Closing Date: June 30,2013.

The Rockefeller Foundation and The Tony Elumelu Foundation invite proposals from organizations interested in receiving support for initiatives aimed at fostering Africa’s Impact Economy, specifically by aiding the growth of the Impact Investing industry and social enterprise sector.

Grant Areas: The Africa Impact Economy Innovations Fund (IEIF) will fund projects that seek to:

§  enable earlier stage capital solutions

Priority will be given to projects with specific geographic focus. Funding priorities of the IEIF are influenced by the directions set at the Impact Investing forum (IIF), held on April 5, 2013 and co-hosted by The Rockefeller Foundation, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, and The Bertha Center for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Amount: The IEIF will support approximately 7-8 proposals; interested organizations may apply to the fund for grants for up to 12 months with a maximum request of US$100,000, and may participate in more than one grant proposal.

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Closing Date: June 28, 2013.

The Embassy of Canada is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI). The CFLI is a responsive, flexible program, directly managed by the Embassy in Bangkok, to fund small but visible, high impact, results-oriented projects. Through contribution agreements, the CFLI provides monetary assistance that covers all or a portion of the cost of projects that are comparatively modest in scope, scale and cost and that are usually conceived and designed by local authorities or organizations.

All projects must be consistent with and apply to one or more of Canada’s five priorities for international assistance:

Projects supported by the CFLI should promote gender equality and respect for the environment. Priority will be given to projects which address advancing democracy and ensuring security and stability. 

Eligibility:

Eligible activities must be directly related to the project delivery. The following are examples of eligible types of activities: 

Closing Date: July 30, 2013.

Grand Challenges Canada, which is funded by the Government of Canada, has developed the Stars in Global Health program to support Bold Ideas with Big Impact from the best and brightest talent, both in low- and middle-income countries and in Canada, to use scientific/technical, social and business innovation to address some of the most pressing global health challenges.

The goal of this Request forProposals is to support Bold Ideas for solutions to global health problems from innovators in eligible countries

In the Round 6 Request forProposals, Grand Challenges Canada is seeking to support Bold Ideas with Big Impact that improve global health. Projects may encompass the whole spectrum of global health, including drug discovery, vaccine development, diagnostics, health and medical education, maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases (including cancer and mental health), health-related water and sanitation, and health-related agriculture and nutrition.

Assuming a sufficient number of proposals of merit, it aims to fund 50–100 projects in this round. It anticipates that the proportion of awardees will be at least 65% from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), with the balance from Canada. Awards are valued at $100,000 CAD for up to 18 months to demonstrate proof-of-concept of the idea.

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