The U.S. Agency for International Development is offering the MEASURE Evaluation Phase IV Grant to enhance monitoring and evaluation in the health sector. This five-year, $181 million dollar project focuses on strengthening host-country systems to produce quality health information for decision-making on local, national, and global scales. The grant aims to improve health programs and policies, leading to better health outcomes through enhanced routine data collection, enhanced management of health information systems, development of methods to address information challenges, and increased capacity for rigorous evaluation.
Opportunity ID: 249129
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | RFA-OAA-14-000003 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | MEASURE Evaluation Phase IV |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Health |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date:: | Dec 11, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Dec 20, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jan 28, 2014 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Jan 28, 2014 |
| Archive Date:: | Feb 27, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | |
| Award Ceiling:: | $181,000,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Agency for International Development |
| Description:: | The U.S. Agency for International Development intends to award a five-year, $181 million dollar, Leader with Associates Cooperative Agreement. The Monitoring and Evaluation to Assess and Use Results (MEASURE) Evaluation Phase IV Project builds on the decades-long effort supported by the Global Health Bureau to improve monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the health sector. The objective of the MEASURE Evaluation Phase IV project is to strengthen host-country systems to generate high quality health information that is used for decision-making at local, national, and global levels. Progress toward this objective will contribute to improving health programs and policies, which ultimately will impact health outcomes. The project will achieve this objective by concentrating on four results: (1) Strengthened collection, analysis and use of routine health data, (2) Improved country-level capacity to manage health information systems (HIS), resources and staff, (3) Methods, tools and approaches improved and applied to address health information challenges and gaps, (4) Increased capacity for rigorous evaluation |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 2 | Responses to questions received on December 17, 2013 in response to the MEASURE Evaluation Phase IV RFA | Dec 20, 2013 |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Package No: 1