Published: 6 March 2008 | Close Date: 15 April 2008
infoDev requests expression of interest from eligible organizations for a new project titled "Promoting ICT-enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries through Business incubation".
Grant Categories
Category 1
Start-up Business Incubators in IDA Countries
Grant financing for start-up business incubators that serve disadvantaged communities in IDA countries.
- Category A - Capacity building grants for existing start-up business incubators - Up to six (6) grants in this category of an approximate grant size of USD 50,000 each with a duration of up to one (1) year.
- Category B - Seed grants for the establishment of new business incubators in Asia - Up to four (4) grants in this category of an approximate grant size of USD 100,000 each with a duration of one year.
Category 2
International Working Groups on Business Incubation and Women, Youth and High Growth ICT Enterprise Development
Grant financing for established business incubators to facilitate international working groups/informal "think tanks" on business incubation targeting empowerment of women, youth and high growth ICT enterprise development. infoDev will award up to three (3) grants, one for each of the themes (women, youth and high growth ICT enterprises). The approximate grant size will be USD 50,000 each with a duration of up to 1 year.
Category 3
Regional Networks on Business Incubation
Grant financing for regional networks of business incubators to implement regional knowledge-sharing activities that contribute to greater local capacity for business incubation, innovation and entrepreneurship. infoDev will award up to six (6) Regional Network grants. The grants will range in size from USD 50,000 to USD 100,000 with a duration of up to 1 (one) year.
Application process
- Proposals must be presented in English, in MS Word or PDF, and submitted electronically by email as a single attachement to incubators@worldbank.org, copy to sboulos@worldbank.org.
- Proposals should be submitted to infoDev no later than April 15, 2008 and should follow the proposal outline that is attached below.
- infoDev expects to notify all applicants within 6-8 weeks of the submission deadline.
- If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact Ms. Samiha Boulos at sboulos@worldbank.org.
For more information about the process or the grant categories, please download the attachment below.