Deadline: 21 June 2017
Applications are open for the Data for Local Impact (DLI) Innovation Challenge that will award grants to Tanzanians (both individuals and organizations) who have creative ideas about how to use or combine data including open data in new ways to gain insights or empower people through access to life-changing information. The DLI Innovation Challenge also aims to engage, support, and connect Tanzanian innovators, developers, and solution providers to each other and to opportunities to make a difference in people’s lives.
The DLI Innovation Challenge aims to support local innovators, entrepreneurs, developers, and solution providers to design innovative solutions for problems associated with data gaps and ineffective use of data for decision-making in the areas of HIV/AIDs and global health, gender, and economic growth in Tanzania.
Winners of the DLI Innovation Challenge will receive grants to enable them to develop the proposed solution over a period 3-6 months. In addition to receiving financial assistance, winners will be paired with a mentor who will help them develop their innovative ideas into a final product. Winners will also receive training and grant management support from the DLI Innovation Challenge team.
Focus Areas
- Male partner participation in creating a safe environment for AGYW
- School dropouts contributing to reduced opportunities for AGYW
- Economic Empowerment and Strategies in Improving the Situation of AGYW
- AGYW leadership and decision making in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Funding Information
Individuals and teams are eligible to win up to US$25,000, while larger registered organisations are eligible to win up to US$100,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any applicant can only apply for one category of the grant at a time (i.e. larger grants or small grants).
- Proposed projects must comply with Tanzanian legal and regulatory requirements.
- Applications must improve either the supply of quality data or the demand for data through the production and/or use of open data sets.
- Connection to and/or use of data must be explicit in the application.
- Applications must be innovative and potentially sustainable.
- Applicants must be ready to implement their innovation or scale-up a current project on approval of the application, to be operational within three months after receiving DLI funding.
- Applicants will consider the impact of their proposed projects on women, youth, and marginalised communities. The proposed idea should align to address HIV/AIDS issues among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW).
- Applications must address the specific challenge theme set for that particular challenge window.
Evaluation Criteria
- Viability
- Innovation
- Impact
How to Apply
Interested applicants can online via given website.
Eligible Country: Tanzania
For more information, please visit DLI Innovation Challenge.