Deadline: 10 August 2020
With this open call for applications, the Novo Nordisk Foundation aims to support initiatives and actions to enhance the social and economic empowerment and self-reliance of young Syrian refugees and other conflict-affected and vulnerable youth in Jordan.
The Foundation aims to promote social and economic empowerment of youth and strengthened youth engagement in building resilience in their communities.
The Foundation encourages pioneering projects that seek new solutions for young Syrian refugees and other conflict-affected youth. Similarly, the Foundation urges researchers to widen the knowledge base of new approaches and best practices in a field were evidence is scarce.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation acknowledges that empowerment is a multifaceted term and that there are multiple pathways to empowerment. This call will focus on education and livelihood interventions as potential facilitators of empowerment.
Enhance social and economic empowerment and self-reliance of young syrian reugees and other conflict-affected and vulnerable youth in jordan.
- Education Objective
- Livelihood Objective
- Knowledge Objective
Thematic and Geographical Scope
- The Pathways to Youth Empowerment and Self-Reliance open call for applications is thematically anchored in the areas of education and livelihoods and geographically anchored in Jordan.
- Applications can cover all areas of humanitarian interventions incl. system support, service delivery, rigid evaluations and pioneering approaches to humanitarian financing initiatives.
- The Foundation encourages applicants to consider aspects of localisation and capacity-building when applying for a grant in this open call.
Target Group
In accordance with the most recent Jordan Response Plan for the Syrian Crisis, the main target groups for this open call for applications are Syrian refugees and other conflict-affected and vulnerable youth in Jordan.
Funding Information
- The Foundation is making a total of DKK 40 million available for this open call for applications. Applications may be submitted for two types of grants.
- Grants for intervention and activity-based projects in Jordan: Applicants may apply for DKK 5–10 million for such initiatives, which must be thoroughly evaluated. A suitable proportion of the budget should be allocated to evaluation and learning.
- Research and evaluation grants: Applicants may apply for DKK 2–5 million for such projects.
- Both types of projects may last for up to 3 years.
- Applications that do not meet these financial and time criteria will not be considered.
- The project may be an independent, delimited project or part of a larger project that receives support from other sources.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations and institutions registered in Denmark, specifically documented with a Danish CVR number, may apply for grants in the Pathways to Youth Empowerment and Self-Reliance call for applications.
- The Pathways to Empowerment and Self-Reliance open call will require the following from the applicants:
- The projects must have clear and measurable indicators
- The projects must have specific methods of monitoring, evaluation and documentation of data
- Applicants must include the final beneficiaries in the design, development and implementation of the projects
- Applicants must describe the potential long-term sustainability of the project and the project’s exit strategy
The application and any additional uploads must be written in English.
For more information, visit https://novonordiskfonden.dk/da/grants/pathways-to-youth-empowerment-and-self-reliance/