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Funded by the Government of Canada and other partners, Grand Challenges Canada is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impact®.

The Challenge. One in seven adolescents worldwide faces mental health conditions, and suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15-29 year-olds.In low- and middle-income countries, up to 90% of young people’s mental health needs are unmet due to a lack of resources. Despite the growing need, national health budgets globally only allocate 2% to mental health.

Pulkit Aggrwal is a Portfolio Manager on Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Health Innovation team. In this role he focuses on conducting due diligence on investments, negotiating funding agreements, and supporting innovators in low resource settings. Pulkit has worked in management consulting, health, and social impact. He has international experience, working across academic institutes ...

Global Mental Health. Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Mental Health program supports Bold Ideas with Big Impact.® The aim of the program is to seed and transition to scale high impact innovations that support the mental health needs of underserved individuals, in particular young people, in low-and middle-income countries.

National Post op-eds by co-founder Peter A. Singer. Peter Singer, co-founding Grand Challenges Canada CEO, writes two National Post op-eds making the argument for a Canadian Grand Challenges organization, modeled on the Grand Challenges in Global Health research initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and funded from Canada’s international development budget.

Karlee Silver, DPhil. Prior to being appointed CEO, Dr. Silver was Vice President of Programs where she set strategy for development and humanitarian innovation initiatives and enabled the programs, investments and knowledge management teams to source, support and transition to scale promising innovations for social impact in low- and middle-income countries.

Update as of October 9, 2024: Please note that we are currently pausing the application intake for Proof-of-Concept funding. 1. Transition-to-Scale (TTS) Funding . TTS funding between $300,000 CAD and $1,500,000 CAD over 12-48 months will be awarded to support organizations that align with country-specific priorities along their scaling journey to …

Grand Challenges Canada’s programs are primarily undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Global Affairs Canada.

Transition To Scale. Through our Transition to Scale (TTS) program, GCC supports promising innovations with a proven impact that have the potential to save or improve lives.