UNHCR Innovation Accelerator 2026

The UNHCR Innovation Accelerator 2026 is a global initiative to help humanitarian innovations move from pilot stages to sustainable, large-scale impact. The Expression of Interest (EOI) opens on 1 June 2026 at 10:00 AM CEST and closes on 12 July 2026 at 11:59 PM CEST, offering strategic support, catalytic funding, mentorship, partnerships, and technical guidance to scale solutions for forcibly displaced and stateless populations.

Participants gain access to a scaling support system including strategy and governance support, partnership brokering, technical guidance, learning and evidence support, resource mobilization assistance, and potential catalytic funding to enable scaling.

Expression of Interest stage open to organizations and initiatives with proven concepts supporting forcibly displaced and stateless people.

Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI); follow-up stages may include further engagement and assessment.