Lacuna Fund – Climate Funding

Lacuna Fund seeks proposals from organizations interested in developing datasets for equitable climate outcomes in climate & energy and climate & health.

Lacuna Fund aims to make its funding accessible to as many organizations as possible in the AI for social good space and cultivate capacity and emerging organizations in the field.  

Eligibility

To be eligible for funding, organizations must: 

  • Be either a non-profit entity, research institution, for-profit social enterprise, or a team of such organizations. Individuals must apply through an institutional sponsor. Partnerships are welcome but only the lead applicant will receive funds.
  • Have a mission supporting societal good, broadly defined.  
  • Have all necessary national or other approvals to conduct proposed research. The approval process may be conducted in parallel with grant application, if necessary. Approval costs, if any, are the responsibility of the applicant. 
  • Have the technical capacity to conduct dataset labeling, creation, expansion, and/or maintenance. 
  • Be sufficiently stable to ensure the sustainability of the dataset or have arrangements with an organization of sufficient stability. 

 Funding Information

  • Climate-and-Health: The total pool available is approximately $1 million USD to fund projects in Africa, Latin America, South and Southeast Asia. And also anticipate supporting 4- 6 smaller projects with budgets between $50-100k and 2-3 larger, more complex projects with budgets ranging from $200-300k.
  • Climate-and-Energy: The total pool available is approximately $2.5 million USD. They are anticipating proposed budgets in the range of $10k – 200k for small to medium-sized projects and up to $400k for large, complex projects.

Timeline: 

  • Applicant Webinar: 17 May 2022, Register HERE
  • Question and Answer Deadline: 20 May 2022
  • Answers Posted: 3 June 2022
  • Proposals Due: 17 July 2022

Question and Answer Period: All questions related to the RFP should be submitted to secretariat@lacunafund.org with “Climate & Energy RFP 2022 Question” or “Climate & Health RFP 2022 Question” in the subject line. 

Read a full copy of the RFP’s for more details on potential areas of funding, eligibility, selection criteria and application: https://lacunafund.org/apply/

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