Deadline Date: March 12, 2026
The Investment Window offers support to impact fund managers seeking to scale their innovative impact ideas and build on proven investment fund concepts.
The program focuses on promoting climate adaptation, improving the resilience of water resources and marine ecosystems, strengthening community livelihoods, and reducing vulnerability to climate risks. Eligible thematic areas include sustainable aquaculture and coastal livelihoods, nature-based coastal protection and restoration, water security and resource efficiency, ocean data and monitoring for adaptive management, and climate risk finance, including insurance solutions or resilience bonds as part of investment strategies. Solutions should complement public-sector efforts without duplication and target countries eligible for official development assistance, with a preference for low-income and least-developed countries. Gender equality is encouraged as a cross-cutting objective to accelerate adaptation-oriented interventions.
Funding of up to 7,250,000 CHF is available for up to three awardees, with a strong emphasis on ODA-eligible countries, particularly in Asia and the Pacific, and preference for proposals led by local fund management teams in the region. Solutions should align with at least one of the SDGs, including SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 13 (Climate Action), and SDG 14 (Life Below Water), while demonstrating measurable impact and commercial viability.
Applicants must be legally established entities, free from bankruptcy or legal sanctions, compliant with fiscal obligations, and not subject to exclusion by the World Bank or other multilateral development banks. Entities must provide a Declaration of Undertaking confirming eligibility and adherence to all conditions, and proposals from development financial institutions or multilateral development banks are not eligible.
For more information, visit SDG Impact Finance Initiative.
