Deadline: 30-Jul-23
Does your innovation offer relief, foster resilience and end hunger? Apply for the WFP Innovation Challenge to receive up to USD 100,000 in equity-free funding, mentorship, and access to WFP’s network.
This edition of the WFP Innovation Challenge seeks to identify and support disruptive innovations that address key challenges in the fight against hunger. They are particularly interested in solutions for humanitarian assistance and supply chain resilience as they aim to ensure that every donor dollar goes further in addressing hunger while reducing the need for ration cuts.
WFP encourages all creative and passionate individuals, teams, and organisations to submit their innovative ideas that can help eliminate hunger, build resilience to shocks and stress, improve access to safe and nutritious food, advance equitable livelihoods and youth engagement, strengthen climate change adaptation in food systems, and enable greater resilience for vulnerable communities in an increasingly adverse and unpredictable environment.
WFP’s current innovation priorities are listed below:
- Preparedness and Prevention: Innovations that improve our risk assessment, contingency planning, and proactive strategies to facilitate prompt response to safeguard lives and resources during crises.
- Effective Relief Assistance: Innovations that enable efficient coordination, targeted assistance, and respect for the dignity and rights of affected communities.
- Supply Chain Resilience: Innovations that strengthen our supply chain’s ability to withstand and recover from disruptions, ensuring continuous functionality.
What they Offer?
- Funding: Apply to receive up to $100,000 in equity-free funding, with further funding dependent upon progress and measurable achievement of key targets.
- Access to WFP Operations: Successful teams will work with WFP units on the ground to further develop and refine their solutions.
- Hands-On Support: You’ll have the chance to work with technical and industry mentors who will provide guidance and accelerate your progress. Selected projects will be able to apply for the WFP Sprint Programme, a six-month acceleration programme that may qualify for further funding and support.
- Networking: Teams will be able to tap into and leverage their strong network of public, private, and government partners to accelerate implementation.
What’s in it for me?
- By submitting your solution, you might be selected to attend the next WFP Innovation Bootcamp in November 2023 for 3 days. In addition, your solution may be considered
- for the WFP Sprint Programme, with up to US$ 100,000 in funding, and access to support and insight.
What they are looking for?
- World Food Programme is looking for low and high-tech solutions including digital tools. World Food Programme also encourage strong “wildcard innovations” to apply. Together with the brightest and best minds globally, they will be able to end hunger.
Eligibility Criteria
- If you are a start-up…
- Your start-up must be incorporated at the time of application. It can be for profit or not-for-profit.
- Your innovation must at least be at the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) stage. Proof-of-concept and initial traction is preferred.
- Your solution should be financially viable.
- Your proposal must show how working with WFP will serve your long-term strategy.
For more information, visit WFP.