The Refugee-led Innovation Fund champions the creativity of all displaced and stateless people. It aims to reshape their participation in the delivery of humanitarian work by ensuring they take centre stage in the decisions affecting their lives, leading the identification of needs and the design of innovative solutions.
The Fund provides holistic support – combining financial resources, mentoring, and other expertise – directly to organizations led by forcibly displaced and stateless people, to enable them to design and deliver new interventions that have a lasting positive impact on their communities.
The Refugee-led Innovation Fund is currently open to applications from organizations led by forcibly displaced or stateless people in all countries. Applications close 22 August 2025 at 23:59 Panama time. Apply now!
Who is eligible to apply?
Only organizations led by people with lived experience of forced displacement or statelesness are eligible to apply. This includes groups led by refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, returnees, and stateless people. It is important to note that an organization is defined as a group of individuals working together toward shared goals, rather than an individual applicant. We accept applications from existing organizations, both registered and unregistered, that are recognized within their communities thanks to their meaningful contributions.
22 August edit: Deadline extended to 31 August 2025
