Organisations with proven, pilot-tested innovations supporting forcibly displaced and stateless people are invited to express their interest in the UNHCR Innovation Accelerator — a collaborative scaling initiative led by UNHCR Innovation in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, and supported by the Government of Luxembourg.
The Accelerator is designed to help high-potential innovations move from successful pilot implementation toward sustainable, system-level impact — bridging the persistent gap between promising experimentation and long-term scale.
The Accelerator brings together a diverse ecosystem including UNHCR operations, refugee-led organisations, UN agencies, NGOs, governments, academia, development actors, and private sector partners — recognising that transformative change cannot be achieved by any single actor alone.
What Selected Initiatives Receive:
- Strategy and Governance — Support on objective setting, multi-year programming, planning for scale, and navigating institutional processes
- Partnership Brokering — Connections with refugee-led organisations, donors, researchers, private sector partners, and UNHCR colleagues
- Technical Support — Access to expertise for refining solutions, adapting to new contexts, and strengthening operational readiness
- Learning and Evidence — Support to capture lessons, measure progress, and build evidence on what works
- Resource Mobilisation — Help identifying fundraising opportunities and strengthening pitches to attract wider support
- Catalytic Funding — Selected initiatives may receive financial support for testing, technical improvements, partnership development, and evidence generation
Who Can Apply:
- Organisations with proven, pilot-tested innovations supporting forcibly displaced or stateless people
- Collaborative partnerships across UN agencies, NGOs, private sector companies, academia, development partners, and community-based organisations
- Initiatives ready to transition from pilot to sustainable scale