Grand Challenges Canada

$200,000,000.00 CAD

≈ $4.83 for every person in Canada ≈ 2,585 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
International Development Assistance program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2025-2026
Agreement period
March 26, 2026 – September 30, 2030
Reference
dfatd-maecd:064-2025-2026-Q4-0245

Published purpose

This grant provides Canada’s institutional support to Grand Challenges Canada (GCC). GCC pools this funding with contributions from other donors to carry out its mission. GCC's mission is to 1) support innovators to develop, test and scale innovations, and 2) enable resources to flow at scale by investing in systems-level initiatives, to improve the health, wellbeing and survival among unserved and underserved populations, with an emphasis on women and girls, in countries eligible for Official Development Assistance, including those affected by conflict.

In plain English AI-generated

This grant provides institutional support to Grand Challenges Canada to fund innovations and systems-level initiatives aimed at improving health and wellbeing for underserved populations, especially women and girls, in eligible developing countries.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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