Deadline: 27-Jun-25
The United Kingdom Humanitarian Innovation Hub is seeking proposals for innovative approaches that address urgent and evolving needs in Syria.
UKHIH invites proposals for innovative projects that empower affected populations, enhance response efficiency and effectiveness, and generate transferable learning for the wider sector.
Priority Areas
- Priority areas for this funding call include:
- Data Collection and Analysis: Innovative methods to fill gaps in needs assessment, analysis, or monitoring in the absence of HPC cycles.
- Coordination: New models for coordination, decision-making, information management, surge mechanisms, and anticipatory action.
- Local Capacity Building: Supporting local Syrian organisations to scale or improve delivery.
- Contextual Humanitarian Research: Applied research into drivers, challenges, and actionable solutions.
- Sectoral Innovation: Innovations addressing shared humanitarian challenges in:
Funding Information
- A total of £45,000 is available for this funding round. All proposals will be considered on a case-by-case basis based on relevance, feasibility, and potential impact.
Eligibility Criteria
- They are interested in receiving applications from humanitarian agencies, networks, and/or researchers. This may include:
- Individual humanitarian agencies and/or research/analysis agencies.
- Relevant networks of humanitarian organisations.
- National or global levels of the humanitarian cluster system.
- Membership or network organisations that support joint learning and action.
- Entities involved in other forms of humanitarian coordination at national or local levels.
- Existing partnerships that have been formed in response to a clearly defined and shared humanitarian problem.
Application Requirements
- To be considered, applications must demonstrate the following:
- Problem Definition: Clearly outline the nature of the problem you aim to address and demonstrate that this is a common challenge affecting multiple humanitarian stakeholders across the Syria response.
- Scope of Work: Detail the activities that can be feasibly undertaken within 3-5 Months.
- Outputs and Outcomes: Define expected results and their impact.
- Stakeholder Interest: Demonstrate interest from various partners within the Syria response, including those capable of taking sustained action based on the findings.
- Communications and Engagement Plan: Outline strategies for disseminating results and engaging stakeholders where applicable.
- Partnerships: Propose potential partners for the project or criteria for selecting them where applicable.
- Budget: Provide a detailed budget for the proposed work.
For more information, visit UKHIH.
