Up to €4 Million for Innovative Projects Tackling Poverty & Inequality – FID

The Fund for Innovation in Development (FID) provides grant funding for innovative solutions designed to reduce poverty and inequality in low- and middle-income countries.

Funding is available across different stages of development, from testing an early innovation in real-world conditions through to rigorously evaluating its impact and scaling proven solutions.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Up to €4 million in grant funding

• Up to €200,000 for Pilot projects

• Up to €1.5 million for rigorous Impact Evaluation

• Up to €4 million for Scaling Up proven innovations

• Up to €500,000 for Innovation and Public Policy projects

• Up to €500,000 for Evidence and Public Policy projects

• Funding available across all sectors

• Support for innovative approaches to reducing poverty and inequality

• Funding tailored to the maturity and evidence behind each project

• Opportunity to test innovations in real-world conditions

• Support for projects generating rigorous evidence of impact

• Funding to help successful solutions expand and reach significantly more people

FID particularly looks for innovations that demonstrate strong potential for impact, cost-effectiveness and long-term scalability and sustainability.

Who can apply?

A wide range of organisations and teams can apply, including:

• NGOs and nonprofit organisations

• Companies and businesses

• Universities

• Research institutions

• Public institutions

• Governments and other public-sector organisations

• Other legally constituted organisations

• Organisations applying independently or as part of a consortium

Applicants can be registered in countries around the world, but the project itself must be implemented in an eligible low- or middle-income country.

Projects can operate across virtually any sector, provided they demonstrate the potential to improve the lives of people experiencing poverty or inequality.

Individuals and international or multilateral public organisations are not eligible to apply.

Projects implemented in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are also currently excluded from the call.

Funding: Up to €4 million, depending on the project's stage of development and evidence of impact.

Deadline: No deadline – applications are open throughout the year.

Applicants can submit a proposal at any time through FID's continuously open call for projects.