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The BAA - Limodzi Program is a Broad Agency Announcement issued by USAID/Malawi (USAID in Lilongwe) to identify partners that want to work collaboratively on research and development efforts aimed at strengthening citizen engagement and increasing people "s agency to drive change in Malawi. Rather than asking for fully formed project proposals up front, the announcement is designed to bring in a range of capable organizations and companies and then jointly shape the best ideas through a co-creation and co-design process. The overall goal is to test and learn from new approaches to Malawi "s most pressing development challenges, with an emphasis on practical innovation, evidence generation, and solutions that can be adapted, improved, and scaled.
A central feature of the opportunity is partnership formation: USAID/Malawi is specifically seeking participants to collaborate, contribute expertise, and help develop R&D-style interventions in response to the BAA "s problem and challenge statements. The mechanism starts with an Expression of Interest (EOI), which functions as an entry point for both for-profit and non-profit entities, as well as public and private organizations. Eligible applicants are listed as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is broadly open to many types of applicants, including those that may not typically pursue standard grant competitions, provided they can bring relevant ideas, capabilities, networks, or resources.
The BAA strongly emphasizes co-investing and shared resourcing. USAID/Malawi is looking for partners willing to align goals and share responsibility, risk, and inputs. Importantly, the announcement makes clear that co-investment is not limited to cash; it can include in-kind contributions and intangible assets such as staff time and technical expertise, intellectual property, brand value and market presence, high-value coordination capacity, and access to critical relationships, communities, institutions, or data. The expectation is not a strict 1:1 match, but a level and type of contribution that makes sense for the project "s objectives and reflects each partner "s comparative advantage. In other words, the program is structured to support joint problem-solving where each partner brings something meaningful to the table, whether that is funding, knowledge, implementation reach, or innovation capacity.
USAID/Malawi frames the work under two major themes. The first is Catalytic Sustainable Development, described as developing Malawian approaches to Malawian challenges. This theme signals a preference for locally grounded ideas, solutions that reflect Malawi "s context and priorities, and approaches that can catalyze longer-term change rather than short-lived pilot activities. The second theme is Organizational and Institutional Development, focused on strengthening support systems for local development. This points to interventions that improve how local institutions, organizations, and systems function, coordinate, learn, and deliver results, which in turn can enable more durable development outcomes and stronger local ownership.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary and uses an "Other" funding instrument type, which fits the flexible, partnership-driven nature of a BAA. The funding activity category is Community Development and the CFDA number is 98.001. The listing does not specify a stated award ceiling (shown as 0) and does not indicate an expected number of awards, reinforcing that the BAA is more of an open collaboration framework than a conventional fixed-budget grant competition. The original closing date for submissions was May 25, 2018, and the opportunity was created on April 24, 2018, meaning it was time-bound and structured around a defined intake period for expressions of interest.
Overall, the Limodzi Program BAA is best understood as an invitation to jointly develop and test innovative, research-informed development interventions in Malawi, with USAID/Malawi serving as a convenor and co-designer alongside selected partners. The announcement prioritizes flexible collaboration, shared investment, and locally relevant approaches that strengthen citizen engagement and build the systems and institutions that support sustainable development.Apply for 72061218R00006
- The Malawi USAID-Lilongwe in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BAA - Limodzi Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-04-24.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-05-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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