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Development Innovation Ventures (DIV)
23 September, 2018
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Open innovation inspires new solutions to the critical challenges affecting millions around the world. DIV supports groundbreaking ideas to transform lives and maximize USAID’s impact per dollar. DIV turns bright ideas into real results.
Innovative solutions come in many forms – whether a product, technology, service, or application of a creative business and delivery model. DIV is an open door to USAID – anyone, anywhere can apply at any time.
We provide flexible, tiered grant funding to test new ideas, take strategic risks, build evidence of what works, and advance the best solutions. We look for solutions that demonstrate rigorous evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and a viable pathway to scale and sustainability.
Proposals are accepted year-round across three stages, from any type of organization, in any country in which USAID operates.
- Stage 1: Proof of Concept (Up to $200,000 – up to 3 years)
- Stage 2: Testing and Positioning for Scale ($200,000 to $1,500,000 – up to 3 years)
- Stage 3: Scaling ($1,500,000 to $5,000,000 – up to 5 years)
In addition to tiered funding, DIV provides evidence grants (up to $1,500,000) to support research and evaluations that generate rigorous evidence of an innovation’s impact per dollar and potential for expansion. These applications are evaluated separately from proposals for tiered funding.
LEARN MORE
- Read about the DIV Modeland Frequently Asked Questions
- Learn how to apply
- Explore the DIV Portfolio(link is external), featuring the innovations we have supported
- Learn about the evidencebehind the DIV portfolio’s impact
CONNECT WITH US
- Follow us on Twitter(link is external)and Facebook(link is external) at @GlobalDevLab and #DIVUSAID(link is external)
- Subscribe to the DIV Innovator Digest(link is external)and Lab Newsletter(link is external)
- Contact us at div@usaid.gov
Source: https://www.usaid.gov/div
