Through the Humanitarian Open Call 2024, the Novo Nordisk Foundation supports humanitarian actors and the humanitarian system in identifying, adapting, or integrating research, learning, and innovative approaches to improve the quality of humanitarian response and deliver better outcomes for people affected by crisis.
International humanitarian organisations were eligible to apply as a main applicant through the call. All submissions were subject to open competition, with a review committee responsible for selecting the applications that received funding.
The geographic focus of the call was low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, as well as Ukraine. Applications were to fall within one or more of the following categories:
Food security
- Improving food security in crises.
- Strengthening the climate resilience of food.
Health
- Improving non-communicable disease prevention and management in crises including its comorbidities, such as infectious diseases systems in humanitarian operations.
- Strengthening the climate resilience of health systems in humanitarian operations.
Seven applicants received funding through the Humanitarian Open Call. Please see them below:
International Medical Corps is receiving DKK 4.8m for the project Supporting the Somali Health System to Respond to Increased Heat and Extreme Heat Events. The project will take place in Somalia.
ADRA Denmark, together with ADRA Yemen and University of Copenhagen, is receiving DKK 5m for the project Community-Led Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Conflict Affected Yemen. The project will take place in Yemen.
International Rescue Committee is receiving DKK 5m for the project Developing and testing strategies to improve access to and consumption of healthy foods for Somalis living with diabetes, hypertension and/or TB. The project will take place in Somalia.
Terres des Hommes is receiving DKK 5m for the project Climate resilient and environmentally sustainable healthcare (CRESH) for the population of Cox’s Bazar. The project will take place in Bangladesh.
Danish Refugee Council, together with University of Copenhagen, is receiving DKK 5m for the project Adapting Humanitarian Response to Refugees’ Endeavors: Managing Food and Health Insecurity. The project will take place in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan.
Care Denmark, together with AVSI Foundation Uganda, is receiving DKK 5m for the project Improving food security and health of refugee children through integrating biogas digesters and self-reliant, climate smart school feeding systems. The project will take place in Uganda.
Community Health Partners, together with George Washington University and icddr,b, is receiving DKK 4.6m for the project Cost effectiveness of a population-based care model to reduce cardiovascular disease risk and eliminate chronic hepatitis C among Rohingya refugees. The project will take place in Bangladesh.
The grantees of the Humanitarian Open Call 2025 will be announced in the autumn.
To learn more about the Humanitarian Open Call, please visit our dedicated site.
