We’re funding bold ideas for youth mental health and wellbeing in 12 countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
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Information Session (Please note: Ecosystem Catalyst funding information is no longer applicable)
Focused Funding
We’re funding bold prevention and promotion ideas that address the early drivers of mental health and wellbeing for the most underserved young people aged 10- to 24 in: Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam, with a focus on urban and peri urban settings.
Being’s funding is guided by specific country priorities determined through locally driven country analyses and consultations with youth, policymakers, local organizations, and mental health experts in our 12 priority countries. We strongly encourage applications from, and will give preference to, youth-led organizations based in the 12 countries.
Available Funding Opportunities
Please review the Request for Proposals document for full details on our available funding and country priorities.
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 Criteria
All legally incorporated (or the equivalent) organizations based in any country can apply for funding through this RFP. Please note: 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 Being’s 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.
- Other eligible organizations.
How to Apply
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).
Please note: Applications will only be accepted through our online application form only accessible via Grand Challenges Canada’s Fluxx Portal https://gcc.fluxx.io. New users must register for an account on Fluxx at least 7 days before an intake deadline.
Key Deadlines
Register on our online application portal, Fluxx, by Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET (3:59 a.m. GMT) to secure your chance to apply.
Submit your application by Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. GMT).
For More Information
For full application, country priorities, and eligibility details on this request for proposals (RFP) please refer to the full RFP document. For frequently asked questions and the most up-to-date application and reviewing timelines please refer to our FAQs. For all other questions, reach out at [email protected].
Want more insights into the types of innovations we fund? Check out our Innovation Lookbook to learn more about current funded approaches and how your proposal can complement them!
Join our Upcoming Webinar: Taking an Evidence-Based Approach to Bold Ideas in Youth Mental Health
Join us on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 8:00 AM ET (12:00 PM GMT) for a Webinar with Being’s Learning and Support Network provider, Orygen. This session will help applicants understand evidence briefs and how to leverage evidence in mental health innovation to strengthen their proposals. There will be a focus on reviewing the evidence related to prevention and promotion of mental health within schools and an opportunity to hear from successful innovators.
Information Session Recording
Being hosted an applicant information session on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, for applicants seeking to learn more about the RFP’s eligibility, application process and timelines. Watch the information session recording below! (Please note: Ecosystem Catalyst funding information is no longer applicable)
