USAID Feed the Future Demand And Supply for Safe, Healthy Diets (FTF DASHED) | 7200AA24RFA00017

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The USAID Feed the Future Demand And Supply for Safe, Healthy Diets (FTF DASHED) opportunity is a discretionary funding notice from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) inviting organizations to submit Concept Notes for a single, performance-based Leader Award Cooperative Agreement. The focus of the activity sits in the food and nutrition space, aligning with Feed the Future priorities around improving diets by addressing both the demand side (what people want, choose, and are able to consume) and the supply side (what is available, safe, affordable, and accessible). The program title signals an emphasis not only on increasing food availability, but on improving the safety and overall healthfulness of diets, which typically involves attention to nutrition quality, food safety practices, and the broader food system that delivers diverse foods to households.

This opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 7200AA24RFA00017) is structured as a Leader Award, meaning it is designed to have broader applicability beyond a single country context and often supports approaches, tools, evidence generation, and learning that can be adapted across multiple settings. It is being offered as a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates substantial involvement by USAID during implementation compared with a standard grant. The solicitation is explicitly performance-based, suggesting that progress and results will be central to how implementation is managed and assessed, and that applicants should be prepared to propose clear, measurable outcomes and an approach that can demonstrate impact in improving access to and consumption of safe, healthy diets.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, so a wide range of applicant types may apply as long as they meet standard U.S. government requirements for assistance awards. USAID anticipates making one award under this announcement, with an award ceiling of $25,000,000. The original closing date for submissions is July 9, 2024, and the opportunity was created on June 10, 2024. The activity is categorized under Food and Nutrition and is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing number 98.001, which is USAID's broad foreign assistance listing.

In practical terms, interested organizations are being asked to submit a Concept Note rather than a full application at this stage, which typically means USAID wants a concise but well-argued summary of the proposed technical approach, the theory of change, expected results, and the applicant's capabilities and relevant past performance. Because it is a Leader Award tied to Feed the Future and centered on both demand and supply for safe, healthy diets, strong concept notes are likely to show an understanding of how nutrition outcomes are shaped by food environments, consumer behavior, market systems, food safety, and affordability, and how a program can influence these factors in a measurable way at scale.

• The Agency for International Development in the food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "USAID Feed the Future Demand And Supply for Safe, Healthy Diets (FTF DASHED)" 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 2024-06-10.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-09. (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 $25,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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