---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Temina Madon <tmadon@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 12:27 PM Subject: [TIER] [GRANTS] Mobile for Public Service Delivery - GSMA - Due Sept 6th To: tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu, cegafaculty@lists.berkeley.edu Cc: bachas@econ.berkeley.edu, Jeanette Aguilar <jaguilar@berkeley.edu> The GSMA’s 'Mobile Enabled Community Services' Innovation Fund' seeks to leverage mobile technology to enable access to energy and water services for undeserved communities. Established with the support of the UK Government, the MECS Innovation Fund will provide up to £2.4M in grants. • First Round: Concept notes due June 30th • 2nd Round: Concept notes due September 6th • 3rd Round: pending available funds Two types of grant are available:

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Seed Grants that will support the research and development of early stage innovations using mobile to support access to sustainable energy and water provision (up £200k in funding, 25% matched by grantee); and

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Market Validation Grants that will support partnerships between mobile network operators and/or tower companies with community service providers to test promising mobile technologies and business models that have the potential to increase or improve access to water or energy services to undeserved communities at scale (up to £350k in funding, 50% matched by grantee).

For more information please visit GSMA MECS's website. www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/programmes/mobile-enabled-community-services/innovation-fund _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER@tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier