[Stoves] FW: USAID-Winrock Kenya Cookstoves RFA released!

[Gross, Katie]

Hi Erin,

Please forward to the stoves list.

Thanks!
Katie

 

 

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 at winrock.org and copy Elisa Derby
ederby at 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,

Katie Gross

 

 

 

 

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