The Humanitarian Innovation Programme provides grant funding and support to develop, test and scale new solutions that can contribute to better and more efficient humanitarian action. The Programme supports humanitarian-private innovation partnerships.
We support innovation projects led by humanitarian organisations where the expertise and technical know-how from the private sector is applied to find new solutions to humanitarian challenges. The Programme supports both early stage innovation (Innovation Lab Grant Scheme) and scaling and diffusion of solutions that have proven to be successful at the pilot stage (Scaling Grant Scheme). Read more about the projects that have received funding here.
The Humanitarian Innovation Programme is a grant and support mechanism, fully financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and administered by Innovation Norway.
Who can apply?
The programme mobilises and supports humanitarian-private partnerships. The humanitarian organisation/agency is the applicant and receiver of the grant.
We encourage humanitarian organisations to collaborate on joint applications.
What are we looking for?
Innovation Norway is looking for bold ideas that seek to improve resilience against natural disasters or improve humanitarian response in conflicts and disasters, specifically projects addressing issues related to: