Being Initiative Call for Proposals: Funding Bold Ideas for Youth Mental Health in 12 Countries (Up To $1,500,000 CAD)

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This Request for Proposals (RFP) by Being Initiative invites applications for funding projects focused on addressing the early drivers of mental health and wellbeing for underserved young people aged 10-24 in the below-mentioned countries. The funding is designed to support bold prevention and promotion ideas that tackle mental health challenges in these regions.

The funding is guided by locally-driven country priorities, determined through consultations with youth, policymakers, local organizations, and mental health experts. Preference will be given to youth-led organizations based in these 12 priority countries.

Being Initiative is 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.

Being Initiative Focused Funding

Being Initiative is 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.
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.

Eligibility Criteria for Being Initiative

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 for Being Initiative

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 their 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.

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Application Deadline: January 8, 2025