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Innovating against poverty and inequality

The Fund for Innovation in Development aims to support promising ideas with high potential for impact against poverty and inequality, rigorously evaluate their effectiveness and accelerate their deployment on a larger scale.

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Introduction

Evaluating innovative initiatives in synergy with the academic world

FID finances innovative initiatives led by all types of organisations including research institutions, NGOs, governments, companies, etc. Its unique funding methodology by incremental stages is adapted to the different phases of implementation and evaluation of innovations. This facilitates the deployment of solutions with rigorously tested and validated impacts.
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Our Missions

Supporting the innovation cycle of projects

FID provides support through a grant process structured in five stages, which correspond to the different phases of conceiving, validating, and deploying an innovation.

Acting as leverage for scale

FID supports the expansion of emerging or growing innovations by supporting the scaling up of proven solutions.

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Encouraging innovation wherever it comes from

FID accepts applications from all types of organisations. Only projects led by individuals or multilateral organisations are not eligible to apply.

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Our results

Key figures

  • 3400


    applications received since the opening of the call for proposals

  • 86


    innovative projects funded since 2021

  • 40,4M €


    committed by FID since 2021

  • 63%


    of projects funded in FID’s priority sectors: climate, gender, education, health

The projects

86supported innovations

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Empowering women in India through financial independence

India

Gender equality

Etudiants

A media experiment to reduce Intimate partner violence in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Gender equality

Etudiantts qui discutent

A sustainable housing solution for climate-displaced communities in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Climate

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A data lab to transform governance and enhance public service delivery in Togo

Togo

Democracy and Governance

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Voice AI chatbot provides farming advice in Senegal

Senegal

Agriculture

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An educational technology initiative for enhancing secondary education in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Education

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Scaling village input fairs to improve agricultural access in Ghana

Ghana

Agriculture

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Promoting gender equality and changing social norms through youth engagement in Benin

Benin

Gender equality

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Latest news

All our latest news

Scaling-up HIV self-testing to improve access to screening in Côte d’Ivoire

Projects funded by FID

29 novembre 2024

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Consultancy for Benchmarking and Strengthening Cost Evidence Practices in Development Innovation

18 novembre 2024

An innovative solution in Laos to combat malnutrition

Projects funded by FID

16 octobre 2024

Three innovative mental health projects in Africa and India

Projects funded by FID

10 octobre 2024

Jeunes en groupe

The Summer School “Development Methodologies”, a week focused on impact evaluation

08 juillet 2024

Stage 3 of the Fund for Innovation in Development: fast-tracking the scale-up of innovative solutions

FID Information

29 mai 2024

3 questions with Folake Owodunni on emergency care in Nigeria

Projects funded by FID

03 avril 2024

Agents de secours communautaires

Electric cooking to combat deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park

Projects funded by FID

18 mars 2024

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