The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in the use of mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges.
This funding round will test new technical solutions, catalyse ideas to improve or transform institutional systems, and enable solutions to empower, assist or protect individuals and communities affected by complex emergencies and forced displacement.
WORTH
The support package includes:
- Grant funding between £100,000 and £300,000.
- The funding requires between 30% and 50% match funding (see 8) dependant on the requested amount.
- Mentoring on the use of mobile technology (note: for highly technical projects the Fund may be able to seek advice or facilitate with GSMA’s technology teams).
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must:
- Be able to provide formal evidence of a partnership (e.g. contract/MoU) with one or more eligible organisation(s) where the collaborating partners will be involved in implementing the grant project.
- Clearly demonstrate how the proposed project meets one of the Fund’s five focus areas
- Have a minimum viable product / solution (grant funding cannot be spent on Research and Development at ideation stage.
- Have the necessary rights / permissions required to operate in the selected implementation area as relevant (i.e. refugee settlements)
- Commit to providing the required match funding for the selected grant type
- Be in satisfactory financial health, have adequate financial systems and human resource capacity to implement the grant project. GSMA may require the applicant to undergo a pre-selection assurance review. Such review, if required will be conducted by an independent organisation chosen by GSMA.
The Fund is open to eligible global or national organisations and companies whose projects are implemented in the following regions:
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Asia and the Pacific
- Middle East and North Africa
- Latin America
To apply and for more information visit here
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