Feed the Future Innovation Labs

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: February 20, 2026

Close date: April 3, 2026

Opportunity ID: 361339

Opportunity number: DFOP0017826

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Office of Global Food Security

Agency code: DOS-GFS

Award floor: $20,000,000

Award ceiling: $40,000,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
  • Agriculture
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:dos_gfs
  • category_of_funding_activity:agriculture
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

The Department of State invites eligible applicants for Feed the Future Innovation Labs to advance global food security in alignment with U.S. policy through targeted research that meets one or both of the following core objectives: (1) Advances agricultural science and research to increase productivity, mitigate threats to production systems, and support food systems to reduce hunger and malnutrition through enhanced supply of nutritious and safe foods; and/or (2) Increases demand for individual and household consumption of nutritious, safe foods as part of healthy diets, and improves market pathways and opportunities for government and private sector actors to promote consumption of nutritious and safe foods.

Feed the Future Innovation Labs
The Department of State invites eligible applicants for Feed the Future Innovation Labs to advance global food security in alignment with U.S. policy through targeted research that meets one or both of the following core objectives: (1) Advances agricultural science and research to increase productivity, mitigate threats to production systems, and support food systems to reduce hunger and malnutrition through enhanced supply of nutritious and safe foods; and/or (2) Increases demand for individual and household consumption of nutritious, safe foods as part of healthy diets, and improves market pathways and opportunities for government and private sector actors to promote consumption of nutritious and safe foods.
[Forecasted] Feed the Future Innovation Labs
Forecasted
Office of Global Food Security
Agriculture
Cooperative Agreement
Others
2026-02-20