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    USAID uses new contracting technique to try to lower barriers to entry

    The U.S. Agency for International Development started leveraging the collaborative model of the Broad Agency Announcement 18 months ago, and the approach, which is designed to bring in nontraditional partners in a new type of procurement process, is gaining traction.

    By Catherine Cheney // 02 May 2016

    On Friday the United States Agency for International Development started accepting applications for a $30 million grand challenge calling on innovators to submit ideas to combat Zika and “the disease threats of tomorrow.”

    “To get ahead of infectious diseases like Zika, we need to move quickly to find and scale new tools and transformative solutions," USAID Administrator Gayle Smith said in a statement.

    The grand challenge is an addendum to the to the USAID Development Innovation Accelerator Broad Agency Announcement for Global Health, and is an example of how the agency is increasingly turning to a contracting technique used elsewhere in the U.S. government to see if the model might work to involve new actors in addressing development challenges.

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      Catherine Cheney is the Senior Editor for Special Coverage at Devex. She leads the editorial vision of Devex’s news events and editorial coverage of key moments on the global development calendar. Catherine joined Devex as a reporter, focusing on technology and innovation in making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining Devex, Catherine earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale University, and worked as a web producer for POLITICO, a reporter for World Politics Review, and special projects editor at NationSwell. She has reported domestically and internationally for outlets including The Atlantic and the Washington Post. Catherine also works for the Solutions Journalism Network, a non profit organization that supports journalists and news organizations to report on responses to problems.

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