Call for Proposals under the MMD Grant Facility

The second Call for Proposals under the MMD Grant Facility has officially been launched. 

The key details of this second call can be found below, along with the guidelines.

💰 Funding available

The overall indicative budget for this Call is EUR 600,000, funded by DG INTPA under the Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue (MMD) Support Programme. Individual grants will range from EUR 100,000 to EUR 150,000. Financing of up to 100% of eligible costs may be granted, where duly justified.

🎯 Scope of projects
Eligible actions should:

• Contribute to the operationalisation of Migration and Mobility Dialogues (Rabat, Khartoum, C2CMMD) and/or generate knowledge, research, and policy inputs

• Align with one or more JVAP priority domains, or address transversal themes (e.g. climate migration, migration and gender, migration and health)

• Be implemented in up to 3 countries, with at least one African Union Member State (activities may also take place in the EU when targeting diaspora)

• Have a maximum duration of 6 months (actions should be completed by 1 March 2027)

🤝 Who can apply

• Civil society organisations and non-state actors operating on a non-profit basis (including NGOs, diaspora organisations, social enterprises, universities, research centres, etc.)

• Lead applicants must:
  • Be established for at least 2 years
  • Be registered in an AU or EU Member State

• Applications may include one co-applicant (an AU-based co-applicant is mandatory for EU-based lead applicants, unless they are a diaspora organisation, whereas AU-based lead applicants are not required to have a co-applicant) and may include affiliated entities.

• Organisations that have been awarded a grant, either as lead applicant or co-applicant under the 1^st Call for Proposals of the MMD Grant Facility, are not eligible to apply.

🗓️ Application process

• Applications must be submitted by 1 May 2026 at 17:00 (Vienna time) via the ICMPD Electronic Application Platform at this link: https://intendhost.co.uk/icmpd/aspx/Tenders/Appraisal.
• Each organisation may participate in only one application under this Call, whether as lead applicant, co-applicant, or affiliated entity.

💬 Further information

• An information session will take place on 16 April 2026 at 10:00 (Vienna time). The registration link will be made available on the ICMPD Electronic Application Platform shortly.
• Questions can be submitted via the platform until 23 April 2026.

We also take this opportunity to share with you our recently published Annual Retrospective, which outlines the key milestones achieved by the projects supported under the Grant Facility in 2025.