Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FAS MGD 17
The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program is a U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative run through the Foreign Agricultural Service that supports school feeding and related education-improvement efforts in developing countries. The core purpose of the opportunity is to provide both financial and technical assistance that helps improve educational outcomes, strengthen food security, and support the health and nutrition of school-age children, with a clear emphasis on reaching girls, who are often disproportionately affected by barriers to schooling and adequate nutrition. In practice, projects funded under this program typically combine food assistance with activities that make it easier for children to attend school, stay in school, and learn effectively, while also improving diet quality and overall child well-being.
This opportunity is issued as a cooperative agreement (rather than a simple grant), which usually means the U.S. government expects to have substantial involvement during implementation, such as ongoing coordination, monitoring, and technical engagement. The funding opportunity is identified as "USDA FAS MGD 17" under CFDA number 10.608, and it falls across multiple activity areas including agriculture, community development, education, and other related sectors. The program is designed to be implemented through formal agreements with a range of partners that have the capacity to run school feeding and education-support projects on the ground.
Eligible applicants include private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, intergovernmental organizations, and foreign governments. These are the types of entities that typically have established field operations, relationships with host-country education systems, and the logistical capability to deliver food assistance and complementary services in school settings. The opportunity anticipates making about seven awards. The original closing date listed for applications was January 19, 2017, with a creation date of October 24, 2016. An award ceiling amount is not specified in the provided source data, which suggests that applicants would need to consult the full notice for any country- or project-specific funding limits, budget ranges, or commodity allocations that may have been defined elsewhere in the full announcement.
Overall, the program is aimed at improving access to education and learning conditions by addressing hunger and malnutrition as direct obstacles to attendance and performance. By focusing on school-age children and highlighting girls as a priority population, the opportunity reflects an approach that links nutrition and education outcomes, often with broader ripple effects for community resilience and long-term development.Apply for USDA FAS MGD 17
- The Foreign Agricultural Service in the agriculture, community development, education, other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "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 2016-10-24.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-01-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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