Research and Innovation for Health Supply Chain Systems and Commodity Security

The summary for the Research and Innovation for Health Supply Chain Systems and Commodity Security grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Agency for International Development, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Research and Innovation for Health Supply Chain Systems and Commodity Security: The purpose of this APS is to publicize the United States Government's (USG) plan to fund a limited number of awards through the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Washington Global Health Bureau (GH) to: Support research on a focused set of health supply chain systems and related commodity security issues in low and middle income countries. Funds may support: (a) Formative, analytical research on challenges to improving supply chain systems and the enabling environments for commodity security; and/or (b) Development and testing of interventions in the field based on formative research conducted under this APS or from other sources. The awards under this APS will contribute to advancing and supporting health programs worldwide, contributing to ending preventable child and maternal deaths, creating an AIDS-free generation, and protecting communities from infectious diseases. In addition, this APS will address several key focus areas of the Global Health Initiative (GHI), including building sustainability through health systems strengthening and accelerating results through research and innovation. The objectives of the APS are listed below: 1. Improve health supply chain systems through transformative changes that use industry best practice; 2. Improve the quantity, reliability, and efficiency of financing for health commodities and supply chain systems; 3. Improve governance and accountability for commodity security.