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International development funding

17 funds
Which Are Open
For Rwanda
For Climate change
or Livelihoods
Open To Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
or Companies
or Local government
or Educational institutions
  • This page provides grants to UK-based civil society organisations and charities for poverty reduction projects in developing countries.

  • 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…

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

  • This National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funding call is seeking research proposals to investigate how health services can adapt to disruption caused by extreme weather events in low and middle income countries.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Africa Agriculture Development Company (AgDevCo) invest debt and equity in African Agribusinesses to create jobs, improve food security and boost prosperity.

  • 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).

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

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

  • Offers incentive payments, on the basis of results achieved, to businesses which deliver pre-specified outputs within the low-carbon off-grid energy sector.

  • Partnership opportunities for companies developing innovative business models that offer both commercial success and development impact.