Opportunity Information: Apply for 72062020RFA00004
The Water Resources Management for Enhanced Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WRM-WASH) opportunity is a USAID Nigeria (USAID-Abuja) funding call that invited concept papers under a broader USAID mechanism called the New Partnerships Initiative Global Health Annual Program Statement (NPI GH APS), identified as APS No. 7200AA19APS00013. This particular call was labeled Round 4 and issued as a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) with the number 72062020RFA00004. In practical terms, it was a discretionary funding opportunity in the health assistance space (CFDA 98.001) that aimed to identify strong partner concepts for programming at the intersection of water resources management and WASH outcomes, meaning efforts that improve how water is managed and protected in ways that directly strengthen access to safe water, sanitation services, and hygiene practices.
A key feature of this announcement is that it sits "under existing" USAID partnership structures rather than being a standalone program created from scratch. By running the WRM-WASH call through the NPI GH APS, USAID was using an umbrella solicitation designed to bring in a wider variety of implementers and ideas, often emphasizing newer, non-traditional, or locally rooted partners alongside more established organizations. The Round 4 notice explicitly states it was revised to include all four modalities captured by the NPI GH APS, which signals that applicants had multiple possible partnership or award pathways available under the parent APS rules. While the notice excerpt does not list the modalities themselves, the important takeaway is that USAID broadened the ways an applicant could propose to work with the agency in this round, rather than restricting the call to a single award style or partner type.
From the information provided, the opportunity was categorized as "Discretionary" and used an "Other" funding instrument type, suggesting flexibility in how USAID could structure awards or agreements compared with a single, standard grant format. The eligible applicants field is listed as "Others," which usually implies the competition was not limited only to a narrow set of entity types and may have been open to a broader range of organizations, depending on the parent APS eligibility rules. The activity category is marked as "Health," reinforcing that although the topic is water resources and WASH, USAID framed it within public health outcomes, consistent with the strong links between water safety, sanitation coverage, hygiene behaviors, and disease prevention.
In terms of scale and timing, the award ceiling was listed at up to $25,000,000, indicating USAID anticipated potentially large programming investments for selected concepts. The posting shows an original closing date of April 6, 2020, and a creation date of February 13, 2020, which means prospective applicants had a relatively defined window to prepare and submit concept papers for consideration. The number of expected awards is not specified in the excerpt, so the notice does not clearly indicate whether USAID planned to make one large award or multiple awards under this call.
Overall, WRM-WASH Round 4 functioned as a concept paper solicitation from USAID Nigeria focused on improving WASH results through better water resources management, routed through the NPI Global Health APS framework to widen participation and allow multiple partnership modalities. The essential details are the NOFO number (72062020RFA00004), the parent APS reference (7200AA19APS00013), the USAID operating unit (USAID Nigeria/Abuja), the health-oriented framing (CFDA 98.001), the substantial ceiling amount ($25 million), and the April 6, 2020 deadline for concept paper submissions.Apply for 72062020RFA00004
- The Nigeria USAID-Abuja in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Water Resources Management for Enhanced Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WRM-WASH)" 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 2020-02-13.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-04-06. (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 $25,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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