UN Global Pulse (Secretary‑General’s Innovation Lab), funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of FinlandGrant

UN Global Pulse Accelerator Cohort 4

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Opportunity type

Grant

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Archived

About this opportunity

The UN Global Pulse Accelerator is the United Nations’ programme to support the scaling of promising, innovative solutions, ensuring that exceptional UN-led pilots maximize their impact for the people we serve. The programme supports UN-led teams in developing sustainable, realistic and impactful scaling strategies for their innovative solutions. Those with the most compelling strategies will be awarded a grant and tailored mentoring to help implement them.

Provides grants + tailored mentoring to develop sustainable scaling strategies.

Focus areas:

Data, digital technologies, and AI as enabling components
Human‑centred, co‑creation approaches
Solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Innovations enhancing UN effectiveness, efficiency, and impact for people and planet

Benefits:

Financial support (grant size varies by project)
Tailored mentoring and scaling strategy development
Access to UN80 innovation priorities and global networks

Who can apply

Must be led by at least one UN entity (not open to non‑UN organizations alone)
Project must have been piloted at least once with evidence of positive outcomes
Must demonstrate readiness to scale and tangible results in development/humanitarian action
Must integrate cross‑cutting themes: human rights, gender equality, diversity, inclusion

LOT finds and checks opportunities from public sources. Always confirm details on the organiser’s own page before applying.

UN Global Pulse (Secretary‑General’s Innovation Lab), funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of FinlandGrant

UN Global Pulse Accelerator Cohort 4

This one has closed

Archived

Opportunity type

Grant

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Archived

About this opportunity

Provides grants + tailored mentoring to develop sustainable scaling strategies.

Focus areas:

Data, digital technologies, and AI as enabling components
Human‑centred, co‑creation approaches
Solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Innovations enhancing UN effectiveness, efficiency, and impact for people and planet

Benefits:

Financial support (grant size varies by project)
Tailored mentoring and scaling strategy development
Access to UN80 innovation priorities and global networks

Who can apply

Must be led by at least one UN entity (not open to non‑UN organizations alone)
Project must have been piloted at least once with evidence of positive outcomes
Must demonstrate readiness to scale and tangible results in development/humanitarian action
Must integrate cross‑cutting themes: human rights, gender equality, diversity, inclusion

LOT finds and checks opportunities from public sources. Always confirm details on the organiser’s own page before applying.