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Request for proposals for Transition to Scale innovations!

Grand Challenges Canada, through the Being Initiative, is investing in ready-to-scale innovations that address the root causes of young people’s distress before they escalate, strengthening the environments where they live,…

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Bullying in schools is a widespread and urgent issue in Romania. Over 70% of students have witnessed bullying, and cyberbullying continues to increase as young people spend more time online. These experiences can have a lasting impact on youth mental health, and are linked to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and suicidal thoughts.

Schools often lack structured programs to address bullying or promote emotional safety. Without action, students may continue to suffer in silence, disengage from learning, or face long-term psychological harm. Being’s landscape analysis in Romania showed that building safer school environments is critical to supporting Romania’s youth.

Discover more insights from Romania’s landscape analysis—download our report!

What we’re funding in Romania

Proof-of-concept funding:

Proof-of-concept (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.

In Romania, we seek bold Proof-of-concept ideas to prevent bullying, including cyberbullying. These innovative solutions should focus on promoting safe school environments.

Transition-to-scale funding:

Transition-to-scale (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.

In Romania, we seek bold Transition-to-scale ideas to prevent bullying, including cyberbullying. These innovative solutions should focus on promoting safe school environments.

Ecosystem catalyst funding:

Ecosystem catalyst (EC) funding between $200,000 CAD and $300,000 CAD will be awarded to organizations that can address priority barriers to scale, such as legislation, evidence, coordination, and mobilize demand to help mental health initiatives succeed and grow in one of 12 priority countries.

In Romania, we’re funding EC proposals that can engage various national-level stakeholders, including the private sector, with the goal of developing national-level implementation guidance and coordination mechanisms on solutions to prevent bullying, including cyberbullying.  