Dear Colleagues,
I’m pleased to share with you that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Winrock International are soliciting applications for a 24-month grant award or awards to strengthen the private sector commercial distribution of fuel-efficient biomass cookstoves in Kenya. Winrock anticipates awarding one or more grants, individually ranging in size from $250,000 (minimum) to $750,000 (maximum).
This Request for Applications (RFA) encourages non-traditional entrants into the sector in order to increase collaboration and partnerships between cookstove designers/enterprises and entities with expertise in retail, distribution, logistics, and financing. Winrock encourages applicants to propose innovative solutions and partnerships to overcome distribution and financing bottlenecks in the cookstove arena.
This RFA is open to all groups that meet the eligibility requirements set forth in section 3 Applicant Eligibility of the attached RFA. Organizations interested in this funding opportunity should submit to Winrock an application by Friday, April 26, 2013, 5pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) following the guidelines set forth in section 5 Submission Instructions noted in the RFA. Only applicants that meet the eligibility criteria and follow the submission instructions will be reviewed.
If you seek clarification on the information included in this document, please send questions to Katie Gross, kgross@winrock.org and copy Elisa Derby, ederby@winrock.org before April 3, 2013, 5pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) with the subject line “Questions on Kenya Cookstoves Competition.” Winrock will not provide individual responses, but all submitted questions will be compiled and responded to publicly. For that reason, please do not include any proprietary or confidential information in your questions about this solicitation.
Please note that the attached solicitation is also posted online here: http://www.relwa.org/KenyaCookstovesRFA. Please feel free to forward this announcement further.
Best regards,
Elisa Derby on behalf of Katie Gross
Elisa Derby Senior Program Officer
Winrock International | www.winrock.org
office 617.524.0466 | fax 612.233.2394 | e-mail ederby@winrock.org
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