The United States Government, represented by the Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade (EGAT), Office of Education (ED), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), World Vision, Inc. (WVUS), and World Vision Australia (WVA) (collectively herein “World Vision”), is seeking innovative applications from eligible institutions as defined in the Request for Applications (RFA) to support the program entitled “All Children Reading Competition” (RFA No. SOL-OAA-12-000010). All awards under this RFA will be issued as grants not to exceed US $300,000.

All questions from interested applicants must be submitted to allchildrenreading@usaid.gov no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on December 9, 2011. Applications are due no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on January 31, 2012.

Through a multiyear initiative called All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR), the Founding Partners will collaborate to achieve the goal of global action to improve child literacy. While recognizing that there are many factors required to improve student learning outcomes in primary grade reading, the Founding Partners have established the All Children Reading Competition to focus on two needs that are both important and largely unmet in low- and lower-middle-income countries: teaching and learning materials and education data: Innovations in Teaching and Learning Materials to Improve Student Reading and Innovations in Education Data to Improve Student Reading.

Visit the Grants.gov website for more information about All Children Reading. You can also go to www.grants.gov and search by the grant title or number.