RFP - Funding Bold Ideas for Youth Mental Health in 12 countries

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About the Organization

9 out of 10 young people globally live in low- and middle-income countries. Being was created to address their ongoing mental health challenges.

Discover why we prioritize youth mental health, our vision and values, and learn more about our partners, the Youth and Lived Experience Advisors, who are helping shape our approach and our Council!

Being envisions a world where young people feel well and thrive.

We work with young people to improve their mental health and wellbeing through research, innovation and ecosystem building, with a focus on prevention and promotion in 12 priority countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.

Young people are at the core of our work. We aim to engage with them as partners in a collaborative, rights-based, participatory, and inclusive way and centre their voices and needs in everything we do.

About the Proposal

Being is a global mental health initiative envisioning a world where young people feel well and thrive. We work with young people to improve their mental health and wellbeing through research, innovation and ecosystem building, with a focus on prevention and promo Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.

We are looking to fund bold prevention and promotion ideas that address the early drivers of mental health and wellbeing for the most underserved 10- to 24-year-olds.

Being’s funding priorities have been guided by locally driven country analyses and consultations with youth, policymakers, local organizations, and hhhhhhhhhhhhWe seek Proof-of-Concept and Transition-to-Scale solutions that address the context-specific drivers of young people’s mental health and wellbeing. We are also funding Ecosystem Catalyst projects that address the systemic barriers that prevent the sustainable implementation and integration of mental health and wellbeing promotion and prevention initiatives.

We strongly encourage applications from, and will give preference to, youth-led organizations based in the 12 countries.

Proof-of-Concept (POC) Funding

We're looking to fund innovative ideas to address the prevention and promotion of mental health targeted to young people aged 10-24 in 12 priority Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.

POC funding up to $250,000 CAD will be awarded over 15, 18 or 24 months to early-stage projects that can implement, test and refine solutions to country-specific personal, social, and/or environmental factors impacting young people's mental health and wellbeing in one of the 12 countries.

Transition to Scale (TTS) Funding

We're looking to fund tested mental health promotion and prevention approaches targeting young people aged 10-24 in Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam, with positive results and significant potential to achieve high impact.

TTS funding between $300,000 CAD and $1,500,000 CAD over 12-48 months will be awarded to support organizations that align with country-specific priorities along their scaling journey to help catalyze their sustainability and impact.

Ecosystem Catalyst (EC) Funding

We’re looking to fund ecosystem-level efforts that address the broader systemic barriers currently hindering the sustainable implementation of youth mental health and wellbeing prevention and promotion initiatives in Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.

EC funding between $200,000 CAD and $300,000 CAD over 24 months will be awarded to organizations that can address priority barriers to scale, such as legislation, evidence, coordination, and mobilize demand for the scale-up of effective solutions in one of the 12 countries. As system-level changes often require the action of multiple partners, preference will be given to applications that draw on or build from partnerships across relevant groups, e.g. civil society, government, research, etc.

Eligibility

All legally incorporated (or the equivalent) organizations based in any country can apply for funding through this RFP.

• Youth-led organizations (50% or more of staff in key leadership roles are youth aged 35 and under) based in one of 12 priority countries;
• Organizations based in one of the 12 priority countries;
• Organizations based in any low- and middle-income country partnering with a local organization based in at least one of the 12 priority countries;
• Any other eligible organizations.

How to Apply

Applications for all three types of funding opportunities will be accepted on a rolling basis.

This means that applications are continually accepted and reviewed at specific intake periods until the total funding allocated for each opportunity has been awarded. For current intake deadlines visit our website.

All applications will involve a two-stage application process:

Completing a screening questionnaire and submitting a project summary (stage one); and

Submitting a full project application (stage two).Only those applications that pass screening (stage one) will be invited to submit a full application (stage two).

Applications will only be accepted through our online application form only accessible via Grand Challenges Canada’s Fluxx Portal https://gcc.fluxxfff Existing users should login to their account and new users must register for an account on Fluxx at least 7 days before an intake deadline. See Appendix D in the full RFP document for detailed information on how to access Fluxx Portal.

For questions or technical issues related to the Fluxx portal, contact Grand Challenges Canada’s Fluxx Technical Support team at: http://www.grandchallenges.ca/fluxxsupport/.

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