The Grand Challenges family of initiatives fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems. See below for Grand Challenges and related grant opportunities.

Grant Opportunities

Grand Challenges Canada’s <a href="https://www.grandchallenges.ca/programs/stars-in-global-health/" target="_blank">Stars in Global Health</a> program is seeking bold ideas that will improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, adolescents, children and LGBTQI+ people in Sub-Saharan Africa. The bold ideas are expected to improve the access, use and quality of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education and services and to be resilient to pandemic control measures. Successful proposals will be awarded seed grants of up to $100,000 CAD for up to 12 months to develop and test the proposed innovation.

Grand Challenges Canada

Stars in Global Health (Round 11)

Grand Challenges Canada’s <a href="https://www.grandchallenges.ca/programs/stars-in-global-health/" target="_blank">Stars in Global Health</a> program is seeking bold ideas that will improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, adolescents, children and LGBTQI+ people in Sub-Saharan Africa. The bold ideas are expected to improve the access, use and quality of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education and services and to be resilient to pandemic control measures. Successful proposals will be awarded seed grants of up to $100,000 CAD for up to 12 months to develop and test the proposed innovation.

Grand Challenges Canada’s <a href="https://www.grandchallenges.ca/programs/stars-in-global-health/" target="_blank">Stars in Global Health</a> program is seeking bold ideas that will improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, adolescents, children and LGBTQI+ people in Sub-Saharan Africa. The bold ideas are expected to improve the access, use and quality of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education and services and to be resilient to pandemic control measures.

The <a href="https://www.isdb-engage.org/en/page/home-en" target="_blank">Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group</a>, under its Transform Fund Call for Innovation 2021 (Fourth Call), has launched a call for proposals entitled: Building Resilience through Innovation in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This call focuses entirely on supporting Member Countries' responses to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic with the aim of building a stronger, more resilient, and prosperous future.

Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group

Building Resilience through Innovation in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, under its Transform Fund Call for Innovation 2021 (Fourth Call), has launched a call for proposals entitled: Building Resilience through Innovation in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This call focuses entirely on supporting Member Countries' responses to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic with the aim of building a stronger, more resilient, and prosperous future.