Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge Guidelines for Applicants

The Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) challenge, a partnership between the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and Munich Re Foundation, seeks nature-positive agricultural innovations in East Africa. Open to not-for-profit organisations, the challenge provides selected winners with tailored mentoring, a Leadership Academy, communications support, and potential next-stage funding for implementation and scaling. Applications are evaluated on a 100-point scale across criteria including innovativeness, impact, equity, scalability, viability, team composition, and risk.

• The RAIN challenge targets not-for-profit organisations, including public entities, local civil society, international NGOs, and academia, specifically those operating in East Africa, which includes Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
• Eligible solutions must be 'nature positive', meaning they avoid further degradation, restore nature, and provide active benefits such as biodiversity gains and CO2 capture, rather than simply doing no harm.
• Winners receive a comprehensive support package consisting of up to 24 hours of mentoring over three months, access to a Leadership Academy, communications toolkits, and monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) support.
• The program includes a financial incentive where projects that graduate from the challenge and meet specific criteria receive next-stage funding for a 12-month implementation and scaling period.
• Applications are scored out of 100 points based on seven criteria: Innovativeness (15), Potential for impact (15), Equity (15), Scalability (15), Viability and Sustainability (15), Team Composition / Organisation (15), and Risk (10).
• The selection process involves screening for eligibility, review by two separate assessors (including one reference marker), and a minimum score of 60 for shortlisting, with 3 to 5 final winners selected by a committee.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (2023). Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge Guidelines for Applicants. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rain-guidelines-for-applicants-non-profits-1.pdf

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge Guidelines for Applicants. 2023. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rain-guidelines-for-applicants-non-profits-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnership2023resilient, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge Guidelines for Applicants}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2023}, month = may, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rain-guidelines-for-applicants-non-profits-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }