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Call for Large Grant Proposals by the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF)

The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) has announced its third call for large grant proposals. The Fund’s large grant facility, which provides grants from £75,000 – £150,000 for the development, implementation and testing of an innovation, will be open until the 22nd April 2012.

Large grant applications will be processed in two stages:

Applicants are required to submit a short Expression of Interest for an initial eligibility screening before completing a Full Proposal. The deadline for submitting an Expression of Interest is 22nd April 2012.

Eligible applicants will then be invited to submit a Full Proposal for review by the HIF Grants Panel. There is no geographic restriction as to the origin of an applicant. The deadline for the Full Proposal is 10th June 2012.

Application should be sent to applications@humanitarianinnovation.org with the subject line indicating ‘Expression of Interest’ or ‘large grant proposal’.

Please refer to the funding mechanism pages for more information about the grant facility, or download the hard copy here. The application documents can be downloaded here.

Small grant facility: HIF also hosts a small grant facility, which is permanently open for proposals up to £20,000 for the recognition, invention and dissemination of an innovation. Please click here for further information and the application pack.

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The Institute has a resource centre that is open to civil society actors in the region. It serves as a library of civil society documents, research reports and edited volumes that are accessible to both individuals and organisations. The Institute has partnered the Foundation Centre to provide online learning resources and a database of grant giving institutions in the United States of America.

For more info please contact us: resourcecentre@wacsi.org.

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