All grants and funding OpenGrant2026 AI-Enabled Consumer Engagement to Advance Family Planning Grand Challenges / Gates Foundation Funds deployment and learning around AI-enabled consumer engagement approaches for family planning among organisations that already have relevant cohorts or user bases in named sub-Saharan African countries. What it funds Deployment and evaluation of AI-enabled engagement approaches

Learning using established cohorts or user/distribution relationships What it does not fund Projects outside the named sub-Saharan African target settings

Applicants without an existing cohort/user base or distribution relationship

Projects focused mainly on acquiring users

Primarily research-led concepts without real-world operational deployment Is this a fit? Apply if Your organisation is an eligible legal entity

You have an existing consumer or women's-health cohort/user base in a named target country

You have an existing engagement approach or operational distribution relationship Skip it if Your only implementation country is Uganda

You need the grant to build a user base from scratch The proposal is mainly exploratory AI research without operational deployment What you need to prepare Needed at application Online application

Budget using funder template

Budget narrative and other materials required in the official application instructions Key dates Call opened 21 July 2026 Applicant webinar 4 August 2026 Deadline 25 August 2026 Eligible costs Indirect costs up to 15%, subject to Gates Foundation policy The Methods Bench take Best suited for Operational organisations already reaching women or consumers at scale in one or more named target countries. The main hurdle The call expects an existing cohort/user base and real-world deployment pathway; it is not a greenfield AI research grant. Start early on Confirm target-country footprint, cohort/user-base evidence and implementation partner roles.

Watch out for Uganda itself is not a named target country, so the directory must not show a simple 'Uganda eligible' badge. Before you start, check Confirm named target-country footprint

Confirm existing user base/cohort

Confirm organisational eligibility

Confirm deployment rather than prototype-only focus Get the Proposal Builder KitWork with us on this application Deadline 25 August 2026, 11:30 AM US Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)16 days remaining Opens 21 July 2026 Funding Up to USD 500,000 Duration 12 months Complexity high Regions Sub-Saharan Africa Who can apply Non-profit organisation, For-profit organisation, International organisation, Government agency, Academic institution Uganda Uganda may be eligibleUganda is not a named target geography. A Uganda-based organisation may only be relevant if it meets the call's organisational rules and has eligible existing cohorts/operations in a named target country. Funding notes Indirect costs of up to 15% may be allowed subject to the funder's policy.

Official call page Verified 9 August 2026 Sources https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/ai-enabled-consumer-engagement-advance-family-planning Related opportunities Oppenheimer Africa Research Grant 2026science

IFRA-Nairobi Fieldwork Grants 2026social science

FCI4Africa Open Call 1:



Research & Technology Innovationinnovation All grants and funding OpenGrant2026 AI-Enabled Consumer Engagement to Advance Family Planning Grand Challenges / Gates Foundation Funds deployment and learning around AI-enabled consumer engagement approaches for family planning among organisations that already have relevant cohorts or user bases in named sub-Saharan African countries. What it funds Deployment and evaluation of AI-enabled engagement approaches

Learning using established cohorts or user/distribution relationships What it does not fund Projects outside the named sub-Saharan African target settings

Applicants without an existing cohort/user base or distribution relationship

Projects focused mainly on acquiring users

Primarily research-led concepts without real-world operational deployment Is this a fit? Apply if Your organisation is an eligible legal entity

You have an existing consumer or women's-health cohort/user base in a named target country

You have an existing engagement approach or operational distribution relationship Skip it if Your only implementation country is Uganda

You need the grant to build a user base from scratch The proposal is mainly exploratory AI research without operational deployment What you need to prepare Needed at application Online application

Budget using funder template

Budget narrative and other materials required in the official application instructions Key dates Call opened 21 July 2026 Applicant webinar 4 August 2026 Deadline 25 August 2026 Eligible costs Indirect costs up to 15%, subject to Gates Foundation policy The Methods Bench take Best suited for Operational organisations already reaching women or consumers at scale in one or more named target countries. The main hurdle The call expects an existing cohort/user base and real-world deployment pathway; it is not a greenfield AI research grant. Start early on Confirm target-country footprint, cohort/user-base evidence and implementation partner roles.

Watch out for Uganda itself is not a named target country, so the directory must not show a simple 'Uganda eligible' badge. Before you start, check Confirm named target-country footprint

Confirm existing user base/cohort

Confirm organisational eligibility

Confirm deployment rather than prototype-only focus Get the Proposal Builder KitWork with us on this application Deadline 25 August 2026, 11:30 AM US Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)16 days remaining Opens 21 July 2026 Funding Up to USD 500,000 Duration 12 months Complexity high Regions Sub-Saharan Africa Who can apply Non-profit organisation, For-profit organisation, International organisation, Government agency, Academic institution Uganda Uganda may be eligibleUganda is not a named target geography. A Uganda-based organisation may only be relevant if it meets the call's organisational rules and has eligible existing cohorts/operations in a named target country. Funding notes Indirect costs of up to 15% may be allowed subject to the funder's policy.

Official call page Verified 9 August 2026 Sources https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/ai-enabled-consumer-engagement-advance-family-planning Related opportunities Oppenheimer Africa Research Grant 2026science





IFRA-Nairobi Fieldwork Grants 2026social science

FCI4Africa Open Call 1: Research & Technology Innovationinnovation All grants and funding OpenGrant2026 AI-Enabled Consumer Engagement to Advance Family Planning Grand Challenges / Gates Foundation Funds deployment and learning around AI-enabled consumer engagement approaches for family planning among organisations that already have relevant cohorts or user bases in named sub-Saharan African countries. What it funds Deployment and evaluation of AI-enabled engagement approaches

Learning using established cohorts or user/distribution relationships What it does not fund Projects outside the named sub-Saharan African target settings

Applicants without an existing cohort/user base or distribution relationship

Projects focused mainly on acquiring users

Primarily research-led concepts without real-world operational deployment Is this a fit? Apply if Your organisation is an eligible legal entity

You have an existing consumer or women's-health cohort/user base in a named target country

You have an existing engagement approach or operational distribution relationship Skip it if Your only implementation country is Uganda

You need the grant to build a user base from scratch The proposal is mainly exploratory AI research without operational deployment What you need to prepare Needed at application Online application

Budget using funder template

Budget narrative and other materials required in the official application instructions Key dates Call opened 21 July 2026 Applicant webinar 4 August 2026 Deadline 25 August 2026 Eligible costs Indirect costs up to 15%, subject to Gates Foundation policy The Methods Bench take Best suited for Operational organisations already reaching women or consumers at scale in one or more named target countries. The main hurdle The call expects an existing cohort/user base and real-world deployment pathway; it is not a greenfield AI research grant. Start early on Confirm target-country footprint, cohort/user-base evidence and implementation partner roles.

Watch out for Uganda itself is not a named target country, so the directory must not show a straightforward 'Uganda eligible' badge. Before you start, check Confirm named target-country footprint

Confirm existing user base/cohort

Confirm organisational eligibility

Confirm deployment rather than prototype-only focus Get the Proposal Builder KitWork with us on this application Deadline 25 August 2026, 11:30 AM US Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)16 days remaining Opens 21 July 2026 Funding Up to USD 500,000 Duration 12 months Complexity high Regions Sub-Saharan Africa Who can apply Non-profit organisation, For-profit organisation, International organisation, Government agency, Academic institution Uganda Uganda may be eligibleUganda is not a named target geography. A Uganda-based organisation may only be relevant if it meets the call's organisational rules and has eligible existing cohorts/operations in a named target country. Funding notes Indirect costs of up to 15% may be allowed subject to the funder's policy.

Official call page Verified 9 August 2026 Sources https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/ai-enabled-consumer-engagement-advance-family-planning Related opportunities Oppenheimer Africa Research Grant 2026science

IFRA-Nairobi Fieldwork Grants 2026social science

FCI4Africa Open Call 1: Research & Technology Innovationinnovation

📌 AI-Enabled Consumer Engagement to Advance Family Planning (Kaisarganj)
🏢 The Methods Bench
📍 Kaisarganj