Opportunity Information: Apply for SA HIV INNOVATIONS 2018
Innovating for HIV Impact: The South African HIV Innovations Accelerator is a USAID grant opportunity (in partnership with PEPFAR-South Africa and South Africa's National Department of Health) designed to speed up progress toward HIV epidemic control in South Africa by funding practical, high-impact innovations. The opportunity is grounded in the scale and complexity of South Africa's epidemic: roughly 7.2 million people were living with HIV at the time of the call, with projections rising to about 7.5 million by 2020. Although South Africa already runs the largest HIV treatment program in the world, with more than 4 million people on antiretroviral therapy (ART), the country set an aggressive national target in early 2018 to add another 2 million people to ART by 2020. This grant is meant to help close the gap between that target and the on-the-ground realities that make it difficult to find, start, and retain people in treatment.
The core problem the Accelerator is trying to solve is that treatment coverage and service availability alone are not enough when demand is weak and systems are strained. Many people living with HIV are still reluctant to test, initiate ART, or remain on lifelong treatment, even though ART both prevents HIV-related illness and reduces onward transmission. At the same time, there are persistent service delivery obstacles and uneven quality across the public sector, along with gaps in strategic information that can limit how effectively programs identify who is falling out of care and why. The opportunity also recognizes broader structural issues shaping the HIV response, including the long-term effects of apartheid, deep income inequality, and a degree of complacency that can set in when programs become routine. USAID is essentially signaling that South Africa needs fresh approaches that can re-energize engagement from individuals, communities, and institutions, and do so fast enough to change epidemic trajectories.
Geographically, the grant frames HIV burden as concentrated and therefore potentially addressable through focused innovation. About 82 percent of the burden is concentrated in 27 of the country's 52 districts, while roughly 31 percent is concentrated in the four largest metropolitan areas. This concentration implies that solutions that work in the highest-burden districts and major metros could move national outcomes quickly, especially if they can be adopted and scaled within existing health structures. The call also highlights continued high rates of new infections, particularly among adolescent girls and young women, underscoring the need for innovations that are responsive to populations facing higher risk and distinct barriers to prevention and care.
What USAID is seeking to fund through the Accelerator are innovative approaches and technologies that "leapfrog" current methods by filling critical gaps related to the national ART scale-up push. Rather than supporting only traditional service expansion, the opportunity supports the further development, refinement, adaptation, testing, introduction, and/or scale-up of solution concepts that can measurably improve South Africa's ability to initiate and maintain an additional 2 million people on ART. In practical terms, that points to interventions that make it easier to diagnose people earlier, link them to care quickly, start treatment without delay, keep them engaged over time, and support adherence and viral suppression. It also suggests innovations that improve the performance of delivery systems and information systems so health programs can find missed populations, reduce drop-off, and respond rapidly to emerging bottlenecks.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Agency for International Development, listed under a health activity category and CFDA number 98.001, using an "Other" funding instrument type. The funding opportunity number is SA HIV INNOVATIONS 2018. The maximum award size (award ceiling) is $1,500,000, and USAID anticipated making around 14 awards, indicating an intent to build a portfolio of multiple solutions rather than betting on a single approach. Eligibility is described broadly as "Others" with additional details referenced in the full eligibility guidance, which typically signals openness to a range of organizations such as NGOs, private firms, research groups, and partnerships, depending on the specific terms in the full announcement.
The timeline and submission process were clearly defined. Submissions opened August 8, 2018 and were due by September 18, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. South Africa Standard Time, submitted through the online application platform at https://sa-hiv-innovations.smapply.io/. Applicants could submit questions by email to Questions-SAHIVInnov@usaid.gov, with answers promised within two business days via an FAQ page on the application platform; the deadline for questions was August 24, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. SAST. Overall, the Accelerator is structured to quickly identify and support innovations that can be tested and scaled in ways that directly contribute to South Africa's urgent ART expansion and broader epidemic control goals.Apply for SA HIV INNOVATIONS 2018
- The Agency for International Development in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Innovating for HIV Impact: The South African HIV Innovations Accelerator" 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 07, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 18, 2018 Questions can be submitted to Questions-SAHIVInnov@usaid.gov. Responses will be posted within two business days to the FAQ link on the application platform. Note that the deadline for submitting questions is August 24, 2018 at 500 p.m. SAST. All submissions will be accepted starting on August 8, 2018, and can be submitted via the application platform found at https://sa-hiv-innovations.smapply.io/ by the close date of September 18, 2018 at 500 p.m. SAST.. (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 $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 14 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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