FID Preparation Grants
Preparation tracks are being redesigned; a new window is expected in 2027 but is not yet verified.
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Is this worth your time?
A future preparation route, not an open grant today. It may eventually help a team develop a stronger pilot or evaluation proposal, but the revised platform and rules must be published first.
Ubunifu editorial assessment, not an organiser eligibility decision.Check current availability: Verification needed. Guidance is not confirmation that a call is open or that you qualify.
A stronger fit when...
Organisations considering preparation for a poverty-focused pilot or impact evaluation. FID's framework describes preparation support up to EUR 50,000, with location/entity conditions varying by preparation track.
Pause or look elsewhere when...
An applicant submitting to a paused Preparation scheme or assuming the amount and rules cannot change. Do not relabel an unready idea as a Pilot application simply to bypass the pause.
What the support actually means
Preparation funding is intended to develop a proposal for a later stage; it is not the same as receiving the later Pilot or impact-evaluation award. No live preparation award is confirmed by this watchlist entry.
Costs and commitments: Future track terms require confirmation.
Your costs, time and commitments
FID states that Preparation applications are unavailable until a dedicated platform opens sometime in 2027. No exact opening date, review period or revised cost rules were verified.
How selection or access works
A new call must establish current eligibility and the work it will fund. The standing framework emphasises evidence, cost-effectiveness and scalability, but it cannot substitute for the revised Preparation rules.
Preparation and application steps
Get these ready first
Preparation advice; the organiser determines mandatory documents.
- Write the key evidence or design gap preventing a credible pilot or evaluation.
- Identify the expertise or partnership needed to close that gap.
- Separate preparation activities and costs from the later implementation budget.
Your next steps
- Monitor FID's official application and programme pages.
- Read the revised preparation-track conditions once published.
- Only then select the track and adapt a proposal to its actual requirements.
Questions to confirm and guide sources
Questions to confirm before committing
- The new platform opening, eligible applicant types and track-specific geography.
- Revised funding ceiling, permitted preparation work and links to later-stage applications.
Sources behind this decision guide
Reviewed 2026-11-05. Guidance is not a guarantee that an application window remains open.
Full programme facts and official sources
Who this is for
Check the revised preparation-track rules when released. Other FID stages are separate.
- Stage
- Preparation-stage innovation
- Sector
- Poverty and inequality
- Support type
- Paused tracks; future terms pending
- Costs and commitments
- Future track terms require confirmation.
- Deadline
- Paused; exact reopening date not verified.
- As published
- Paused; exact reopening date not verified.
- Format
- Eligible-country project preparation, subject to the revised call.
- Event dates
- Reopening expected in 2027; exact dates not verified.
- Travel and visa support
- No current support confirmed.
- Documents and preparation
- Revised requirements not yet verified.
- How to apply
- Monitor the official platform for the new window; preserve prior application history.
- Applicant route
- Await the official revised preparation window.
Official sources
FID official application-platform notice Source checked 2026-11-05
Check before committing
Preparation-for-pilot and preparation-for-impact-evaluation tracks are paused. This does not close other FID stages or reopen any rejected institutional application.
Listing, saving and community ratings do not verify the organiser, guarantee eligibility or promise selection. Check the official terms before committing time or money.