The Being Initiative Request for Proposals (RFP) to fund ideas for youth mental health and wellbeing in 12 countries [Deadline Updated]
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We’re funding bold ideas for youth mental health and wellbeing in 12 countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
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Update as of Thursday, June 20, 2024: The new deadline for all Ecosystem Catalyst proposals is Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at 12 PM EDT. Please ensure your submissions are completed by this date. Please note that Seed and Transition-to-Scale proposals will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis.
Focused Funding
We’re funding bold prevention and promotion ideas that address the early drivers of mental health and wellbeing for the most underserved young people aged 10- to 24 in: Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
Being’s funding is guided by specific country priorities determined through locally driven country analyses and consultations with youth, policymakers, local organizations, and mental health experts in our 12 priority countries. We strongly encourage applications from, and will give preference to, youth-led organizations based in the 12 countries.
Available Funding Opportunities
Please review the Request for Proposals document for full details on our available funding and country priorities.
- Proof-of-Concept (POC) Funding
POC funding up to $250,000 CAD will be awarded over 15, 18 or 24 months to early-stage projects that can implement, test and refine solutions to country-specific personal, social, and/or environmental factors impacting young people’s mental health and wellbeing in one of the 12 countries.
- Transition-to-Scale (TTS) Funding
TTS funding between $300,000 CAD and $1,500,000 CAD over 12-48 months will be awarded to support organizations that align with country-specific priorities along their scaling journey to help catalyze their sustainability and impact.
- Ecosystem Catalyst (EC) Funding
EC funding between $200,000 CAD and $300,000 CAD over 24 months will be awarded to organizations that can address priority barriers to scale, such as legislation, evidence, coordination, and mobilize demand for the scale-up of effective solutions in one of the 12 countries.
Eligibility Criteria
All legally incorporated (or the equivalent) organizations based in any country can apply for funding through this RFP. Please note: Only organizations implementing their project in the 12 priority countries, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam, will be considered.
Preference will be given to eligible organizations based on the following order of criteria:
- Youth-led organizations (50% or more of staff in key leadership roles are youth aged 35 and under) based in one of 12 priority countries.
- Organizations based in one of Being’s 12 priority countries.
- Organizations based in any low- and middle-income country partnering with a local organization based in at least one of the 12 priority countries.
- Other eligible organizations.
How to Apply
All applications will involve a two-stage application process:
- Completing a screening questionnaire and submitting a project summary (stage one); and
- Submitting a full project application (stage two). Only those applications that pass screening (stage one) will be invited to submit a full application (stage two).
Please note: Applications will only be accepted through our online application form only accessible via Grand Challenges Canada’s Fluxx Portal https://gcc.fluxx.io. New users must register for an account on Fluxx at least 7 days before an intake deadline.
Current Application Intake Period for Seed and Transition-to-Scale
Applications for Seed and Transition-to-Scale will be accepted on a rolling basis. This means that applications are continually accepted and reviewed at specific intake periods.
Our current intake period is active from May 1 -June 26, 2024. The intake deadline determines when your application will be reviewed, approved or rejected and the start time of your project. You can still apply after an intake deadline; your application will be considered for the next intake period.
- Deadline to register for Fluxx to submit applications for current intake: June 19, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. EDT (3:59 a.m. GMT)
- Current intake deadline for applications: June 26, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. EDT (4:00 p.m. GMT)
The next application intake period will run from June 25, 2024-September 25, 2024.
Application Deadline for Ecosystem Catalyst Grants
All Ecosystem Catalyst proposals must be submitted by Wednesday, August 28, at 12 PM EDT to be considered.
Applications will only be accepted through our online application form only accessible via Grand Challenges Canada’s Fluxx Portal https://gcc.fluxx.io.
Register on Fluxx, our online application portal, by Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at 11:59 PM EDT to secure your chance to apply.
