The UK Department for International Development Fund’s (DFID) Amplify: collaborative challenge fund is an open, collaborative challenge fund which uses online collaboration to source ideas, research and insights before testing promising concepts with end users.
The Amplify programme is about experimenting with the way we identify innovative solutions to stubborn development challenges. It’s an open challenge programme which brings problem-solvers and people with new perspectives together. Amplify will run 10 challenges over 5 years, with $500,000 set aside for each challenge. It is envisaged that approximately 3 or 5 projects will be funded per challenge. Design support from IDEO.org, to the most promising solutions from each challenge will also be available. Anyone can participate in a challenge by going to openideo.com and adding research, insights or ideas, or teaming up with other participants.
Following countries are eligible to apply:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, The Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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