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International development funding

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The funding finder tool is to help potential applicants to view, sort and filter UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding opportunities, across all UK government departments.

Each funding call will include a high level overview and information on how to apply.

18 funds

18 funds
Which Are Open
For Afghanistan
or Bangladesh
or Congo (Democratic Republic)
or Ethiopia
or Ghana
or Kenya
or Kyrgyzstan
or Liberia
or Malawi
or Mozambique
or Nepal
or Nigeria
or Occupied Palestinian Territories, The
or Pakistan
or Rwanda
or Sierra Leone
or Somalia
or South Sudan
or Sudan
or Tajikistan
or Tanzania
or Uganda
or Yemen
or Zambia
or Zimbabwe
For Climate change
or Disabilities
or Education
or Empowerment and accountability
or Girls and women
or Health
or Livelihoods
or Private sector/business
or Water and sanitation
Open To Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
or UK-based non-profit organisations
or Humanitarian relief organisations
With Value £100,001 to £500,000
or £500,001 to £1,000,000
or More than £1,000,000
  • UK Aid Match

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Afghanistan and 66 others
  • Advancing Gender Equality through support to Women’s Rights Organisations and Movements

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Afghanistan and 129 others
  • Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) research commissioning centre: call for proposals

    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 of R&amp…

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Afghanistan and 27 others
  • Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) programme: reducing plastics pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (research and innovation) 2019 to 2024

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Ethiopia and 5 others
  • Assistive Technology Impact Fund

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Algeria and 52 others
  • UK Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT)

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Afghanistan and 27 others
  • Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) programme

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Algeria and 48 others
  • GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation (M4H) Fund Management

    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 process.

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Afghanistan and 137 others
  • MOBILIST Investor Research on Capital Allocation Strategies

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Angola and 58 others
  • Global Innovation Fund

    Non-profit, impact-first investment vehicle.

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Afghanistan and 26 others
  • UK Aid Connect

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Afghanistan and 24 others
  • Emergency Humanitarian Response Zambia

    Emergency humanitarian support for food security, livelihoods and water in drought affected areas of Zambia.

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Zambia
  • Transform

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Bangladesh and 19 others
  • Human Development Innovation Fund of Tanzania

    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: Open
    • Location: Tanzania
  • Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reform

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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Afghanistan and 20 others
  • Logistics Innovation for Trade

    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: Open
    • Location: Kenya and 3 others
  • Common Humanitarian Fund for Somalia

    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

    • Fund state: Open
    • Location: Somalia
  • The Agri-Tech Catalyst

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

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