Being Initiative Request for Proposals: Up to $1.5M CAD to Fund Youth Mental Health Innovation in 12 Countries
Being Initiative funding daring concepts for youth psychological well being and wellbeing in 12 international locations: Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
Focused Funding
We’re funding daring prevention and promotion concepts that handle the early drivers of psychological well being and wellbeing for probably the most underserved younger folks aged 10- to 24 in: Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam, with a concentrate on city and peri city settings.
Being’s funding is guided by particular nation priorities decided by means of domestically pushed country analyses and consultations with youth, policymakers, native organizations, and psychological well being consultants in our 12 precedence international locations. We strongly encourage functions from, and can give choice to, youth-led organizations based mostly in the 12 international locations. Â
Available Funding Opportunities
Please assessment the Request for Proposals document for full particulars on our out there funding and nation priorities. Â
Proof-of-Concept (POC) Funding
We’re wanting to fund progressive concepts to handle the prevention and promotion of psychological well being focused to younger folks aged 10-24 in 12 precedence Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
POC funding up to $250,000 CAD shall be awarded to early-stage initiatives that may implement, check and refine options to country-specific private, social, and/or environmental elements impacting younger folks’s psychological well being and wellbeing in one of many 12 international locations.
Transition-to-Scale (TTS) FundingÂ
We’re wanting to fund examined psychological well being promotion and prevention approaches focusing on younger folks aged 10-24 in Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam, with constructive outcomes and vital potential to obtain excessive affect.
TTS funding between $300,000 CAD and $1,500,000 CAD shall be awarded to help examined psychological well being promotion and prevention approaches that align with country-specific priorities alongside their scaling journey to assist catalyze their sustainability and affect.
Eligibility Criteria
All legally integrated (or the equal) organizations based mostly in any nation can apply for funding by means of this RFP. Please notice: Only organizations implementing their venture in the 12 precedence international locations, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam, shall be thought of. Â
Preference shall be given to eligible organizations based mostly on the next order of standards:
- Youth-led organizations (50% or extra of workers in key management roles are youth aged 35 and underneath) based mostly in considered one of 12 precedence international locations.
- Organizations based mostly in considered one of Being’s 12 precedence international locations.
- Organizations based mostly in any low- and middle-income nation partnering with a neighborhood group based mostly in a minimum of one of many 12 precedence international locations.
- Other eligible organizations.
How to Apply
All functions will contain a two-stage application course of:
- Completing a screening questionnaire and submitting a venture abstract (stage one); and
- Submitting a full venture application (stage two). Only these functions that go screening (stage one) shall be invited to submit a full application (stage two).
Please notice: Applications will solely be accepted by means of our on-line application type solely accessible through Grand Challenges Canada’s Fluxx Portal https://gcc.fluxx.io. New customers should register for an account on Fluxx a minimum of 7 days earlier than an consumption deadline.  Â
Key Deadlines
Register on our on-line application portal, Fluxx, by Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET (3:59 a.m. GMT) to safe your probability to apply.
Submit your application by Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. GMT).Â
For More Information
For full application, nation priorities, and eligibility particulars on this request for proposals (RFP) please refer to the full RFP document. For often requested questions and probably the most up-to-date application and reviewing timelines please refer to our FAQs. For all different questions, attain out at info@being-initiative.org.
Want extra insights into the varieties of improvements we fund? Check out our Innovation Lookbook to be taught extra about present funded approaches and the way your proposal can complement them!
Join our Upcoming Webinar: Taking an Evidence-Based Approach to Bold Ideas in Youth Mental Health
Join us on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 8:00 AM ET (12:00 PM GMT) for a Webinar with Being’s (*12*) supplier, Orygen. This session will assist candidates perceive proof briefs and the way to leverage proof in psychological well being innovation to strengthen their proposals. There shall be a concentrate on reviewing the proof associated to prevention and promotion of psychological well being inside faculties and a possibility to hear from profitable innovators.
Important Links
Request for Proposals (RFP)Â Last Updated on April 7, 2025
RFP Summary for Seed and Transition-to-Scale Funding
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)Â Last Updated on April 7, 2025
Information Session (Please notice: Ecosystem Catalyst funding data is not relevant)
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