HIF is providing seed funding to encourage the development of multi-disciplinary teams which can generate ideas for collaborative programmes that explore key challenges surrounding GBV in emergencies, and innovative new approaches to overcoming those challenges.

Through this seed funding the HIF is explicitly seeking to build relationships between those in operational humanitarian organisations with recognised experience of GBV, and experts from beyond the sector working in various aspects of innovation and design practice.

For the purpose of the programme, ‘Humanitarian crises’ includes natural disasters, conflicts, and complex emergencies, at the regional, national or sub-national level and primarily within lower or middle income countries.

Proposals should be exploratory in nature and can encompass any area of GBV in emergencies. There is no specific geographic focus for this call.

Proposals could include a broad range of approaches to understanding and tackling the problems faced in addressing and responding to GBV in emergencies. It is envisaged that new partnerships will emerge to generate fresh insights through research and engagement, working through operational agencies present at the field level.

This seed funding may be used for travel, coordination of focus groups to explore new collaborations, partnership building or initial ideation.

Applicants from lower and middle income countries are particularly encouraged to submit applications.

The HIF may be able to provide limited assistance in identifying additional partners with specific skills or expertise, if requested.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• The project consortium must include at least one operational humanitarian organisation with strong experience of GBV in emergencies and one organisation working in various aspects of innovation and design practice.
• Consortia should be diverse and may include research institutions, operational agencies, governmental organisations, individual experts, and local non-government or community based organisations, the private sector, or social enterprises. This list is not exhaustive.
• Each project consortium will have to clearly identify a single lead agency.

SEED FUNDING AVAILABLE