[opportunities] Fw: ACR Round 2- Funding opportunities for Child literacy initiatives for those interested

[Nguyen Thi Yen Ha]

Dear Opportunity admin,

Could you please circulate this funding opportunities for child literacy? 
Thoese interested in the funding, please follow instruction in the mail of 
World Vision Vietnam leaders below?

Thanks,
Nguyen Thi Yen Ha
National Education Coordinator
Tel: (84)-54-829 407 - 0914 237 486 
5 Tran Thuc Nhan-Hue
www.worldvision.org.vn


Hello friends,

Please see below an update on the current state of World Vision's 
involvement with the All Children Reading Grand Challenge initiative. 
SDOs, please pass on the message below to your respective National 
Directors for their information.


World Vision's investment in the All Children Reading Grand Challenge (ACR 
GC) is yielding results and will ultimately impact our goal of children 
being "educated for life." Several of our National Offices are already 
exploring ways to incorporate our partner grantee's innovated approaches 
into other ADPs.  This partnership with USAID and AusAID has greatly 
strengthened our relationships at an agency level and has also opened new 
doors for our National Directors to engage with their local USAID and 
AusAID missions/posts.  We trust that you will take advantage of this 
unique opportunity.  Included in this email is the ACR Round 1 grantee 
name, country and management entity (attached at end of message).  We 
encourage you not only to meet with USAID and AusAID in-country, but to 
also reach out to other ACR-funded projects to learn more about what they 
are doing. If you would like the name of any grantee point of contact 
and/or USAID Education Advisor in country, please contact Rebecca Leege, 
ACR Grants Officer.

With nearly one year underway in Round 1, the ACR Partners have expanded 
their focus and launched a second competitive funding round. Round 2 will 
have a greater focus on the use of technology to advance early grade 
reading programs, with the primary focus on improving literacy in the 
first three years of primary education through science and tech-based 
improvements in teaching/learning materials and the quality/accessibility 
of educational data. Round 2 will focus on four key areas: language of 
instruction, educational data, community engagement and disability. A 
unique aspect of Round 2 is that, in addition to a general grant 
competition, the ACR GC will be launching several prize challenges. We 
hope to stimulate new innovations through this approach. An initial 
announcement has been placed on grants.gov (
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=All Children 
Reading).  WV National Offices are unable to access funding for the prize 
challenges and grant competitions, as this would represent a conflict of 
interest; however, I strongly encourage you to advise your network to 
engage in this funding opportunity, particularly groups that may not have 
previously worked with the ACR GC. Please feel free to share the 
announcement below with your partners in country.   As before, partners 
who seek funding would be requested to work with WV National offices and 
work in our ADP areas in order to maximize our contribution to the 
well-being of children that we already serve and we have an opportunity to 
learn from them.



USAID, AusAID, and World Vision (US and Australia) anticipate launching a 
second competitive funding round for the All Children Reading Grand 
Challenge for Development (www.allchildrenreading.org) in Fall 2013, which 
will focus on innovative uses of technology to advance the impact, scale 
and/or sustainability of early grade reading programs. The anticipated 
funding options and themes will include A) a grant competition and B) 
prizes to address early grade reading challenges, likely related to 
language of instruction, data, community engagement, and disability. The 
All Children Reading Grand Challenge for Development is one of several 
Grand Challenges for Development (www.usaid.gov/grandchallenges) which 
USAID is supporting with a variety of international stakeholders. The 
Grand Challenges model is designed to inspire passionate and creative 
solutions to problems that have not been effectively addressed by 
traditional approaches. With a focus on robust, relevant, cost-effective, 
and scalable solutions grounded in Science and Technology, a Grand 
Challenge is an opportunity to foster new ideas, engage new actors, and 
advance innovation across the globe. 
 

One last update is that World Vision US, on behalf of the ACR GC Partners, 
has been asked to be the Fund Manager for Round 2.  As the Round 2 Fund 
Manager, WV will provide appropriate coordination, support and management 
of the ACR Round 2 prizes, open calls and corresponding grants with the 
final details being worked out this month. This is a similar role to the 
one USAID formerly held in Round 1. Overall, this is a reflection of WV's 
professionalism in partnership with these agencies as well as the level of 
technical expertise it provides to ACR GC.

For additional information on the ACR GC, please reference the WV Central 
webpage devoted to the ACR GC (
https://www.wvcentral.org/community/edu/Pages/AllChildrenReading.aspx), or 
http://www.allchildrenreading.org./ 
For all inquiries and/or assistance related to ACR, please contact Rebecca 
Leege at rleege at worldvision.org. 
Thank you again for your support in this Partnership initiative.

Sincerely, 
Jai




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