aps amendment no 5.pdf

U.S. Agency for International Development

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20523 www.usaid.gov

Date: January 10, 2013

Subject: Amendment No. 5 to APS-ASHA-13-000001 for FY 2013 American Schools and

Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) Program Worldwide

A. Background and Purpose of this Amendment

The subject Annual Program Statement (APS) was issued on October 15, 2012, followed by Amendment No. 1, Questions and Answers, issued on October 17, 2012, Amendment No. 2, Additional Question and Answer Clarification, issued on October 31, 2012, Amendment No. 3, Clarification on Application Instructions, issued on November 6, 2012 and Amendment No. 4, Clarification on Application Submission, issued on December 7, 2012. The purpose of this Amendment is to provide an explanation and further clarification regarding application submission.

B. Description of Amendment

Section D. SELECTION PROCESS AND SCHEDULE, D.2., Schedule, DELETE “Applications must be submitted through www.grants.gov. An applicant must first register online with www.grants.gov, and should allow sufficient time to do so. If the applicant has difficulty registering, the applicant should contact the www.grants.gov Help Desk at 1-800-518- 4726 or via e-mail at support@grants.gov for technical assistance.” and REPLACE with

“Applicants may submit their applications by either email at ASHAFY2013APS@usaid.gov or through www.grants.gov application package.

Applications submitted electronically via email must not be sent in .zip format since they are automatically quarantined by USAID’s computer security system. Email and attachments must not exceed 20 MB in size. If your application exceeds the 20 MB limit, multiple emails can be sent in batches, labeled 1 of 3, 2 of 3, etc.

In order to submit an application through www.grants.gov an applicant must first register online with www.grants.gov, and should allow sufficient time to do so. If the applicant has difficulty registering, the applicant should contact the www.grants.gov Help Desk at 1-800-518- 4726 or via e-mail at support@grants.gov for technical assistance. The grants.gov application package includes the SF-424 series along with the capability to upload no more than 27 attachments.

mailto:ASHAFY2013APS@usaid.gov http://www.grants.gov/ http://www.grants.gov/

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Applications can only be submitted either via grants.gov or via email. Applicants can only use one method for submission.”

C. Applicability of Original APS

Except as specifically amended herein, as previously amended, all other terms and conditions of the subject APS remain unchanged and in full force and effect.