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Open To UK-based non-profit organisations
  • This page provides grants to UK-based civil society organisations and charities for poverty reduction projects in developing countries.

  • Aims to boost girls’ access to education and address the skills deficit in adolescent girls in developing countries. Call for innovative ideas to address this problem and support transitions to employment.

  • Call for proposal for the provision of technical assistance for building data, technology and evidence capabilities in South African cities

  • Closed: Call for Bids to lead the Advocacy and Knowledge components of new Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) programme.

  • Closed: The FCDO invited proposals by 11 November 2022 to establish a commissioning centre and results platform. This will enable more agile and streamlined delivery of FCDO research, and increase impact and value for money …

  • Combines grant capital with expert-led venture-building support, to support Assistive Technology innovators launch and scale solutions in Africa.

  • New Afghanistan Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) seeks project proposals to help reduce localised conflict, support civil society, and protect the rights of Afghans.

  • Closed: The UK Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT) provides rapid, coordinated and appropriate medical assistance in the immediate aftermath of humanitarian disasters.

  • Closed: IDRC offers grants, funding, and awards to researchers and institutions to find solutions for global development challenges.

  • Closed: The GSMA M4D Foundation requires the services of a firm (the “Fund Manager”) to support the GSMA team to manage the full lifecycle of the M4H Innovation Fund with a strong focus on managing risk at every stage of the…

  • Research on capital allocation strategy for emerging/frontier markets, and the role of information asymmetry in shaping capital flows.

  • Closed: Non-profit, impact-first investment vehicle.

  • FCDO’s centrally managed fund for small UK based not-for-profit organisations working with the poor, vulnerable and most marginalised.

  • A Rapid Labour Market Information (LMI) Assessment - To inform potential post-COVID-19 support to South Africa on addressing youth unemployment.

  • Closed: Frontier Technologies is a programme designed to help FCDO apply frontier technologies to development challenges.

  • Closed: UK Aid Connect will support consortia to create innovative solutions to complex development challenges that deliver real change to poor people’s lives.

  • The International Climate Fund (ICF) in BEIS, has allocated up to £2 million for technical assistance activities in Colombia through an open and competitive call for proposals.

  • The BEIS International Climate Fund (ICF) has launched a £2 million call for technical assistance activities in green finance in China.

  • Closed: Transform was a partnership between FCDO and Unilever that pilots and tests innovative business models that meet low income household needs.

  • Closed: FGMC will provide a new round of grants for projects that support governance and market reforms that reduce the illegal use of forest resources and benefit poor people.

  • Closed: The Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) is helping up to a million of the world’s poorest girls improve their lives through education.

  • Closed: SPHEIR is an innovative higher education partnerships programme to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions in FCDO priority countries.

  • To develop and test new ideas that reduce the cost and time of transport and logistics in East Africa. Open to businesses throughout the world that are operating, or will operate, in the East African Community (EAC).

  • The Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) is a multi-donor pooled fund used to support the timely allocation of donor resources to the most urgent humanitarian needs in Somalia

  • Funding for collaborative projects, taking innovative ideas from any sector or discipline to tackle challenges in agriculture.

  • Building community capacity to achieve the human rights of all persons with disabilities.