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Global Mental Health – Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People
Funding Opportunity
We are excited to announce the Global Mental Health Program has launched its second round of seed funding. Seed grants of up to $250,000 CAD are available for innovations that seek to enhance mental health literacy and/or provide youth-friendly services to address the mental health needs of the most underserved young people, aged 10 to 24 years, in low- and middle-income countries.
Innovations must take a person centered, rights-based approach, and must involve young people and young people with lived experiences of mental health challenges from the outset.
Priority will go to youth-led organizations, defined as organizations where in which fifty percent (50%) or more of the individuals in key leadership positions are youth 35 years of age or under.
Application Deadlines
- November 23, 2021 at 12:00 pm EST (5:00pm UTC) – All applicants MUST register for an account on the Grand Challenges Canada Fluxx Portal by this date. ONLY applicants registered by this date will be eligible to submit an application.
- December 1, 2021 at 12:00pm EST (5:00pm UTC) – All applicants MUST submit an application via Grand Challenges Canada Fluxx Portal by this date to be considered for funding.
Further details related to this funding opportunity are available at:
OPTions Initiative - Next-Generation Methods
Funding Opportunity
We are excited to announce the initiative has launched its third round of funding! Seed grants of up to $250,000 CAD are available for innovations that seek to test and develop next-generation methods of pregnancy termination, menses induction, or conception interruption.
Application Deadlines
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until December 31,2022, or funds are exhausted. Early submissions are advantageous as the call will be closed once funds have been spent.
Please note that the ‘access’ application is now closed. We are no longer accepting applications for this funding stream. ‘Access’ applicants will be notified via email of their application results, please refer to the Request for Proposal for the expected timeline.
Further details related to this funding opportunity are available at: