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Crisis Response Funding

We have previously launched ‘Responsive Calls’ that aim to fund rapid research, usually 3–12 months in length, to inform the response to an unforeseen health crisis in real-time. We first did this for Ebola in 2014, and again in 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, funding 15 studies to contribute to COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings.

We are constantly seeking new ways for integrating emerging evidence and innovations into live responses. We recently funded the adoption of an innovation in Gaza through our Rapid Response innovation funding and have simultaneously been supporting the uptake of innovations into the response to five ongoing crises in Haiti, Yemen, Mali, Somalia, and the Central African Republic.

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Previous funding

Explore our archive of closed funding opportunities and the work we have funded. Each funding opportunity provides an insight into the learning from the successful grants, as well as the challenges, helping you refine your approach for your own applications.

R2HC Call for research to strengthen health systems in humanitarian settings

R2HC aims to improve health outcomes by strengthening the evidence base for public health interventions in humanitarian crises. Addressing leading causes of morbidity and mortality, we are looking for research proposals that seek to improve the functioning of a health system and health outcomes in a humanitarian setting.

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Innovation Challenge: Adoption Challenge - Facilitating the adoption of humanitarian WASH innovations

We are looking for humanitarian organisations interested in adopting innovations from our WASH Innovation Catalogue into their programmes. Funding will be made available to cover the adoption costs.

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R2HC Annual Funding Call

R2HC aims to improve health outcomes by strengthening the evidence base for public health interventions in humanitarian crises. This grant programme is an ‘Open Call’, with proposals sought that address specific or multiple public health issues by gathering evidence with the potential to contribute to improved public health outcomes in humanitarian contexts.

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Innovation Challenge: Faecal sludge treatment solutions for disease outbreaks in densely populated humanitarian settings

We are looking for faecal sludge treatment innovations for disease outbreaks in densely populated humanitarian settings.

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Innovation Challenge: Innovative Responses to Intimate Partner Violence in Humanitarian Settings

We’re looking for innovative intimate partner violence (IPV) response interventions that meet the needs of and maintain the safety and security of women and girls in humanitarian settings.

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Image credits

1. Ebrahim Kutty tells the WRI researcher about how flooding in 2018 impacted his family and him in Kavalappara village, Nilambur, Kerala; photo by Niyaz (community member)

2. Group of people students sitting at table doing writing task; photo by Pressmaster