Application Deadline: November 23rd 2021
Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Mental Health Program supports Bold Ideas with Big Impact.® The aim of the program is to seed and transition to scale high impact innovations that support the mental health needs of underserved individuals, in particular young people, in low-and middle-income countries
The Global Mental Health program has launched its second round of funding. Seed grants of up to $250,000 CAD are available for innovations that seek to enhance mental health literacy and/or provide youth-friendly services to address the mental health needs of the most underserved young people, aged 10 – 24, in low- and middle-income countries.
Innovations must take a person centered, rights-based approach, and must involve young people and young people with lived experiences of mental health challenges from the outset.
Priority will go to youth-led organizations, defined as organizations in which fifty percent (50%) or more of the individuals in key leadership positions are youth 35 years of age or under.
Application Deadlines
- November 23, 2021 at 12:00 pm EST (5:00pm UTC) – All applicants MUST register for an account on the Grand Challenges Canada Fluxx Portal by this date. ONLY applicants registered by this date will be eligible to submit an application.
- December 1, 2021 at 12:00pm EST (5:00pm UTC) – All applicants MUST submit an application via Grand Challenges Canada Fluxx Portal by this date to be considered for funding. Proposals submitted after this date and time will not be accepted.
Request for Proposals
Please note applications will only be accepted in English and French. We encourage applications from organization where English or French is not the first language, applications will be reviewed on content only, not quality of written English or French.
Request for Proposals – English (PDF, 692 KB)
Demande de propositions – Français (PDF, 686 KB)
Grant Opportunity Overview – English (PDF, 152 KB)
Aperçu de l’opportunité de subvention – Français (PDF, 175 KB)
Resumen de la oportunidad de subvención – Español (PDF, 154 KB)
Afya ya Akili Kimataifa – Kiswahili (PDF, 155 KB)
الصحة العقلية العالمية – اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ (PDF, 332 KB)
Official Website: Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Mental Health program
