UNDP Nigeria Global Plastics Innovation Program: Call for Applications ($10,000–$20,000 Grants)

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will fund creative ways to combat plastic pollution with funds from the UN Peace and Development Trust Fund and the Government of the People’s Republic of China.
The Global Plastics Innovation Programme’s (GPIP) open call aims to assist these grassroots changemakers. Your idea counts, whether you’re creating a new policy tool, rethinking packaging, implementing a community reuse program, or creating an environmentally friendly substance.
Eligibility:
- Early-stage not-for-profit innovators, CBOs, and social impact organizations, community-based organisations tackling plastic pollution
- Unconventional, early-stage solutions rooted in local realities, designed with users in mind, and focused on scalable, inclusive, and sustainable impact.
- Applicants can focus on one innovation area or can propose multi-sector solutions
- Should be based in Nigeria and the project should focus on Nigeria
Application Process:
- The deadline for submission of proposals is 13th June 2025.
- Applications must be submitted via email ONLY to: [email protected]
- For further inquiry, please contact [email protected].
- It is expected that the project will commence in June 2025 and be completed by June 2026.
- The subject line of the Proposal should read: “NIGERIA-PLASTIC INNOVATION PROJECT-[ORGANIZATION NAME]”
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