Applications Invited for Funding Bold Ideas for Youth Mental Health in 12 countries

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About the Organization

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.

About the Grant

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, with a focus on urban and peri-urban settings.

Being’s funding priorities have been guided by locally driven country analyses and consultations with youth, policymakers, local organizations and mental health experts. We seek Proof-of-Concept and Transition-to-Scale solutions that address the context-specific drivers of young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

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

Available seed and transition-to-scale funding: -

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 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 will be awarded to support tested mental health promotion and prevention approaches that align with country-specific priorities along their scaling journey to help catalyze their sustainability and impact.

Eligibility

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

Only organizations implementing their project in the 12 priority countries, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam, will be considered.

Preference will be given to eligible organizations based on the following order of criteria:

• 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 Seed and Transition-to-Scale funding opportunities will be accepted until Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. ET (6:00 P.M. GMT).

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 by Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 11:59 P.M. ET (3:59 A.M. GMT).

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