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Opportunity Summary:

The USAID Higher Education Solutions Network grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA-OAA-12-000004) is a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Agency for International Development, issued through USAID's Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL), Office of Science and Technology (ST). The purpose of the solicitation is to identify and support one or more organizations to implement a five-year program under the USAID Higher Education Solutions Network, with the full scope, requirements, and expectations laid out in the Request for Applications (RFA). The program sits within USAID's science, technology, and broader research and development portfolio, and it is tied to CFDA 98.001, which covers USAID foreign assistance for overseas programs.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally means USAID anticipates substantial involvement in the program's implementation rather than a hands-off grant model. In practical terms, applicants should expect ongoing collaboration with the agency, including coordination on strategy, monitoring and learning, and possibly technical direction as the program proceeds. The announcement also indicates that cost sharing or matching is required, so applicants would need to plan for contributing non-federal resources in accordance with the rules described in the RFA (for example, cash and/or allowable in-kind contributions, documentation standards, and any minimum cost-share levels if specified).

The application process is structured as a two-stage competition. Stage 1 requires submission of a concept note, and only those who meet the criteria at that stage would be invited or expected to proceed to Stage 2, which is the full application. The specific due dates for each stage are not included in the summary text itself and are instead provided on the cover page of the RFA, so any interested applicant would need to consult the full solicitation to confirm deadlines, submission instructions, and formatting requirements. The opportunity was posted on February 8, 2012, created on March 16, 2012, and archived on September 3, 2012, indicating it is no longer active, but the structure provides a clear picture of how USAID designed the competition.

Eligibility is not limited to a single applicant type in the brief excerpt provided. It lists "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)" and directs applicants to Section III of the RFA for the official eligibility requirements. This typically means that the solicitation may allow a range of organizations to apply, potentially including higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, consortia, and other entities that meet USAID's criteria, but the definitive rules, restrictions, and any required qualifications are in the RFA itself.

The notice lists an award ceiling and award floor as 0, which usually indicates that the public-facing record does not specify a set minimum or maximum award amount in that field, or that the amounts are defined elsewhere in the RFA. Applicants would need to review the full announcement for budget expectations, the number of anticipated awards, and any guidance on program scale. For administrative support or if there are issues accessing the full announcement, USAID provided a contact email address: UERFA@usaid.gov.

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