Transition to Scale and innovation funding
Stage-gated funding for bold ideas in global health and development — including mental health and humanitarian innovation — where evidence generation is a condition of moving to the next stage.
- Indicative award
- $100k–$1M (total award)Seed awards at the low end, with larger transition-to-scale funding for innovations that show results.
- Timing
- Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Calls open periodically by portfolio.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Most calls prioritise innovators based in low- and middle-income countries. Northern institutions typically join as partners.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- global health · stage-gated · humanitarian innovation · scale
- Apply at
- https://www.grandchallenges.ca/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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