[ Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) | SoLAR Innovation Fund ]
Event details
| Date | 30.04.2021 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
The Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) Innovation Fund (IF) aims to support the development and testing of technological, financial and institutional innovations to address the constraints and challenges of scaling solar irrigation, with a special focus on the problems faced by small-scale, marginal, and women farmers in South Asia (specifically Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan). The IF will aim to support innovations and practices that can influence policy or be expanded and integrated into public, donor and private sector programs and practices with the support of additional funding sources.
The objectives of the Innovation Fund are as follows:
- Support innovations that help to bridge the gaps that hamper the uptake of solar irrigation pumps in South Asia.
- Support innovations targeted at reducing barriers for sustainable adoption and use of solar irrigation pumps by small-scale, marginal, and women farmers.
- Support innovations that encourage the sustainable use of groundwater resources when using solar-based irrigation.
- Support innovations that enhance climate-resilient livelihood options for small-scale, marginal, and women farmers in the region.
Who can apply
The SoLAR IF Grant will be open to all nongovernmental organizations, universities, technical institutes, research institutes, public and private sector enterprises and research laboratories, and government agencies, including local government institutions working in any of these four countries who are eligible for this grant.
Duration
Max. 24 months (earliest possible start: September 2021)
Funding
Max. 50’000 CHF for salaries, travels, operational expenses and equipment & supply. For this second round, four grants will be awarded.
Deadline
Submission deadline: 30 April 2021
Submission
Proposals must be sent to [email protected] (subject line: Submissions to RFP-IF-SoLAR). The project proposal format is presented in annex 1 of the call guidelines.
For further information: please have a look at the call webpage and the guidelines. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Practical information
- General public
- Free