Development Innovation Ventures
Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) is USAID’s open innovation program that funds breakthrough solutions to the world’s toughest development challenges. By funding innovation and focusing on rigorous evidence, DIV impacts millions of lives at a fraction of the usual cost.
DIV provides grant funding based on a tiered-evidence approach that maximizes impact per dollar spent. DIV’s model allows for risk at early stages and mitigates risk at later stages, ensuring that funding is targeted to the most impactful and cost-effective innovations.
DIV believes that the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. DIV supports innovators and researchers around the world to test new ideas, take strategic risks, build evidence of what works, and advance the best solutions. DIV looks for solutions that demonstrate rigorous evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and a viable pathway to scale and sustainability.
DIV offers the following funding:
Stage 1 Grants: Pilot (Up to $200,000)
Stage 2 Grants: Test and Position for Scale (Up to $1,500,000)
Stage 3 Grants: Transition to Scale (Up to $15,000,000)
Evidence Generation Grants (Up to $1,500,000)
Applicants should apply to the level that best matches their current scale and evidence base.
To learn more and apply, click here.
