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International development funding

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Funding for well-established applied global health research partnerships between researchers in the UK and ODA-eligible countries.

  • Funding for partnerships between specialist academic groups in the UK and ODA-eligible countries who wish to expand into the field of applied global health research.

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

  • Aims to catalyse innovative private sector investment to improve and develop regional staple food markets.

  • 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.

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

  • Supports partnerships between UK schools and schools in developing countries to build teachers’ skills and pupils’ understanding of global issues.

  • Aims to encourage private infrastructure investment in developing countries that contributes to economic growth and poverty reduction.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • To improve the quality of electricity, transport, water and telecommunications infrastructure for households and businesses across Africa.

  • 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).

  • 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

  • UK supports the Livelihood and Food Security Fund (LIFT) to increase resilience, income, food security and nutrition of rural people in Burma.

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

  • A pioneering business accelerator which supported early to mid-stage ventures with products to improve the lives of girls in poverty.

  • 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.

  • EAIF is a public-private partnership providing long-term debt finance for construction and development of private infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • The BUSAC fund supports the growth of a competitive private sector in Ghana by improving the business environment.

  • The Southern Africa Trust provides grants to civil society organisations representing the poor through policy development in the region.

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

  • Partnerships and grants to promote good practice in local government in 6 Commonwealth countries.