Apply for the Expo City Dubai Foundation’s Global Innovators Programme
Applications are now open for the Expo City Dubai Foundation’s Global Innovators Programme. Based on the belief that impact entrepreneurship is a valuable investment and a powerful instrument for positive change, the Global Innovator Programme supports innovators through a combination of grants, innovation challenges and knowledge-sharing.
Program Focus
- Cooling shelters or infrastructure
- Off-grid energy systems
- Health tech innovations to respond to heat-related risks
- Water and food resilience tools designed for hot and challenging environments
Benefits
- Grant funding up to US$ 100,000 per project
- Mentorship and guidance from Expo City Dubai Foundation’s network
- Strategic partnerships and development support
- Global visibility across Expo City Dubai’s platforms and innovation ecosystem
- 13,000+ applications from 186 countries. Inviting innovative solutions to pressing challenges that help improve people’s lives or preserve the planet.
Applications
The Global innovators programme is suitable for:
- Social enterprises or startups with a social, environmental, or humanitarian mission
- Prototype stage or beyond
- Registered legal entities (not single-founder organizations)
- Operating in or targeting the Global South
- Applications OPEN
Closes Sunday, November 23rd at 11:59 PM (UAE time)
