3 main criteria

Evidence of Impact: A credible theory of change that draws upon existing evidence and an appropriate evaluation methodology to assess the development impacts of the innovation.
Cost and Potential for Cost-effectiveness: A credible demonstration and stage-appropriate assessment that the innovation can achieve better, lower cost, or more efficient results than alternative solutions to solve the problem, at a lower cost or more efficiently. This demonstration will be based on a detailed explanation of the costs of the innovation and an analysis of expected changes to these costs over time and at scale.
Scale and Financial Sustainability: An assessment of the innovation’s potential for scaling-up over time without an ongoing support from FID.

Criteria by funding stage

Identify which Stage award applicants intend to apply for after the Prepare grant (Stage 1 or 2).
How we apply the evaluation criteria depends on the Stade of funding selected.

For this stage of funding, FID will take particular care to ensure that applicant organizations are nationals of one of the countries eligible for Official Development Assistance (according to the list drawn up by the OECD's DAC).

Impact: Build a strong theory of change that justifies how and why the innovation is likely to generate a positive development impact.
Cost-effectiveness: Explain why the innovation has the potential to be cost-effective at scale.
Scale and Sustainability: Identify the potential to sustainably reach a large number of people if delivered at scale and the method to achieve it.

Evidence of Impact: Present a rigorous methodology to demonstrate the innovation’s causal impact.
Cost-Effectiveness: Demonstrate the cost- effectiveness of the innovation during the grant period or show that such an analysis already exists.
Scale and Sustainability: Make a compelling plan for the innovation has the potential to sustainably reach and benefit large numbers of people when delivered at scale.

Impact: Provide rigorous evidence of the innovation’s causal impact. Such evidence must include a credible counterfactual of what would have happened in the absence of the intervention.
Cost-Effectiveness: Prove that the innovation will be cost-effective at scale relative to alternative solutions.
Scale and Sustainability: Clearly demonstrate that the innovation is on track to sustainably reach and benefit very large numbers of people.

Impact: Present a strong theory of change that justifies how and why the innovation is likely to generate a positive development impact.
Cost-Effectiveness: Demonstrate that the activities under a proposed grant will lead to the implementation of policy innovations that will be cost-effective at scale.
Scale and Sustainability: Demonstrate the potential for long- term sustainability of the activities proposed, including the potential to continue delivering services beyond the proposed award period.

Eligibility is subject to a partnership with a public entity as a stakeholder of the project.
Further details in our call for proposals.