The USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) team is issuing an Addendum under the GH-BAA-2018 document.

This addendum is entitled "Intelligent Forecasting:
A Competition to Model Future Contraceptive Use" and it seeks to encourage innovation and drive progress

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through intelligent forecasting methods to predict contraceptive consumption at the service delivery level of the public sector health system in Côte d’Ivoire.

This Addendum intends to issue awards under the following two (2) categories:
A) Forecasting Prize One award for best performing model:
20,000 USD prize; One award for second-best performing model:
5,000 USD prize.

B) Field Implementation Grant One award of approximately 100,000-200,000 USD for the most compelling Field Implementation Grant concept note.

Expressions of Interests (EOI) must be submitted to the following online entry platform no later than Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.

(loacal Washington, DC time):
https://competitions4dev.org/forecastingprize All questions, comments, or concerns must be submitted to the following email address no later than Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 11:00am (local Washington, DC time):
forecastingprize@usaid.gov.

Please note, any EOIs submitted to the Questions email address will not be reviewed and will be considered ineligibile for consideration.