CHALLENGE: As set out at the 2017 Milan Global Nutrition Summit, USAID, DFID and ECF, have a common interest in supporting the fight to end chronic and acute malnutrition. We recognize this is particularly a problem among adolescent girls and mothers and children in the first “1,000 days,” the critical period between pregnancy and a child’s second birthday, and especially those populations living in complex environments.

USAID will review EoIs to determine the extent to which each EoI addresses the criteria/eligibility requirements stated below. EoI’s must:

1. Indicate the research or development idea that will work towards a solution to the Problem and Challenge Statements, by increasing knowledge and understanding of potential solutions, exploiting scientific discoveries or improvements in technology, materials, processes, methods, devices, or techniques, advancing the state of the art, or using scientific and technical knowledge in the design, development, testing, or evaluation of a potential new product or service (or of an improvement in an existing product or service).
2. Demonstrate the potential to have a significant impact (i.e., breakthroughs, not incremental improvements), that ultimately could achieve that even greater impact at scale.
3. Indicate the background and expertise of the organization, and the managerial and technical staff or team proposed for engagement in the endeavor.
4. Indicate what, if any, co-investment resources are available to bear on the solution, including those from the submitting organization and those from other third party businesses, donors, foundations, or other organizations. Such resources may include cash and other resources, both tangible and intangible, such as in-kind contributions, expertise, intellectual property, brand value, high-value coordination, and access to key people, places, and information, any if applicable.
5. USAID will also consider the reputation of an organization and its past experience in assessing the ability of the organization to contribute to the co-creation and respond to the Challenge/Problem Statements.

Areas of interest should all address sustained reductions in chronic and acute malnutrition to include but not limited to:

1. How to bring proven pilots to scale in a sustainable manner
2. Innovations to maximize impact across sectors, including health, agriculture and humanitarian assistance.
3. New approaches that nudge behaviors, use other behavioral economics approaches, or technologies to catalyze sustained positive change.

 Questions due on May 21, 2018 at 10: AM ET. Send Questions and EOI submissions to BAANutrition@usaid.gov.
EoIs submitted in response to this BAA must:
A. Be in English, no more than 2 pages in length total, and no smaller than 12 point font;
B. Be submitted electronically to BAANutrition@usaid.gov;
C. Contain a header with the following information (included in the page count):
a. Respondent Name/Group and Contact Information;
b. Response Title;
c. BAA Addendum Name/Number;
d. Optional graphic that fits on an 8.5”x11” or A4 piece of paper (included in the page limit);
D. Be in .pdf, .docx, or .odf format

EoIs will not be evaluated against other EoIs, but solely on whether USAID determines that the submitter will be a valuable contributor to the co-creation process. USAID may limit the number of initial submissions selected to move forward based on efficiencies
Geographic restriction:

·         Ethiopia
·         Kenya
·         Rwanda
·         Uganda