The Fund for Innovation in Development (FID) is an AFD-hosted, permanently open grant programme financing innovations that tackle poverty and inequality in OECD-DAC-eligible low- and middle-income countries. It provides staged grants from €50,000 to €4 million to virtually any legally constituted organisation, selected on impact potential, cost-effectiveness, and scalability backed by rigorous evidence.
Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis against the criteria below. SAIGE captures your intent to apply — linking this opportunity to your business profile — before handing you off to Fund for Innovation in Development (FID), hosted by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)’s official application. This keeps your activity in one place and helps us surface better matches over time.
