Deadline: 13-Oct-2025
The Innovation Initiative of the India Humanitarian Hub is hosted by Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society a not-for-profit organisation that enables community resilience through practical solutions in disaster readiness, response, and recovery.
SEEDS India has opened its Call for Innovations 2025, offering a chance for changemakers to turn bold ideas into action in response to climate change, disaster risk, and community resilience. This initiative seeks proposals that bring new solutions, concepts, or approaches to help vulnerable communities adapt and respond more effectively to environmental challenges.
Innovations could range across sectors — from nature‑based solutions, early warning tools, infrastructure design, to risk‑informed livelihood opportunities. SEEDS is interested in ideas that are locally rooted, practical to implement, and with potential for scaling or replication. They want solutions that not only address immediate needs but build long‑term resilience in communities prone to disasters.
Applicants should bring forward ideas that are well‑thought through: the problem must be clearly defined, the innovation must be described in enough detail, with realistic implementation plans. Budgets must be robust and transparent, with consideration for sustainability. Community participation and ownership are expected; the innovations should involve people whose lives will be impacted, to ensure relevance and effectiveness.
SEEDS is likely to offer support in the form of funding grants, mentorship, and opportunities for strengthening capacities in innovation design, monitoring and evaluation. Selected innovators will get support to test, pilot, and refine their ideas, hopefully moving from prototype or pilot stage to scale.
For organisations or individuals interested in applying, it makes sense to think about what impact you want to achieve, how your innovation can meet the needs of climate‑vulnerable populations, and how your work could be sustained or expanded after the funding period. Getting clarity on partnerships, resource needs, risks, and how you will measure success will strengthen applications.
This is an exciting opportunity for innovators, social entrepreneurs, community groups, NGOs, or anyone with an idea that bridges creativity, technical know‑how and community priorities around resilience. With SEEDS India backing, there’s real potential to contribute meaningfully to adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development in local settings.
For more information, visit SEEDS India.