Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Mandatory Requirements

Stage	Stage 1: Ideation, Stage 2: Research & Development and Stage 3: Proof of Concept
Implemented In:
Region	Africa and Asia and Pacific
Country	N/A
Focus Areas	Aquaculture (Agriculture) Fisheries (Environment)

This competition is open to any qualified research, educational, governmental, private sector, or nonprofit institution globally that has a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and is registered in the System for Award Management (https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/). DUNS and SAM registration are not required for concept note submission.

If a submitting organization does not have a U.S. university partner at the time of submitting a concept note, the FIL ME may suggest potential U.S. university partner(s) for the submitting organization to collaborate with in the full proposal stage.

Each concept note and full proposal must specifically describe how the project will address each of the FTF-required cross-cutting themes:

1) Gender equity and youth engagement

2) Human nutrition

3) Resilience of aquaculture and fishery value chains and/or households

4) Capacity building

Other Requirements

Management Team	There is no restriction on nationality of applicants.The FIL ME strongly encourages qualified U.S. Minority Serving Institutions to participate in responding to this competitive RFA. Qualifying institutions include, but are not limited to, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Predominantly Black Institutions, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Asian American, Native Alaskan, and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. Collaboration between at least one research agency or university in the host country and a partner university from the US is encouraged, but not required. Such partnerships will support strengthened research capacity in target countries, increased knowledge and exposure on the part of the U.S. partner, and scaling of impacts beyond the research program through broader geographical dissemination and opportunities for collaboration.
Financial Statements	There is no mandatory level of cost sharing (matching) for this program, but the FIL encourages cost sharing as practicable.
Impact Evaluation/M&E Plan	ALL projects must adhere to FIL’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Plan, which will be made available to bidders submitting a full proposal.	REQUIRED