Humanitarian Innovation Fund: Invention Project Grants

Research

Funding organisation:

Humanitarian Innovation Fund

What?

Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance under the Humanitarian Innovation Fund invites applications for its invention projects grants. These grants support organizations and individuals who are developing a creative solution or novel idea, which helps address a problem or seize an opportunity in the delivery of effective humanitarian aid. Projects may be any innovation that improves humanitarian practice. The grant amounts maximum £50,000.
Examples of eligible projects:

• Creatively exploring options for different ideas
• Getting feedback from a wide group of people about your initial idea
• Discussing the solution with potential user community to see what they think
• Developing a storyboard to help others visualize your solution
• Determining which ideas are worth developing into prototypes to test
• Building quick and easy prototypes to test out ideas
• Combining different ideas to create one unified solution.

Who?

Single entities or consortia based anywhere may apply. At least one of the partner organizations must be able to demonstrate experience working in humanitarian response.
There is no geographic restriction.

Application?

• Applications must be submitted via cuResearch, through which Departmental and Associate Dean’s approval must be provided to complete the online application process.

More information?

More information can be found on the website of Carleton University.

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail leen.lambrechts@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211269043