Feed the Future Innovation Labs

The U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Food Security is inviting eligible applicants to submit a statement of interest for the Feed the Future Innovation Labs program. The program aims to advance global food security in alignment with U.S. policy through targeted research that meets one or both of the following core objectives: advancing agricultural science and research to increase productivity, mitigating threats to production systems, and supporting food systems to reduce hunger and malnutrition; and increasing demand for individual and household consumption of nutritious, safe foods as part of healthy diets, and improving market pathways and opportunities for government and private sector actors to promote consumption of nutritious and safe foods. • The program will focus on low- to middle-income countries and will prioritize activities and partnerships that unite key elements for impact. • The program will conduct research and development within the Areas of Inquiry, which include Agricultural Systems and Sustainable Intensification of Production, Livestock and Animal Health, Nutrition, Food Systems and Food Safety. • The program will incorporate key themes, including enhanced availability and uptake of improved technologies and practices, private sector engagement, leveraging cutting-edge American technology and innovation, mitigation of production risks and vulnerabilities, and coordination and collaboration with the global agricultural research community. • The program will require a robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework to assess the impacts and effectiveness of programs and inform future U.S. policy and programming decisions.