GRP Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge 2025 (up to $50,000)

Deadline: January 31, 2025

Applications are open for the GRP Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge 2025. After two profitable rounds of the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge, Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) is happy to be teaming up with Shockwave Foundation and Munich Re Foundation on spherical III. RAIN goals to convert seed-level progressive agricultural concepts which might be assembly resilience wants in East Africa and scale them to sustainable enterprise concepts of curiosity to non-public buyers and funders.

Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) serves as a platform to assist and amplify agricultural improvements in East Africa as they uniquely tackle challenges they face inside their communities. RAIN section I used to be launched at COP27, and the winners had been introduced in January 2024, and RAIN section II was launched at COP 28 with the winners introduced in December 2024.

They are trying for progressive and scalable nature constructive options that drive funding in ecosystems and enhance resilience whereas leading to a stronger and higher context for nature constructive agriculture to flourish. The initiatives should construct resilience for these most impacted by local weather shocks and stresses. They should embody a deal with gender, fairness and human rights, and shield biodiversity. The goal is to determine new progressive agricultural initiatives and supply customised assist to maximise every initiative’s potential for impression.

Prizes

• Winners might be related with potential funders, obtain a tailor-made mentoring program, and communications assist to refine their messaging. In addition, they are going to be invited to an investor discussion board and pitching session in-person or nearly.
• Experts will facilitate a management academy for the shortlisted candidates.
• Lastly, winners will obtain a money prize of up to $50,000 USD after the preliminary mentoring interval and after the management academy.

Eligibility

• Open to not-for-profit organisations throughout public, native civil society, worldwide NGOs and academia, in addition to for-profit organisations, farmers, and entrepreneurs;
• Be primarily based in East Africa (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda).

Application

Complete the applying kind:

For extra data, go to RAIN Challenge.