Projects funded by FID
Three innovative mental health projects in Africa and India
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.
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.
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.
Our results
Key figures
3400
applications received since the opening of the call for proposals
79
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
79supported innovations
Discover all the projectsPromoting gender equality and changing social norms through youth engagement in Benin
Benin
Gender equality
A training method to prepare students and teachers for responding to school-related gender-based violence in Nigeria
Nigeria
Education
A new postal address system to optimize waste collection and boost tax revenues in the Gambia
Gambia
Democracy and Governance
Latest news
All our latest newsConsultancy for Benchmarking and Strengthening Cost Evidence Practices in Development Innovation
18 novembre 2024
Stage 3 of the Fund for Innovation in Development: fast-tracking the scale-up of innovative solutions
FID Information
29 mai 2024
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