Nexa Funding Opportunity: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

A challenge fund for locally led solutions helping health systems anticipate and respond to climate-driven health threats: extreme heat, poor air quality and mosquito-borne disease. Transition-to-Scale applications are open.

Indicative award

Amount not published (varies by call)The funder's page does not publish a grant size for this call. Award value is set through the Transition to Scale proposal process; contact climate@grandchallenges.ca.

Timing

Periodic callsPeriodic calls · AugPublished deadline: 2026-08-12 — passedTransition to Scale proposals close August 12, 2026, 2 p.m. ET (6 p.m. UTC) via the Fluxx portal. The Proof of Concept track stopped accepting applications on July 22, 2026.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner, Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty

Eligibility

Work must be based in Africa, Latin America or the Caribbean and locally led. The page describes applicants as local health actors, innovators, policymakers and humanitarian workers; it does not state a specific organisation type, and applications go through the Fluxx portal.

SSWR clusters

Topics

climate and health · global development · early warning systems · locally led innovation

Apply at

https://www.grandchallenges.ca/funding-opportunities/nexa/

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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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Nexa Funding Opportunity: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

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