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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
For More Information
Find all the details for this Request for Proposals on our Opportunities page!
Upcoming Information Session!
Being will be hosting an applicant information session on Tuesday, April 16th at 9:00 A.M. EDT (1:00 P.M. GMT) for applicants seeking to learn more about the RFP’s eligibility, application process and timelines. The information session will be recorded and shared on Being’s website for those who can’t attend.
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].
