Opportunity Information: Apply for 720BHA22RFA00001
USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) issued a discretionary funding opportunity called "Augmenting Humanitarian Capacity for Infectious Disease Emergencies with Epidemic or Pandemic Potential" (Funding Opportunity Number 720BHA22RFA00001). The program is designed to help humanitarian actors be better prepared for, and more capable of responding to, infectious disease (ID) outbreaks that either occur in humanitarian settings or grow to the scale of a humanitarian emergency. The award instrument is a cooperative agreement, meaning USAID expects substantial engagement during implementation rather than a fully hands-off grant model.
Eligibility is broadly open to qualified applicants, with emphasis on U.S. and non-U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public international organizations (PIOs), including UN agencies. Rather than accepting full proposals immediately, the process starts with a required concept paper submitted to the designated USAID contact by the closing deadline. Only applicants whose concept papers are deemed successful will be invited to submit a full application, with the full application due date provided later in the invitation. This structure signals that USAID is screening for the strongest ideas and most credible implementers before requiring the time and cost of a complete proposal package.
The core focus is not on running a single outbreak response in one location, but on building and augmenting the operational and technical capacity of humanitarian agencies so they can respond faster, coordinate better, and deliver more integrated services during future outbreaks. BHA is looking for applicants that can propose practical methods, platforms, and strategies to advise and support humanitarian organizations that want to invest in their own readiness and response systems for infectious disease emergencies. In other words, the program leans toward strengthening how the humanitarian system functions during epidemics and pandemics, not only what it delivers on the ground.
The opportunity outlines three main objectives. First, it aims to improve the operational and technical capacity of local and international NGOs and PIOs to coordinate effectively with key infectious disease coordination mechanisms, including global cluster structures and Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs). The intent is to create clear lines of effort and enable more effective multi-sectoral responses, recognizing that infectious disease crises in humanitarian contexts require coordinated action across health, WASH, protection, logistics, risk communication, and other sectors. Second, it seeks to strengthen organizations' internal operational capacity to rapidly respond to future outbreaks with epidemic or pandemic potential, including upgrading systems so organizations can scale up quickly and launch integrated, multi-sectoral interventions when an outbreak becomes humanitarian in nature. Third, it calls for reviewing existing technical resources and, where gaps exist, developing shared tools, capabilities, and technical resources that support integrated responses for these outbreaks, including situations where a combined humanitarian and infectious-disease response approach is appropriate.
Funding details indicate an award ceiling of $15,000,000, with USAID expecting to make up to three awards. The CFDA/assistance listing number associated with the opportunity is 98.001. The opportunity was created on August 4, 2022, with an original closing date of September 16, 2022, and written questions about the first round of concept papers (including appendices and technical references) were due by 11:59 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on September 16, 2022, submitted to BHA.RFA.720BHA22RFA00001@usaid.gov.Apply for 720BHA22RFA00001
- The Agency for International Development in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Augmenting Humanitarian Capacity for Infectious Disease Emergencies with Epidemic or Pandemic Potential" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 04, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 16, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $15,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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