the IOM Innovation Facility creates an enabling environment to collaborate, ideate and develop innovative solutions that can transform the way we address migration challenges.
The IOM Innovation Facility is a dynamic platform that supports novel and transformative initiatives on migration. By offering seed funding, building innovation capacities, and nurturing an innovation ecosystem, it enables the creation and expansion of impactful and innovative projects. The Facility’s approach centers on fostering partnerships and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, ensuring that innovative ideas can be effectively piloted and scaled to drive system-wide solutions.
We call on innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers to bring forward groundbreaking innovations to address complex and systemic migration-related challenges.
Key Benefits of IOM Innovation Facility
Innovation projects selected through the Facility can receive funding between USD 50,000 and USD 80,000. Maximum duration for each project is 12 months. In addition to the funding, the IOM Innovation Facility offers an ecosystem of services through the Innovation and Knowledge Management unit to maximize development impact of every selected project.
Who Can Apply
All Member States, non-IOM Member States, migrants and their communities are beneficiaries of the Facility. Applications for funding can only be submitted by IOM Offices, or by IOM Headquarters’ departments, in coordination with the relevant Country and Regional Offices.
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Application Process
Applications for the Innovation Facility will be accepted only in English.
Dateline for submission of all applications is October 25th 2024
Learn more about IOM Innovation Facility and how you can apply
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