USAID 2023 Emerging Health Threats Division, Innovations (Up to US$200,000)

Published: 20 Jul 2023

In partnership with USAID, Project Last Mile is seeking to identify enterprises that demonstrate a proven or promising innovation to address emerging disease prevention and/or control, are poised for growth, and would benefit from Project Last Mile’s technical assistance.

To support USAID Global Health Security (GHS) objectives, this program will aim to identify and strengthen market entry and scale-up of health innovations that can strengthen prevention, detection, and/or response for infectious disease threats around the world.

Solutions should focus on late-stage development of a small form factor biomedical technology and support the following GHS Program objectives:

• Reduced spillover of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in humans or animals from
  which zoonotic pathogens spillover;
• Improved detection and/or identification of potential or real pathogens associated with
  EIDs; and/or
• Improved understanding of the epidemiology of EIDs among humans, animals, insects,
  and/or the environment.

USAID Emerging Health Threats Division, Innovations

Application Deadline	July 28, 2023
Funding Type	Partially Funded
Type	College School
Sponsor	VC4A
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of USAID Emerging Health Threats Division, Innovations

Each enterprise will be matched with a PLM Subject Matter Expert (SME) and will gain one-on-one technical advice, coaching, and mentoring support to design a solution to a key business challenge being faced by the enterprise. Enterprises may also be eligible for up to a maximum of US$200,000 in grant funding, in addition to separate technical assistance.

Requirements for USAID Emerging Health Threats Division, Innovations

Solutions may include any new / emerging technologies, products, processes, or approaches  that can support the key program objectives outlined below:

• Prevent disease outbreaks
• Detect threats early
• Respond rapidly and effectively when outbreaks occur

Application Deadline

July 28, 2023

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to VC4A on vc4a.com to apply