Deadline: August 31, 2025
The Technology for Evolving Challenges in Humanitarian Contexts: TECH 4 Resilience Challenge 2025 is a global innovation call seeking Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven solutions to strengthen resilience in humanitarian settings. With up to USD 50,000 in funding, along with leadership training and mentoring, the challenge aims to empower innovators to tackle extreme climate events and enhance anticipatory action frameworks in vulnerable communities.
Organised by the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and supported by the Trafigura Foundation, this challenge focuses on practical, scalable, and impactful AI solutions for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Challenge Objective
The TECH 4 Resilience Challenge 2025 is designed to:
- Mitigate impacts of extreme climate events in emergency settings.
- Strengthen Anticipatory Action (AA) systems to prevent crises before they escalate.
- Harness AI technologies to deliver practical, evidence-based, and context-appropriate interventions.
- Support implementation in ODA-eligible LMICs, excluding Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea region of Ukraine.
Key Dates & Timeline
| Stage | Date |
|---|---|
| Challenge Opens | 1 August 2025 |
| Applicant Webinar | 19 August 2025 |
| Application Deadline | 31 August 2025 |
| Notification of Outcomes | By 30 September 2025 |
| Shortlisted Support & Pitch Prep | October 2025 |
| Winners Announced & Contracts Signed | COP30 (Nov – mid-Dec 2025) |
| Implementation Phase | Throughout 2026 |
Eligibility Criteria
The challenge is open to:
- For-profit and non-profit organisations with AI-driven innovations.
- Projects addressing climate-related emergencies or improving anticipatory action frameworks.
- Initiatives that are implementable in ODA-eligible LMICs (full OECD-DAC list applies).
- Solutions that exclude operations in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea region.
Target Applicants:
Innovators, entrepreneurs, humanitarian actors, and tech-driven organisations with tested or prototype-ready AI solutions.
What Winners Will Receive
Successful applicants will benefit from:
- Up to USD 50,000 in funding for project scaling.
- Access to a tailored leadership and mentoring programme.
- Communications support to amplify impact stories.
- Guidance and preparation for pitching to potential funders and investors.
- Ongoing mentoring, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) support during implementation in 2026.
Why This Challenge Matters
Climate change is intensifying humanitarian crises worldwide. By combining anticipatory action with AI-driven innovation, the TECH 4 Resilience Challenge 2025 seeks to reduce the impact of disasters, improve preparedness, and strengthen community resilience. The challenge goes beyond funding, offering a holistic support package to ensure solutions are not only implemented but also sustained.
Quick Facts
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Funding | Up to USD 50,000 |
| Focus Areas | AI solutions for climate emergencies & anticipatory action |
| Eligible Applicants | For-profit & non-profit organisations |
| Geographic Scope | ODA-eligible LMICs (excl. Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea) |
| Deadline | 31 August 2025 |
| Announcement of Winners | COP30 (Nov–mid-Dec 2025) |
Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
Outcome Notification: By 30 September 2025
Contact: grantsdatabase.org for proposal drafting, refining, and review.
