Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FAS 10608 0700 25
The FY2025 McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), specifically through its International Food Assistance Division and McGovern-Dole Branch. The program is designed to fund large, multi-year projects that combine food assistance with education and nutrition interventions in developing countries. The overall intent is to strengthen food security, reduce hunger, and improve literacy and primary education outcomes, with a strong emphasis on benefits for girls, while also promoting healthier nutrition and dietary behaviors among children and communities.
Funding will be provided through cooperative agreements, which typically means USDA expects an active partnership role with awardees during implementation rather than a hands-off, standard grant relationship. USDA anticipates making multiple new awards under this announcement, with a total program funding amount not to exceed $240,000,000, depending on the availability of funds. The opportunity forecasts about 8 awards, and the maximum funding per award (award ceiling) is listed as $29,000,000. Projects are expected to run for roughly five years, which signals that applicants should be prepared to propose comprehensive program designs, multi-year procurement and logistics planning, and a monitoring and evaluation approach suitable for long-term outcomes.
The core of every McGovern-Dole project is school feeding, supported through a mix of U.S.-donated agricultural commodities and locally or regionally procured commodities. That school feeding component is not standalone; it is meant to be tied directly to two strategic program objectives. The first objective is Improved Literacy of School-Aged Children, which generally implies activities that increase school participation, attendance, and learning outcomes, and may include education quality supports where appropriate. The second objective is Increased Use of Health, Nutrition and Dietary Practices, which points to interventions that encourage better nutrition behaviors and health practices for children and their households. In addition to these two required objectives, projects are expected to include complementary, context-specific activities that reinforce school feeding and improve the likelihood of sustained educational and nutrition gains. The opportunity description also highlights maternal, infant, and child nutrition programming as part of the toolbox, indicating that proposals can incorporate broader nutrition supports beyond meals at school when justified by local needs and program strategy.
Eligibility is fairly broad compared to many federal opportunities. Eligible applicants include Private Voluntary Organizations (as defined in 7 CFR 1599.2), cooperatives, intergovernmental organizations, governments of developing countries and their agencies, and other organizations. Applicants are directed to consult Section 2.1 of the official funding opportunity announcement for the detailed eligibility requirements and any additional conditions, which is important because programs like this often include specific compliance, registration, responsibility determinations, and demonstrated capacity expectations that go beyond a simple organization type check.
Key administrative details in the source information include the funding opportunity number USDA FAS 10608 0700 25 and CFDA (Assistance Listing) number 10.608, which applicants typically use for internal tracking, registrations, and compliance documentation. The notice was created on January 17, 2025, and the application deadline (original closing date) is April 18, 2025. In practical terms, that timeline suggests applicants should already have, or quickly develop, strong country context analysis, implementation partnerships, supply chain and commodity planning, coordination with local education and health stakeholders, and a clear results framework aligned to the two strategic objectives.
In summary, this opportunity is a large-scale, multi-award USDA/FAS cooperative agreement competition aimed at delivering integrated school feeding and nutrition programming that improves learning and literacy while strengthening health and dietary practices in developing country settings, with total anticipated funding up to $240 million across approximately eight five-year awards and a per-award ceiling of $29 million.Apply for USDA FAS 10608 0700 25
- The Foreign Agricultural Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2025 McGovern-Dole International Food For Education and Child Nutrition Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.608.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-01-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-04-18. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $29,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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