Opportunity Information: Apply for 7200AA20APS00008
YouthPower 2: Youth Excel Addendum is a USAID funding opportunity released under the broader YouthPower 2 Annual Program Statement (APS) that focuses on strengthening youth-led and youth-serving organizations so they can lead and use high-quality implementation research to improve youth programming. USAID frames this addendum around a long-running agency priority to invest in youth development across multiple sectors such as education, health (including reproductive health and voluntary family planning), agriculture, environment, economic growth, and democracy and governance. Even with that history, USAID notes an ongoing gap: youth are still not consistently treated as full partners in development efforts, and many local organizations closest to young people need more support to play that role effectively.
The opportunity is motivated by lessons from earlier USAID youth programming that funded small, youth-led learning and implementation grants in low- and middle-income countries. Those efforts generated practical, on-the-ground insights related to positive youth development, but they also revealed common capacity constraints among newer, locally rooted youth organizations. USAID specifically highlights gaps in research knowledge and skills, including how to design and conduct research, analyze data, and share findings in ways that meaningfully inform future programming. The addendum emphasizes that building these capabilities takes time and typically requires hands-on mentoring, as well as strong management and technical guidance from more experienced partners.
Concept notes submitted under the Youth Excel Addendum are expected to align with the overarching YouthPower 2 theory of change and the addendum-specific logic: if youth-led and youth-serving partners improve their ability to carry out quality youth-led implementation research, if they strengthen their ability to shape and learn from a research agenda that improves programming, and if research findings are effectively synthesized and disseminated, then these local partners will be better positioned to improve and sustain positive outcomes for youth while contributing to development priorities at local, national, and global levels. In practical terms, USAID is looking for approaches that not only generate evidence, but also leave behind stronger local institutions that can continue doing this work, attract future funding, and translate learning into better programs.
Structurally, this is not a standalone Request for Applications. It is a request for concept notes under an existing Annual Program Statement, meaning applicants first submit a concept note that must fully follow both the addendum instructions and the underlying YouthPower 2 APS requirements. After reviewing concept notes, USAID (through the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment, Office of Education) decides whether to invite selected applicants to submit a full application. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial involvement by the agency during implementation, and the activity category is listed as education, reflecting the office managing the opportunity and the emphasis on learning, research use, and capacity development.
Key funding details include an estimated award ceiling of up to $30,000,000 total, with USAID anticipating a single award. Eligibility is broadly described as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of entity types may apply, subject to any clarifications in the full APS/addendum text. The opportunity was originally posted with a creation date of March 31, 2020, and an original closing date of April 30, 2020. Overall, the Youth Excel Addendum is best understood as a targeted effort to move beyond one-off youth research grants and instead build durable, locally led research and learning capacity that can consistently improve youth-focused development programming at scale.Apply for 7200AA20APS00008
- The Agency for International Development in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "YouthPower 2: Youth Excel Addendum" 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 Mar 31, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 30, 2020. (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 $30,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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