Canada
Eligible Funding
- Varies by project
Types of eligible projects
Innovation
Timeline
- Open Date : February 3, 2026
Canada
Grant and Funding Programs Offered by Global Grand Challenges (GCC)
Grand Challenges Canada is a Canadian non-profit innovation funder that backs global health, mental health, sanitation, maternal and newborn health, Indigenous innovation, and related impact areas. It supports multiple grant and investment programs across more than 100 countries. View Global Grand Challenges (GCC)'s website for more information.
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About Global Grand Challenges (GCC)
What is the mission of Global Grand Challenges (GCC)?
Grand Challenges Canada exists to back bold, locally driven innovations that can solve major health and development challenges. It aims to help promising ideas move from early testing to scalable impact, especially for underserved communities.
What type of organization is Global Grand Challenges (GCC)?
Global Grand Challenges (GCC) is a Non-profit organization.
What is Global Grand Challenges (GCC)'s official website?
Global Grand Challenges (GCC)'s official website is https://www.grandchallenges.ca/.
What else should I know about Global Grand Challenges (GCC)?
Role in the funding ecosystem
Grand Challenges Canada is a non-profit innovation platform that funds and supports solutions designed to improve health, equity, and well-being at scale. Its work spans global health and development challenges and is backed by the Government of Canada alongside other partners.
What it funds
The organization focuses on locally driven, evidence-based innovations in areas such as maternal and child health, mental health, sanitation, gender equity, humanitarian innovation, Indigenous innovation, and early childhood development. Its portfolios show a mix of thematic funding streams and challenge-based initiatives.
Funding approach
Grand Challenges Canada uses a Grand Challenges model that launches open calls, reviews applications competitively, and funds the most promising solutions. It supports innovators from early testing through scale, combining grants with broader catalytic support such as technical guidance, co-investment connections, and pathways to public-sector adoption or market growth.
Scale and impact
The site reports investments in more than 1,600 innovations across 100+ countries and highlights outcomes measured in millions of lives reached, improved, and saved. It also emphasizes blended finance and mission-aligned investment funds as part of its broader funding toolkit.