The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), in collaboration with the Gates Foundation and the Trafigura Foundation, has launched the TECH4Resilience Challenge to convert seed-level AI innovations into scalable solutions that address climate-related emergencies and humanitarian challenges.

🌍 Focus Areas

• AI-driven solutions that reduce the impacts of extreme climate events in emergency settings

• Strengthening Anticipatory Action (AA) frameworks to better manage crises before escalation

• Locally rooted, scalable, and predictive innovations to support communities in the Global South

👥 Who Can Apply?

• Innovators and entrepreneurs using AI for climate or humanitarian resilience

• Both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations are eligible

• Projects must target emergencies in low- and middle-income countries (ODA-eligible), excluding Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Crimea

💰 What Winners Receive

• Tailored leadership and mentoring programme

• Communications support and investor-pitch preparation

• Up to USD 50,000 funding to scale solutions

• Ongoing mentoring, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) support

📅 Timeline

• 1 August – Challenge opens

• 19 August – Webinar for applicants

• 31 August – Application deadline

• 30 September – Notification of outcomes

• October – Leadership Academy for shortlisted candidates

• Nov–Dec – Winners announced at COP30

• 2026 – Project implementation & ongoing support

📩 For questions: challenge@globalresiliencepartnership.org

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