directions under this APS 2 document except when specifically noted otherwise in the corresponding addendum.

Issuance of this notice does not constitute a binding commitment on the part of the Government to issue an award, nor does it commit the Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of any concept papers, engagement, collaboration, co-creation, or full applications. USAID reserves the right to fund any or none of the applications submitted under this APS.

Office of Acquisition and Assistance M/OAA/DDI2/SI 3 Introduction: The Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub at USAID 5 STIP APS Funding Priorities and Programmatic Focus 6 Co-Creation, Collaboration and Communication under STIP APS 9 Application & Award Process Concept Note Submission 11 1 Review of Concept Notes 12 2 Review of Full Applications 13 3 Request for Additional Information 13 4 Final Review and Negotiation 14 4 Award and Implementation 14 4 Eligibility Information 14 5 Standard Clauses and Provisions of Award 15 5 Important Note about NDAA Section 889 16 Information Protection 16 6 Evaluation Criteria and Considerations 17 7 Criterion 1: Alignment with M/B/IO Strategic Objectives and Programming Priorities 17 7 Criterion 2: Level of Partner Engagement Error!

Bookmark not defined. 7 Sub-criterion 2. 1: Higher Education Institution Engagement and Collaboration 17 7 Sub-criterion 2.

2: Engagement of and Collaboration with Other Partners 18 8 Criterion 3: Potential for Impact, Feasibility, Sustainability and Scalability 18 8 Gender Equality and Female Empowerment 19 9 Other Full Application Parameters 19 9 Additional Information on Award Administration 20 4 ADS Automated Directive Services APS Annual Program Statement HEI Higher Education Institution HESN Higher Education Solutions Network LASER Long-term Assistance and SErvices for Research LMIC Low and Middle-Income Country M/B/IO Missions, Bureaus, and Independent Office MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning MSI Minority-Serving Institution PEER Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research RTAC Research Technical Assistance Center SSEB Source Selection Evaluation Board STIP Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnership USAID U.S. Agency for International Development 5 Introduction: The Innovation, Technology and Research Hub at USAID The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners have been working to tackle the world’s toughest development challenges for more than 50 years.

Our mission is to partner to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity. We have long invested in science, technology, innovation, and partnership (STIP) to achieve progress across many of USAID’s goals. Today’s global development landscape is rapidly evolving.

Driven by scientific breakthroughs, disruptive innovation, and rapid advancements in information and communication technologies, coupled with growing contributions by the private sector, these changes offer unprecedented opportunities to leverage the world’s best thinking to solve critical global challenges.

Recognizing the value of a more focused and coordinated approach to harnessing these changes, USAID established the Innovation, Technology, and Research (ITR) Hub in November 2020 as part of the newly envisioned Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI).

The ITR Hub serves to support USAID in leveraging innovative, technological, and research tools and approaches across all technical and geographic areas in which USAID works. ITR endeavors to take smart risks to test new ideas and partner within the Agency and with other actors to harness the power of innovative tools and approaches that accelerate development impact. The ITR Hub has a two-part mission that aims to: 1.

Produce breakthrough development innovations by sourcing, testing, and scaling proven solutions that impact millions of people; and 2. Accelerate the transformation of the development enterprise by opening development to people anywhere with good ideas, promoting new and deepening existing partnerships, bringing data and evidence to bear, and harnessing scientific and technological advances.

USAID/ITR operates under a set of guiding principles and aims to be: Open and Inclusive - Drawing upon the ingenuity of people from around the world particularly from developing countries. Evidence-based - Investing based on strong evidence of impact. Catalytic - Attracting the support of others to enable sustainable development solutions that reach massive scale.

Agile - Creating fast feedback loops that enable continuous learning and performance improvement. 6 USAID/ITR is focused on STIP approaches as our primary tools to reach key development outcomes. We work across USAID and with the broader international development community to find innovative approaches and solutions.

When a new solution or approach proves effective, we endeavor to mainstream it across USAID and with our partners to increase its impact. USAID/ITR’s programming is aligned around five objectives: ● Science: Increasing the use of scientific research to improve development outcomes and make better policy and programming decisions.

● Technology: Advancing the use of enabling technologies and data-driven approaches to empower underserved communities and improve development effectiveness. ● Innovation: Increasing the adoption of high impact development solutions and the effective use of innovation models and design practices.

● Partnerships: Advancing the use of new and underutilized partners, including those from government, non-government entities, civil society, and the private sector, in order to support engagement, new collaborative approaches, and cultivation of entrepreneurial ecosystems to accelerate and scale development impact.

● Agency Integration: Increasing the effective integration of STIP by Missions and Bureaus to advance USAID’s sustainable development results and priorities. Higher Education Institution Engagement USAID has a long history of engaging higher education institutions (HEIs) 1 to achieve development objectives across all technical sectors in which USAID works.

Together with HEIs, ITR partners with USAID colleagues, other federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and the private sector to increase the scientific knowledge and evidence directed toward addressing USAID’s development priorities and improving policy and programming decisions.

STIP APS Funding Priorities and Programmatic Focus When USAID intends to support a variety of creative approaches towards developing methodologies to assess and implement development objective activities, the Agency may use an > 1For purposes of the STIP APS, a higher education institution is defined as an organization that provides educational opportunities that build on secondary education, providing learning activities in specialized fields.

It aims at learning at a high level of complexity and specialization. Tertiary education includes what is commonly understood as academic education but also includes advanced vocational or professional education. This may include public or private universities, colleges, research institutes, training institutes, etc. 7 Annual Program Statement (APS) to generate competition for these awards.

More specifically, the STIP APS is designed to provide a vehicle for USAID to engage with the higher education community and its partners broadly and creatively, across the research and development spectrum.

Additionally, by encouraging higher education institutions to engage with other partners broadly across STIP programmatic emphases, the STIP APS seeks to provide broad flexibility for the academic community and connected organizations to collaborate with USAID, each other, and local institutions (including new and underutilized partners across the private sector, government, and civil society organizations) to build partnerships and support an enabling environment for addressing key development challenges in a sustainable manner.

USAID/DDI/ITR believes that through both the use of scientific, technological, and innovative approaches and engagement with a diversity of partners, we can be successful in addressing key challenges with efficiency, effectiveness, and meaning. Activities that come out of the STIP APS umbrella strive to be inclusive, transparent, and vehicles by which our local partners are empowered to serve as change agents in their communities.

USAID/DDI/ITR anticipates that the STIP APS will also contribute to ITR’s mission and objectives through successful achievement of some or all of the following outcomes: ● Generate Targeted Evidence and Solutions: USAID/DDI/ITR will support innovative higher education-based programming that directly addresses priority development challenges and research questions identified across the Agency and with our partners.

Within the STIP APS, this programming may focus on integrated, cross-sectoral questions to fill knowledge and solution gaps that traditional, sector-based USAID research programming doesn’t address. The areas of programming could involve funding research directly, or funding tools, methods, or expertise to promote discovery with more agility, speed, and efficacy.

It could also entail the discovery, implementation, and testing of novel solutions for development. ● Facilitate the Translation of Evidence and Promising Solutions to Impact: Research findings and the products/solutions that come from that research are often ineffectively applied to development problems.

To fill this gap, USAID/DDI/ITR will support efforts to make research programming and innovative solutions arising from such research more actionable so that development actors (including USAID) can most effectively use, apply, and integrate them into their development work.

USAID/DDI/ITR will facilitate coordination between higher education institutions, donors, other partners, and local communities, in the synthesis and translation of research, and communication between academics and other actors involved in development.

This could entail engaging with policymakers and innovators early to help define research questions and development 8 challenges before activities are conducted and ensuring that academics/donors respond to a demonstrated need. It may also involve activities related to knowledge management, expert advising, and/or convening and communication around research products and the policies or practices those products inform.

● Strengthen the STIP Ecosystem to Ensure Long-lasting Impact: It is equally important to have an enabling environment primed for integrating promising research findings and solutions into the appropriate channels for successful uptake and sustainability.

Whenever possible, USAID/DDI/ITR seeks to build both individual and institutional capacity of key aspects within a particular STIP ecosystem to reduce barriers and maximize opportunities to promote evidence-based decision making and uptake -- from the department of a university to a working group within a government Ministry, to a civil society organization, to Federal agencies, to influencing regulation in the private sector.

Additionally, USAID expects that STIP APS recipients will partner with other development actors and/or leverage external resources to overcome barriers that local researchers and institutions face in conducting and using research, which in turn will promote local economic growth and sustainable, long-term development impacts. This could involve direct support to local researchers, institutions, agencies, or regional associations.

This may also involve working with USAID Missions/Bureaus/Independent Offices (M/B/IOs) to identify local research potential, help unlock local resources (i.e., from host country governments), leverage scientific expertise, or foster partnerships across regions (including other developed and developing countries).

USAID is especially interested in potential collaboration with the private sector to ascertain problems and issues that warrant attention; mobilize and apply private sector expertise, capabilities, and resources; and build robust research and development cooperation between universities and industry. Co-Creation, Collaboration and Communication under STIP APS A critical component of the STIP APS is the co-creation process .

Past experience demonstrates that the most successful partnerships are grounded in mutually reinforcing relationships between HEIs, their partner organizations, and one or more of USAID’s development objectives.

In order to most effectively consider whether and how HEIs and their partners, the broader development community, and USAID interests might align, USAID seeks extensive communication with prospective partners so we can jointly explore and define key challenges and problems, and then jointly develop promising solutions to those issues.

The co-creation process is characterized by potentially extensive engagement and communication between USAID and any key project partner(s). Key project partners as well as organizations (public or private) who are interested in providing material, financial, or intellectual support to the proposed project may be invited to interact during the process.

Co-creation brings together participants to create solutions to specific development challenges. When using co-creation, USAID teams work alongside partners and potential implementers collaboratively to define the problem, identify new and existing solutions, build consensus around areas for action, and/or refine plans to move forward with programs and projects.

As its name implies, co-creation relies on collaboration with a diverse set of actors, allowing for a more equitable distribution of both the responsibility and ownership of outputs across all partners. Prior to inviting concept note applicants to proceed to the co-creation phase, USAID's discussions with applicants will take place within the parameters of publicly available information.

2 If the concept note meets the criteria set forth in both the STIP APS umbrella and the associated addendum, USAID personnel can have highly specific, detailed activity design discussions with the prospective award recipient throughout the remainder of the process, e.g. up to and through any award that might be issued under this APS. Please see the “ Application & Award Process ” section below for more information.

These parameters provide ample room for extensive, robust discussions regarding the development problem in question, best practices, lessons learned in the relevant technical sectors, and pertinent research and evaluations and various other matters.

Once an applicant submits a concept note under an APS addendum, USAID can meet with and ask the applicant (and other partners, if the concept note is proposing partnerships) extensive and highly detailed questions about the content of the concept note. Such questions may be essential to USAID’s review of the concept note and USAID’s determination of whether the proposed concept note warrants further discussion and development.

This may occur before any invitation > 2“ Publicly available information” is anticipated to consist of information available on public websites, the information published in the overriding APS as well as the specific addendum to which the applicant has applied, and general information available in the news or other public repositories.

10 However, USAID cannot engage in highly specific, detailed activity design with the entity seeking an award of USAID funding until after USAID decides the concept note meets the minimum criteria under this APS, and any additional criteria under an APS addendum, and warrants further consideration and development, at which point the applicant may be invited to co-creation Submission of a qualifying concept note is needed.

Note: None of USAID’s communication during the co-creation process provided by this APS should be interpreted as a commitment to making an award of USAID funding. Applicants are advised that participation in the co-creation process under this APS is entirely at their own risk; the Government is not responsible for any cost incurred by the applicant, if the applicant decides to accept the invitation to co-create with USAID.

A commitment to an award of USAID funding is only made when an award agreement is signed. Application & Award Process NOTE: USAID will only consider concept notes that are submitted against a specific addendum to this STIP APS. USAID will not accept or consider any concept notes under this STIP APS unless it is submitted in direct response to an addendum issued under this STIP APS.

Applicants interested in pursuing an opportunity posted as an addendum should follow the instructions and guidance set forth in that text. This APS is not supported by specific funds, therefore the amount of resources made available under this APS will depend on the scope of the specific addenda, the concepts received, and the availability of funds.

USAID/DDI/ITR and/or the awarding M/B/IO for specific addenda will review submissions as indicated in the addendum. Applicants should submit concept notes according to the timeline and eligibility criteria outlined in the specific addendum and send the concept notes to the POC indicated in that addendum.

Of note, Prime applicants are typically limited to one concept note submission 11 per addendum; sub-award partners do not have limitations on the number of concept notes on which they can be involved, unless specified differently in a particular addendum. USAID does not expect sub-award or other partners (non-Prime applicants) to be exclusive in their partnerships.

Information on the target response time, and on any special deadlines, is available at www. grants. gov .

The application and award process under this APS has the following steps: Interested applicants must first submit an initial 5-page maximum concept note. Concept notes must respond to a specific addendum under this APS and should be prepared and submitted according to the specific instructions in the addendum of interest. Applicants should submit only the information and materials specified in the addendum.

In the unlikely event that a specific format is not provided, the applicant should refer to the STIP APS concept note template found at www. grants. gov , following all directions and requirements set forth within.

Applicants should not submit any alternative document or narrative as a substitute for a concept note; application materials in any other format will not be accepted or reviewed. In addition, and as noted in the STIP APS concept note template, all concept notes MUST be in English and submitted electronically via email . Concept notes must be submitted to the names indicated in the specific STIP APS addendum.

Concept notes sent by any other means (including Grants. gov) will not be considered. The concept note submission deadline for each specific STIP APS addendum will be indicated in that addendum.

Additional information can be found at www. grants. gov .

For questions, please contact the USAID staff named in the specific STIP APS addendum. Concept notes submitted under this APS are encouraged to demonstrate a cross-sectoral approach to solving a pressing development challenge through a consortium of actors, to be led by representatives from one primary recipient of the award (Prime Recipient) 3.

Additionally, these development challenges should relate directly to the STIP APS addendum to which the concept note is responding. These concept notes will be evaluated based on the criteria and considerations set forth in the “Concept Note Evaluation Criteria and Considerations” section below 4.

USAID is eager to review the wealth of tremendous ideas that higher education institutions and related partners will submit in response to addenda issued under this APS. Higher education institutions have been vital partners since the Agency was first created.

USAID collaboration with the higher education community has been critical to achieving sustainable development > 3 Consortia applications are welcomed under this APS; however, one eligible entity must still be identified as the Prime Recipient.

The other consortia partners will serve as subawardees to the Prime Recipient (if the relationship is monetary in nature) or as thought partners/advisors to the Prime Recipient (if the relationship is non-monetary in nature). The Prime Recipient will be responsible for managing and coordinating its partners as it seeks to achieve the three goals stated above.

> 4 Concepts Notes will be evaluated according to the criteria and considerations set forth in this STIP APS and any additional criteria indicated in the pertinent STIP APS addendum. 12 USAID will strive to review concept notes promptly and inform applicants as soon as feasible whether the activities proposed in the concept note warrant further consideration and development.

Once a concept note has been submitted in response to an addendum under the STIP APS, USAID will conduct an initial review of the concept note using the criteria outlined in the section: “Concept Note Evaluation Criteria and Considerations”, as well as the criteria stated in the individual addendum.

The purpose of the initial review and related communication is to determine whether USAID wishes to engage in further discussions regarding the proposed approach and activities. The initial review and communication will result in one of three outcomes: 1. A decision to forego further consideration of the approach proposed in the concept note; 2.

A decision to provide the applicant an opportunity to submit a revised concept note (this is very rare); or 3. An invitation to engage in more in-depth and specific co-creation discussions aimed at further developing the proposed approach and determining whether to request a full application.

Note: A decision to engage in more in-depth and specific co-creation discussions is NOT a commitment to funding, nor is it a commitment that USAID will request a full application. If an applicant is invited to engage in co-creation and further discussions, additional guidance with respect to expectations during the co-creation process will be provided to the applicant.

There is no guarantee that participation in the co-creation phase will lead to an award from USAID. This is a collaborative process, and the outcome may be that all, some, or none of the participants will be asked to submit a full application following the co-creation phase.

If a formal co-creation workshop is held, it will be viewed as an opportunity to team up, brainstorm, and prepare the initial skeleton of a project/activity that may or may not be funded.

If subsequent in-depth and specific discussions do not result in the identification and development of an activity worthy of further pursuit, the M/B/IO will not request a full application and will instead inform the applicant that USAID is no longer interested in the proposed activity.

On the other hand, if more in-depth discussions enable the partners to jointly develop and design (or further clarify) a promising, high impact approach, and the M/B/IO decides a full application is warranted, USAID will inform the applicant of that determination. 13 If an M/B/IO decides a full application is warranted, full application instructions and/or templates will be provided to the applicant (s) by the M/B/IO.

Full application instructions and/or templates are expected to vary based on specific M/B/IO needs and project objectives. Consistent with the co-creation focus of this STIP APS, USAID will continue to have robust communication with applicants, potential partners, and other key stakeholders regarding the technical substance of the evolving approach, as well as the identity and roles of proposed or additional partners.

This will include USAID and partner communication regarding the content of the full application, including but not limited to the program description to be included in the resulting RFA and subsequent application. Review of Full Applications After receipt, all full applications will be reviewed for their technical merit by a decision panel, anticipated to be composed of USAID/ITR staff and/or staff from the requesting M/B/IO.

USAID may request applicants to present their Application to the decision panel via teleconference or videoconference, or to travel to USAID/Washington (if local/within 50 miles of USAID Headquarters). The decision panels will only meet with applicants when they determine a meeting is appropriate; applicants should not contact USAID to schedule a presentation.

Request for Additional Information Consistent with the co-creation objectives of this STIP APS, the decision panel may suggest revisions and additions to the proposed project as well as potential partners and resources.

The decision panel, working in collaboration with USAID/DDI/ITR and the relevant M/B/IO may also seek additional information regarding the technical approach, the capacity of the applicant and partners, management and organization, past performance, budget, representations, and certifications.

If the decision panel recommends an Application for funding, its review will be shared with the Agreement Officer (AO) for final approval and award negotiation. Based on the criteria outlined in the specific addendum, the decision panel will recommend which full application(s) be advanced to the AO for the relevant M/B/IO for award instrument negotiation and finalization.

Depending on the nature of the lead partner and the activities to be conducted under the award, agreements and/or awards may take the form of grants, fixed obligation grants, cooperative agreements, leader with associate awards, collaboration agreements, or other appropriate assistance awards.

14 Final Review and Negotiation The AO will engage in final review, negotiation, and determinations of assistance award instrument type, responsibility, and cost realism, and will craft an assistance award instrument with the Apparently Successful Applicant (s). Such assistance award instruments can be in the form of a Cooperative Agreement or a Grant.

If the Apparently Successful Applicant and USAID cannot arrive at a mutually agreeable arrangement, the AO will cancel the project at no cost to the Government. The USAID AO will award the instrument, and the Awardee will begin implementation, in collaboration with the USAID M/B/IO, according to the terms and scope of the award instrument.

We anticipate that the opportunities provided under this APS will be of high interest to the global academic community and its partners and therefore may result in a high number of concept note submissions. However, given anticipated funding levels, USAID will only be able to fund a small portion of the ideas that are offered.

Again, all applicants are advised that submission of a concept note under this APS is entirely at their own risk; the Government is not responsible for the cost of Application preparation (at any stage in the process), nor is the Government committed to funding any concept notes or full applications that may be submitted under this APS.

Awards under this APS will be made on the basis of the applicant’s ability to effectively partner with the Higher Education and research community in pursuit of USAID M/B/IOs’ objectives and goals while also reflecting and advancing USAID/DDI/ITR’s core Mission to: ● produce breakthrough development innovations by sourcing, testing, and scaling proven solutions that impact millions of people; and ● accelerate the transformation of the development enterprise by opening development to people anywhere with good ideas, promoting new and deepening existing partnerships, bringing data and evidence to bear, and harnessing scientific and technological advances.

Addenda under this APS may request concept notes/full applications (in cases where only a full application is requested) from all types of organizations.

Such organizations must demonstrate engagement with HEIs and/or related partners as well as other institutional partners, be they public, private, for-profit, nonprofit organizations, public international organizations, non-governmental organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. governmental organizations, or multilateral and international donor organizations.

All organizations must be determined to be responsive to the 15 APS as well as the specific addenda to which the concept note is being submitted and must come from organizations that can be determined to be sufficiently responsible to lead the final award. The recommendation or selection of an Application for award does not in any way guarantee the award. The AO must evaluate the risks posed by applicants before making the award.

The AO must evaluate risk in accordance with the principles established by USAID and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (see 2 CFR 200. 205). In order for an award to be made, the AO must make an affirmative determination that the applicant is “responsible” as discussed in ADS 303.

3. 9. Standard Clauses and Provisions of Award Information regarding clauses and provisions will be offered to the Apparently Successful Applicant when the award instrument is drafted.

The standard clauses or provisions for awards are generally prescribed by law and regulation. Organizations are encouraged to consider providing reasonable cost sharing, leverage, or other exchange of resource arrangements, and are encouraged to suggest creative approaches to resourcing projects if/as appropriate.

Important Note about NDAA Section 889 A recent partial revision of ADS Chapter 303, Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Non-Governmental Organizations to implement Section 889 Prohibitions on Covered Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment . Revisions to 2 CFR 200 included changes to implement Section 889(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub.

L. 115-232) prohibiting the use of award funds to procure covered telecommunication and video surveillance services or equipment. The prohibitions became effective on August 13, 2020.

To implement the Section 889 prohibitions, USAID made the following revisions to ADS 303: 1. A new section 303. 3.

35 Information Technology and Telecommunication was added to the chapter. 2. ADS 303maa, Standard Provisions for U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations was revised to revise mandatory standard provision M1.

Applicability of 2 CFR 200 and 2 CFR 700 (August 2020). 3. ADS 303mab, Standard Provisions for Non-U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations was revised to add new mandatory standard provision M.

29. Prohibition on Certain Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (August 2020). Any resulting assistance awards must ensure that: · An award made to a U.S. organization will include the revised standard provision 16 M1.

Applicability of 2 CFR 200 and 2 CFR 700 (August 2020). · An award made to a non-U.S. organization will include the new standard provision M29. Prohibition on Certain Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (August 2020).

The full text of both the referenced and all provisions may be found at: · For U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations - USAID ADS 303maa · For Non-U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations - USAID ADS 303mab The actual Standard Provisions included in the award will be dependent on the organization that is selected. The award will include the latest Mandatory Provisions for either U.S. or non-U.S. Nongovernmental organizations .

The award will also contain the relevant Required as Applicable (RAA) Provisions based on the type of organization. Important Note about Additional Restrictions, Requirements, and Reporting Needs Depending on the type of funding available and other USAID guidance, additional restrictions, requirements, and reporting may be required by USAID.

For example, if under an addendum issued from this APS, education funds are planned to be used, any subsequent projects will be required to comply with the cost data collection