International development funding

Closed: The FCDO invited proposals by 3 October 2025 to conduct an in-depth analysis of start-up funding in East Africa, including Kenya and Tanzania.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Ethiopia and 4 others

Closed: The FCDO invited bids for a Learning Partner to work with implementing partners to drive learning and synthesis efforts and drive collaborative and emergent learning and dissemination.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Ethiopia and 6 others

Closed: the FCDO invited expressions of interest by 21 August 2024 to develop and test community conservation intervention models in Uganda.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Ethiopia and 7 others

Closed: the FCDO invited tenders by 23 August 2024 for a draw-down service to conduct project-level evaluations for the Evidence Fund.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Botswana and 18 others

Closed: The FCDO invited tenders by 15 March 2024 to conduct a systematic review of the effects of climate change and environmental degradation on children's learning in low- and middle-income countries.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Botswana and 18 others

Closed: The FCDO invited bids by 1 March 2024 to conduct secondary research on the effectiveness of feeding children at school in low and middle income countries.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Botswana and 18 others

Closed: Call for proposals by 9 February 2024 for the design and construction of a pilot investment index to mobilise private capital through listed investment products.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Angola and 58 others

Closed: the FCDO invited concept notes by 31 July 2023 for projects in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia that are interdisciplinary, locally-led, and focused on solutions for ecosystem restoration.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Angola and 61 others

Now closed, UK Aid Direct supported small and medium sized civil society organisations, based in the UK and overseas, to achieve sustained poverty reduction and the Global Goals.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Angola and 57 others

Closed: the fund invited applications by 26 May 2023 for solutions that use digital technology, especially mobile, to improve resilience and adaptation to climate change.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Albania and 84 others

Call for concepts to pilot innovative, investible, pollution mitigation concepts in East Africa, waste-to-energy inputs and intercepting by-products.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Ethiopia and 5 others

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…

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Albania and 137 others

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

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Bangladesh and 25 others

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

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Bangladesh and 19 others

Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF) is a challenge fund providing grants for innovations in education, health, early childhood development and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) across Tanzania.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Tanzania

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).

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Kenya and 3 others

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

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Angola and 42 others

AECF awards grants to private sector companies to support new and innovative business models in Africa.

• Fund state: Closed
• Location: Congo (Democratic Republic) and 16 others