Opportunity Information: Apply for BAA ZIMBABWE 2017

The USAID/Zimbabwe Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Zimbabwe's Development Challenges is a competitive funding opportunity designed to bring in fresh, practical ideas that can improve development outcomes in Zimbabwe, with a strong emphasis on health. Rather than prescribing a single fixed project model, the BAA is structured to encourage collaboration with USAID/Zimbabwe to jointly shape solutions. The core intent is to identify innovative interventions that are workable in real-world conditions, affordable relative to impact, and capable of moving beyond concept stage into piloting, testing, and eventual scale if results are strong. A key example of the kinds of outcomes USAID highlights is increasing the number of Zimbabweans who live longer, healthier lives, which signals that health-related approaches and measurable population-level benefits are central to the announcement.

A defining feature of this opportunity is its focus on partnership-based development through co-creation, co-design, and co-investment. In practical terms, that means USAID is not only seeking proposals that look good on paper, but also solutions that applicants are willing to refine together with the Mission, align with local realities, and potentially support with additional resources or leveraged contributions. The BAA explicitly invites a broad range of participants, including individuals, organizations, and private companies, to collaborate with USAID/Zimbabwe to develop more strategic, focused, and results-oriented responses to the country's development challenges. This kind of approach is commonly used when an agency wants to draw on a wider ecosystem of innovators and implementers, including nontraditional partners, rather than limiting participation to a narrow set of typical development contractors.

In terms of award structure, the funding instrument type is a Cooperative Agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the funding agency during implementation. That aligns with the announcement's emphasis on joint design and ongoing collaboration. The opportunity is categorized under "Other" but the funding activity category is listed as Health, and it is associated with CFDA number 98.001. The award ceiling is stated as USD 5,000,000, with an expectation of one award, suggesting a potentially sizable, mission-priority activity rather than multiple small grants. The announcement was issued by the Agency for International Development, Zimbabwe (USAID-Harare), created on August 21, 2017, with an original closing date of September 20, 2017 at 1700 Harare time.

Eligibility is intentionally broad and is listed as "Others," with clarification referenced in an additional eligibility text field (not included in the excerpt). That framing generally signals an effort to expand the pool of applicants and encourage participation from diverse entities that can contribute technical expertise, local knowledge, innovative methods, or scalable delivery models. Overall, the opportunity can be understood as a call for high-impact, evidence-driven, and scalable health and development interventions in Zimbabwe, with USAID positioning itself as an active partner throughout the idea-to-scale pathway rather than a hands-off funder.

  • The Agency for International Development, Zimbabwe USAID-Harare in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "The USAID/Zimbabwe Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Zimbabwe’s Development Challenges" 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 Aug 21, 2017.
  • Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 20, 2017 September 20, 2017 at 1700 Harare Time. (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 $5,000,000.00 in funding.
  • The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
  • Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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