DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION VENTURES

Application Guidelines
Open innovation inspires new solutions to the critical challenges affecting millions of people. In
the spirit of open innovation, Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) supports groundbreaking
ideas to transform the lives of people living in poverty in developing countries around the world.
DIV provides flexible, tiered-evidence grant funding to innovators and researchers to test new
ideas and models, take strategic risks, build evidence of what works, and advance the best
solutions.

DIV funds innovations that demonstrate our three guiding principles of: a) rigorous evidence of
impact, b) cost-effectiveness, and c) potential for scale and sustainability. We accept proposals
year-round from any type of organization, and in any sector and country in which USAID works.
We accept proposals for funding at the following stages:

● STAGE 1: Pilot (up to $200,000)

● STAGE 2: Testing and Positioning for Scale (up to $1,500,000)
● STAGE 3: Transitioning to Scale (up to $15,000,000)
● Evidence Generation (up to $1,500,000)

For detailed information about DIV, the evaluation criteria, and examples of previously
funded innovations, please visit www.usaid.gov/div.

Before you begin your application, please take the time to read through the resources
below. These resources will help to ensure that your innovation meets our requirements.
1. Please review DIV’s Annual Program Statement (APS). This document provides a
detailed description of the DIV program and application requirements for each funding
stage.
2. Take the DIV Self-Screening Questionnaire to determine if your innovation is a good fit
for DIV.
3. Visit https://www.usaid.gov/div/apply for tips and instructions on how to submit your
online application. All applications must be submitted through DIV’s application portal.
a. You will need to create an account on the online application portal. You may use
this account to work on the application over time and check the status of your
application.
b. Your application will save automatically and continuously as you work on the
application as long as you have continuous internet access; therefore, there is no
need to “save” your application. If you experience an internet cut while filling out
the application, please stop and wait for your internet service to resume before
you continue filling out the application.

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 c. The application is plain text only. Character limits include spaces.
d. There are three sections to the online application. You must complete all sections
of the application to be considered for funding.
e. Be clear and concise. While each field has limits on the maximum amount of text,
there is no need to fill the space provided. Make sure your responses are not
truncated if you copy them in.
f. After you submit, please review the pdf of your submission. If you notice any
response fields are completely blank, please email [email protected] to
update your application. Once you submit an application, you will not be able to
edit your application.
g. Applications submitted via post or email will not be reviewed.
4. Please submit only one application per project.

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 DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION VENTURES
Sample Application Form
This is a sample application form. Once you are ready to submit your application, please
visit the online application portal to submit your actual application. DIV will not review
applications submitted via post or email.

Please provide accurate information to the full extent of your organization’s knowledge.

* Required field

SECTION 1: ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

Organization Name*: (max. 80 characters):

Organization Type*: [Picklist selection: Academic, Nonprofit/NGO, For-profit, Federal Agency, Foreign
Government, Multilateral, Other]

Website:

ORGANIZATION ADDRESS

Country*: [Country List]

Street Address*:

City*:

State/Region*:

Zip Code/Postal Code*:

In which country is your organization legally incorporated?* [Country List]

How many employees are in your organization?* [Picklist: Large (300+), Medium
(<300), Small (<50), Micro (<10 employees)]

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Primary Point of Contact* Secondary Point of Contact (optional)

(Founder/CEO/Principal Investigator/Other)

First Name: First Name:

Last Name: Last Name:

Title: Title:

Work email: Work email:

Work Phone: Work Phone:

Gender: [Male/Female/Other] Gender: [Male/Female/Other]

Under 30 years old? [Yes/No] Under 30 years old? [Yes/No]

SECTION 2: PROJECT OVERVIEW INFORMATION

Project Title (max. 80 characters)*:

Please specify to which DIV Stage you are applying*: [Stage 1/2/3/Evidence]
The table below summarizes the purpose of each funding stage. For complete information about
the distinct conditions and requirements of each funding stage, please review DIV’s Annual
Program Statement (APS) in full. Applicants may enter at the Stage that best reflects their
progress and do not necessarily need to enter at Stage 1.

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Evidence

Generation

Testing / Positioning Transitioning to

Pilot Evidence Generation
for Scale Scale

Up to $200,000 Up to $1,500,000 Up to $15,000,000 Up to $1,500,000

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 DIV funds Stage 1 DIV funds Stage 2 DIV funds Stage 3 DIV funds Evidence
awards to support awards to support awards to transition Generation grants for
the piloting of further testing and proven approaches evaluations of
innovations in a expansion of from piloting and development
developing country innovations. Applicants testing to widespread approaches that are
context. will have already scaling in new widely used but do
Innovations must conducted successful contexts or new not already have
be post-prototype pilot testing and be geographies. sufficient evidence
and ready to be ready to rigorously test Applicants should from rigorous
field-tested. an innovation’s impact have completed the evaluations of causal
or market viability. activities for Stage 2 impact and cost-
innovations. effectiveness.

Total Funding Requested (in USD)*:

Which of the following best describes the sector(s) your innovation addresses?

Primary Sector (select one)*:

Secondary Sector(s), if any:

Picklist selection: Agriculture/Food Security, Democracy/Governance, Disaster

Relief/Humanitarian Assistance, Economic Growth, Education and Training, Energy,
Environment, Health, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Other: please specify

Where will this project take place?

Primary Country (select one)*: [Country List]

Secondary Country/Countries, if any: [Country List]

Does your organization have a long-term or permanent office in the country or countries
where the project will take place?* [Yes/No]

Expected duration of DIV-funded project activities in months (max. 60 months)*:

Expected source of financial support at scale to ensure the long-term sustainability of

the innovation*: [Public, Private, Hybrid]
● Public funding may come from sources including: local, state, or federal governments,
multilateral donors, philanthropies, foundations, etc.
● Private funding may come from commercial sources including: businesses, financial institutions,
client revenue, investors, etc.

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 ● Hybrid funding may come from a combination of public and commercial sources of financial
support.

Has your organization received funding for this or a similar project from any of the
following?*

DIV*: [Yes/No] If ‘Yes’, please provide the grant/award number

USAID (other than DIV)*: [Yes/No] If ‘Yes’, please specify USAID program/contact and
contact email address.

U.S. Government*: [Yes/No] If ‘Yes’, please specify, including a contact’s email

address.

Has your organization submitted this or a similar project for funding consideration to any
of the following?*

DIV*: [Yes/No] If ‘Yes’, please provide the application number

USAID (other than DIV)*: [Yes/No] If ‘Yes’, please specify USAID program/contact and
contact email address.

U.S. Government*: [Yes/No] If ‘Yes’, please specify, including a contact’s email

address.

Has your organization ever received any (direct or sub-awarded) USAID funding in the
past for any other projects?* [Yes/No]

How did you hear about DIV?* [Please specify]

Picklist selection: USAID Staff, USAID Website/Newsletter, DIV Website/Newsletter, DIV grantee, USAID
Implementing Partner, Conference, Press, Social Media, Other

SECTION 3: DETAILED PROJECT INFORMATION - STAGE

1/2/3 APPLICATIONS

FOR APPLICATIONS FOR EVIDENCE GENERATION

GRANTS, PLEASE GO TO PAGE 14
Please review the selection criteria available in the Annual Program Statement as guidance to
answer the following long-form questions.

Specific guidance is included in the text boxes. Please read the guidance closely and directly
respond to the specific question prompts. Answers should reflect the stage and the intended
pathway to scale of your innovation.

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Please include citations or sources for assertions or references where applicable.

DETAILED PROJECT INFORMATION: Stages 1, 2, or 3

1. Executive Summary: Please briefly describe your project.*

Please include a short description of (1) the problem you are addressing, (2) your
innovation and how it addresses the problem, and (3) how DIV funding will help you
to pilot, test, and/or transition your solution to scale. You may wish to respond to this
question after answering the questions below. Please limit your response to 3-5
sentences total.

For examples of strong Executive Summary responses, please see our FAQ s at
https://www.usaid.gov/div/faq.
Max. Characters: 500

2. Problem Statement: What is the problem affecting the lives of people living in
poverty that your innovation addresses?*
What is the problem and how does it impact the lives of people living in poverty? How
would solving this problem improve people's lives? How many people does this issue
impact in the country/countries you are working in, and globally?

Note: Please do not describe your innovation here; it should be addressed in

Question #3, “Description of the Innovation”.
Max. Characters: 1,500

3. Description of the Innovation: What is your innovation? How does it address

the problem you describe in Question #2 above, and why is it likely to generate
greater development impact as compared with the status quo? *
Please describe your innovation and how it addresses the problem detailed in
Question #2, above. Who specifically is expected to benefit from your innovation?
Why does your innovation have potential to address the problem at lower cost, faster,
or otherwise more feasibly at scale, than the status quo or alternatives?

Please include the “theory of change” supporting your innovation. In other words,
through what steps will the proposed innovation address the problem and lead to the
intended outcome(s) and an improvement in people’s lives?
Max. Characters: 2,000

4. Existing Evidence: Have you or others conducted any research or studies

which attempted to show that your solution or innovation leads to improved
development outcomes? Please describe how this existing evidence is
relevant to your proposed solution.*

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 Please briefly describe the methods and findings from any research or studies that
investigated whether your innovation (or a similar innovation) produces the intended
improvement in development outcomes. Please explain for which parts of the theory
of change there already is evidence, and which are yet to be established.

For applicants on a commercial or hybrid pathway to scale, please also include

evidence of demonstrated demand or evidence that the innovation fills an identifiable
need in the market.

Stage 1 applicants should include any existing evidence on which their solution is
based, or any data from prior testing/piloting of their solution.

Stage 3 applicants following a public or hybrid path to scale must describe how their
innovation has already demonstrated rigorous evidence of causal impact.

Be sure to include citations or links to reports in Question #16, “Citations”, below.

Max. Characters: 2,000

5. Learning and Evidence Building: Please describe the key questions you hope
to explore with a potential DIV award and how you intend to answer them.
What activities are you proposing to answer key outstanding questions, test
assumptions, generate evidence of impact, and/or build upon the existing
evidence base related to your innovation? *
Include a description of the methods you will use to test key assumptions and
measure the success of your innovation. Describe the primary indicator(s) and
outcome(s) of interest and describe how you will collect data to measure them. For
impact evaluations, include your a) research questions, b) description of the
treatment(s), c) study sample population, and, if a randomized control trial (RCT), d)
unit of randomization and randomization strategy.

Note that Stage 2 applicants following a public or hybrid path to scale must either
demonstrate existing rigorous evidence of causal impact (in Question #4) or provide
a plan to generate such evidence. Stage 3 applicants must describe their plans to
continue to assess their innovation’s social impact at scale.

For applicants on a commercial or hybrid pathway to scale, indicate how a potential

award would help you gather evidence of demonstrated demand or evidence that the
innovation would fill a need in the market.
Max. Characters: 2,000

6. Current Reach: How many people does your innovation currently serve? What
has your organization achieved to date?*

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 Please address whether your innovation has been prototyped, piloted or otherwise
implemented and what you have learned from this experience, to date.

Please indicate the results you have demonstrated thus far, including the number of
people your innovation currently serves and how they benefit, and any evidence of
demand for the innovation or that the innovation fills an identifiable need. If other
organizations have also implemented this innovation, please specifically indicate your
organization’s experience and reach.

For market-based solutions, please include relevant business metrics to date, which
may include, but are not limited to: cost of goods sold, price, quantity sold, revenue,
margins, etc.
Max. Characters: 1,500

7. Anticipated Reach and Impact: How many people do you expect your
innovation to reach over the proposed award period? What specific
quantifiable social outcomes do you expect your innovation to achieve over
this time period? Please specify how you estimate the number of people
served and the magnitude of impacts.*
Please describe the projected future impact of your innovation in terms of the number
of new customers or beneficiaries you expect to reach and ultimate
impacts/outcomes expected (e.g., improved learning, health outcomes, increase in
household income, etc.) over the proposed award period. Please specify the
magnitude of impacts (e.g., a x% reduction in chronic malnutrition; a $y increase in
household income, etc.).

For market-based solutions, please include projections for how your key business
metrics, including price, quantity sold figures, and revenue are forecasted to change
in the next 3 years.

We understand precise estimates may be difficult to calculate; we are interested in

the logic used to approximate these numbers. Please include explanations of your
assumptions and supporting calculations to demonstrate how you reached your
estimates and be as concrete as possible.
Max. Characters: 1,500

8. Cost and Potential Cost-Effectiveness: What is the current cost of delivering/

providing your innovation? What might make your innovation more cost-
effective than current solutions or alternatives? How might this change as
your innovation scales? *

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 Describe why your innovation has the potential to have a greater impact per dollar
than alternative solutions. How will your innovation achieve results at lower cost
and/or be more effective at solving the problem than the status quo or existing
alternative(s)?

Cost-effectiveness requires an understanding of the full costs of the innovation.

Provide your best estimate of the current cost of delivering/providing your innovation.
Include both fixed and variable costs as well as any costs necessary for the end user
to access the innovation. Describe the status quo or existing alternative(s) and how
your innovation’s costs compare to the costs of alternative(s).

Finally, how do you expect costs to change as your innovation scales? How does the
cost of your innovation, projected at scale (estimated), compare to the costs of
alternative(s)?

If any cost-effectiveness analyses have been conducted on the innovation, please

cite relevant data and include the reference information in Question #16.
Max. Characters: 2,000

9. Pathway to Scale: Please indicate how many people you expect to serve over
the next 10 years and specify how you estimate this number. How do you
envision your innovation will reach this scale? How will DIV funding play a
catalytic role in your innovation’s path to scale? Do you anticipate your
innovation will be funded at scale with public (including philanthropic), private
(commercial), or hybrid (both public/philanthropic and private) resources? *
Describe your model for scaling up: what steps will be required to reach scale? Why
is DIV funding important to bringing your innovation to scale?

For innovations intended to scale publicly, explain how you will generate and secure
commitments for the sustained public funds and partnerships required for scale. For
innovations intended to scale commercially, explain your revenue model, break-even
projections, customer segmentation, cost assumptions, and the role of any partners
expected to provide financial or other material support. For all innovations, to what
extent will the end buyer or user - whether government, organization, or individual
customer - be able to afford your innovation and what evidence do you have to
support this assumption?

Describe whether you expect to rely on public/philanthropic, private/commercial or

hybrid funding when operating at scale. If you anticipate a hybrid source of funds in
the future, please indicate the approximate percentage of each source.
Max. Characters: 2,000

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 10. Activities to be Supported with Proposed Funding: Please describe how you
will use the USAID/DIV funds you are requesting.*
Please list and describe all major activities and indicate the approximate budget
required for each activity. Amounts should be in US Dollars. Please submit your best
estimate at this time. If selected for further diligence, the USAID/DIV team will
request a full project budget.

If this request is part of a broader scope of work also covered by other funders,
please list these contributors, amounts of funding committed or anticipated, and what
activities they would support, if applicable.
Max. Characters: 2,000

11. Anticipated Risks: What are the biggest challenges or risks you expect to
encounter and what measures will you take to mitigate them?*
All innovations and research face challenges in implementation and in achieving
scale. Please provide a realistic assessment of present and anticipated challenges
you may encounter (e.g., issues generating revenue, supply chain issues, political
economy issues, policy requirements, legal regulations, delays in roll-out, threats to
validity of evidence, low statistical power) and how you are addressing these or plan
to address them. This assessment should demonstrate a strong understanding of
local implementation context(s) and include risks both to successful project
implementation and future, anticipated scale-up.
Max. Characters: 1,500

12. Lead Organization: Please provide a brief description of the lead implementing
organization and include relevant past experience implementing similar
activities. Describe why this organization is uniquely positioned and has the
capacity to solve the problem.*
Please provide an overview of the lead implementing organization. What is the
organization’s area of expertise and mission? Please provide detailed information on
relevant past experience and highlight the lead organization’s core competencies as
they relate to addressing the problem statement.
Max. Characters: 1,500

13. Partner Organizations: Describe key partner organizations and explain how
they have demonstrated their commitment to supporting or participating in the
project activities. What skills, experience or resources will they contribute to
implementing or scaling the innovation? What are their roles and
responsibilities?*

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 For each key partner (e.g., co-funders, research partners, major clients, implementing
partners, etc.), please specify the specific contribution or role they will play and whether and
how they have demonstrated their commitment (e.g., entered into a formal agreement,
indicated verbal interest). Please specify which organizations are providing financial or in-
kind support for this project and the amount committed. If an innovation or impact
evaluation depends on the support of another organization or institution to be implemented
or scaled, please describe the extent to which the lead organization is working with them
now, and the expected role of the partner(s) in future implementation or scale.

Finally, please indicate any amount of co-funding received or anticipated for the
activities proposed.
Max. Characters: 1,500

14. Key Personnel: Who are the key team members for implementation of grant
activities, what is their relevant expertise, and what is their level of effort?*
Please provide a list of the key team members contributing to grant activities. For
each team member, specify their percentage level of effort (percentage of 100% of
an individual’s working schedule), roles and responsibilities in completing specific
project activities outlined in Question #10 (“Activities to be Supported with Proposed
Funding”), and a one or two sentence summary of relevant skills and experience.
Please do not include entire CVs or resumes.
Max. Characters: 1,500

15. Professional References: Please provide contact information for up to three (3)
professional references who can speak to the past performance and ability of
your organization or project.*
Please include each reference’s name, organization, email, and phone number.
References should be able to attest to and validate the applicant’s ability to work
effectively, achieve results, and successfully implement similar activities within the
past three (3) years. Personal references are acceptable in cases in which a
professional reference is not available.
Max. Characters: 1,000

16. Citations: Please use the space below to list any citations referenced in your
responses above. Only content written in the application will be reviewed;
these citations will be used to verify factual accuracy if necessary.
Please list citation URLs or publication information. Include links to publicly available
versions where possible.
Max. Characters: 3,000

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 I understand that USAID/DIV may share this application, internally or externally, as
part of the due diligence process. USAID/DIV will obtain the requisite non-disclosure
agreements and conflict of interest forms prior to sharing information with reviewers
during the due diligence process.*

By submitting this application, I certify that the answers to the questions are accurate
to the full extent of my knowledge.*

DIV sometimes has an interest in sharing applications it receives with other funding
partners, including with other USAID offices or missions as well as with external
entities both inside and outside the United States. Please check this box if you would
like to opt in to this opportunity. There is no requirement that you opt in, and your
decision will not impact DIV's review of your application.

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SECTION 3: DETAILED PROJECT INFORMATION –
APPLICATIONS FOR EVIDENCE GENERATION GRANTS
Please review the selection criteria available in the Annual Program Statement as guidance to
answer the following long-form questions.

Specific guidance is included in the text boxes. Please read the guidance closely and provide
detailed responses in order to have the greatest likelihood of advancing to the due diligence phase.
Answers should be appropriate given the stage and the intended pathway to scale of your
innovation.

Please include citations or sources for assertions or references where applicable.

DETAILED PROJECT INFORMATION: Evidence Generation

1. Executive Summary: Please briefly describe your project.*

Please include a short description of (1) the problem you are addressing, (2) your
innovation and how it addresses the problem, and (3) how DIV funding will help you
to pilot, test, and/or transition your solution to scale. You may wish to respond to this
question after answering the questions below. Please limit your response to 3-5
sentences total.

For examples of strong Executive Summary responses, please see our FAQ s at
https://www.usaid.gov/div/faq.
Max. Characters: 500

2. Problem Statement: What is the problem affecting the lives of people living in
poverty that is addressed by the widely used development solution you are
planning to evaluate?*
What is the problem and how does it impact the lives of people living in poverty? How
would solving this problem improve people's lives? How many people does this issue
impact in the country/countries you are working in, and globally?

Note: Please do not describe your innovation here; it should be addressed in

Question #3, “Description of the Innovation”.
Max. Characters: 1,500

3. Description of the Solution: What is the solution you plan to evaluate? How does
it address the problem you describe in Question #2 above, and how does it
compare to alternatives?*

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 Please describe your innovation and how it addresses the problem detailed in
Question #2, above. Who specifically is expected to benefit from your innovation?
Why does your innovation have potential to address the problem at lower cost, faster,
or otherwise more feasibly at scale, than the status quo or alternatives?

Please include the “theory of change” supporting your innovation. In other words,
through what steps will the proposed innovation address the problem and lead to the
intended outcome(s) and an improvement in people’s lives?
Max. Characters: 2,000

4. Current Reach: How many people does the solution currently serve? What has
been achieved to date? What resources are currently allocated to supporting this
solution?*

DIV accepts applications for Evidence Generation grants to evaluate development approaches
that are widely used but do not have robust evidence of effectiveness from rigorous
evaluations.

Please indicate the number of people your solution currently serves, where they are
geographically located, as well as any evidence of demand for the solution.

To the extent possible, please include any information you have regarding other
organizations that are implementing this solution. Please indicate the approximate
annual budget allocated to supporting this solution, and from what sources.
Max. Characters: 1,500

5. Existing Evidence: Have you or others previously conducted any research or

studies which attempted to show that the solution or a similar solution leads to
improved development outcomes? Please describe how this existing evidence is
relevant to your solution.*
Please briefly describe the methods and findings from any research or studies that
investigated whether your solution (or a similar solution) produces the intended
improvement in development outcomes. Please explain for which parts of the theory of
change there already is evidence, and which are yet to be established. Cite any
existing evidence on the solution’s impact thus far, and explain how the proposed
evaluation will build upon this evidence base to contribute to knowledge of what
works.

Be sure to include citations or links to reports in Question #16, “Citations”, below.

Max. Characters: 2,000

6. Evidence Building: Please describe the key questions you hope to answer with a
potential DIV award and how you intend to answer them. How will your proposed

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 evaluation generate evidence of impact and/or fill gaps in the existing evidence
base for your solution? *

Please describe how your proposed evaluation will generate new evidence that fills a
gap in current understanding about the effectiveness of your solution. Describe your
study design and research methodology. Include a discussion of your a) research
questions, b) description of the treatment(s), c) primary outcome(s) of interest and
how you will collect data to measure them, d) study sample population, and, if a
randomized control trial (RCT), e) unit of randomization and randomization strategy.
Max. Characters: 2,000

7. Contributions of Evidence: How do you envision the results from the proposed
evaluation will be used regardless of the findings? How will this research
contribute to changes in policy and practice? How will you disseminate the
evidence generated, regardless of the findings, and promote adoption of the
results?*

What are the programmatic and policy questions that your evaluation addresses? Who are
the consumers of the evidence that you generate and how do you expect it to influence their
decisions or practice? How will this evidence feed into program and policy decisions?

Please describe any steps you will take during the course of a potential award to
ensure findings influence future policy, programming, or widespread adoption (in your
context or elsewhere). What must occur in the short-, medium-, and long-term to
ensure that research results are adopted by appropriate stakeholders? What are the
key barriers for adopting and acting upon the results?
Max. Characters: 1,500

8. Cost and Potential Cost-Effectiveness: Clearly state what is known about the cost
and cost-effectiveness of the solution and indicate how the proposed evaluation
will establish or further build on this knowledge.*

Describe why the solution has the potential to have a greater impact per dollar than
alternative solutions. How does the solution achieve results at lower cost and/or be
more effective at solving the problem than alternative(s)?

Cost-effectiveness requires an understanding of the full costs of the solution. Provide

your best estimate of the current cost of delivering/providing the solution. Include both
fixed and variable costs as well as any costs necessary for the end user to access the
solution. Describe existing alternative(s) and how the solution’s costs compare to the
costs of alternative(s).

DIV recognizes that Evidence Generation applicants may be seeking to answer

whether or not a solution is cost-effective due to a lack of existing knowledge, so
applicants are not expected to advocate for the existing cost-effectiveness of the
solution. Rather, applicants must demonstrate how this evaluation will help answer

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 this question.
Max. Characters: 2,000

9. Potential Scale of the Solution: If the proposed evaluation demonstrates that the
solution is effective, how might the solution continue to scale beyond its current
reach? What social outcomes would you expect the solution to achieve over the
next ten years?*

Please describe possible channels for increasing the scale of the solution
(government policy, uptake by an international organization, etc.) and the sources of
financing for the solution in the long term.

Please describe the projected future reach of the solution in terms of the expected
number of beneficiaries and ultimate impacts/outcomes (e.g., improved learning,
health outcomes, increase in household income, etc.), should the evaluation
demonstrate evidence of positive impact.

We understand precise estimates may be difficult to calculate; we are interested in the

logic used to approximate these numbers. Please include explanations of your
assumptions and supporting calculations to demonstrate how you reached your
estimates and be as concrete as possible.
Max. Characters: 1,500

10. Activities to be Supported with Proposed Funding: Please describe how you will
use the USAID/DIV funds you are requesting.*

Please list and describe all major activities and indicate the approximate budget
required for each activity. Amounts should be in US Dollars. Please submit your best
estimate at this time. If selected for further diligence, the USAID/DIV team will request
a full project budget.

If this request is part of a broader scope of work also covered by other funders, please
list these contributors, amounts of funding committed or anticipated, and what
activities they would support, if applicable.
Max. Characters: 2,000

11. Anticipated Risks: What are the biggest challenges or risks you expect to
encounter and what measures will you take to mitigate them? *

All solutions and research face challenges in implementation and in achieving scale.
Please provide a realistic assessment of present and anticipated challenges (e.g.,
issues generating revenue, supply chain issues, political economy issues, policy
requirements, legal regulations, delays in roll-out, threats to validity of evidence, low
statistical power) and how you are addressing such issues or plan to address them.

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 This assessment should demonstrate a strong understanding of local implementation
context(s).
Max. Characters: 1,500

12. Organization Leading the Evaluation: Please provide an overview of the

organization that will lead the evaluation and include relevant past experience
implementing similar activities. Describe why this organization is uniquely
positioned and has the capacity to manage or conduct the proposed evaluation.*

Please provide an overview of the organization that will lead the proposed evaluation
activities. What is the organization’s area of expertise and mission? Please provide
detailed information on relevant past experience and highlight the lead organization’s
core competencies as they relate to policy-relevant evaluation.
Max. Characters: 1,500

13. Partner Organizations: Describe key partner organizations and explain how they
have demonstrated their commitment to supporting or participating in the
evaluation activities. What skills, experience or resources will they contribute to
implementing or evaluating the solution? What are their roles and
responsibilities?*

For each key partner (e.g., implementing partners, research partners, major clients, co-
funders, etc.), please specify the specific contribution or role they will play and whether and
how they have demonstrated their commitment (e.g., entered into a formal agreement,
indicated verbal interest). Please specify which organizations are providing financial or in-kind
support for this project and the amount committed. If an innovation or impact evaluation
depends on the support of another organization or institution to be implemented or scaled,
please describe the current partnership and the expected role of the partner(s) in the future.

Finally, please indicate any co-funding received or anticipated for the activities
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14. Key Personnel: Who are the key team members for implementation of grant
activities, what is their relevant experience, and what is their level of effort?*

Please provide a list of the key team members contributing to grant activities. Key
personnel must include individuals leading the evaluation but may also include
participating personnel from implementer or partner organizations. For each team
member, specify their percentage level of effort (percentage of 100% of an individual’s
working schedule), roles and responsibilities in completing project activities, and a one
or two sentence summary of relevant skills and experience. Please do not include
entire CVs or resumes.
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professional references who can speak to the past performance and ability of the
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References should be able to attest to and validate the applicant’s ability to work
effectively, achieve results, and successfully implement similar activities within the
past three (3) years. Personal references are acceptable in cases in which a
professional reference is not available.
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16. Citations: Please use the space below to list any citations referenced in your
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versions where possible.
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