Global innovation fund

The Global Innovation Fund invites proposals for its innovation projects. Funding supports innovative, cost-effective solutions that address any major development challenge in any country or countries in the developing world. The following types of funding are available:

•pilot grants, worth up to USD 230,000, for early-stage development of small scale innovations;

•test and transition grants, worth up to USD 2.3 million, for innovations that are past the pilot stage and are ready to be tested for impact and cost-effectiveness;

•scaling up grants, worth up to USD 15m, for proven, transformative innovations that are operationally, financially, socially or politically viable.

Social enterprises, for-profit and non-profit organisations, government agencies, international organisations and individual researchers based in any country may apply.

No deadline.