Experimentation Fund

The SILP Experimentation Fund takes a novel, learning-centred approach to seeding and funding experiments. In May 2023, we began collaborating with a cohort of seven projects, which all aim to affect systems change and address complex challenges, across a diversity of geographical, cultural, and socio-economic contexts.

With innovation at the core, we have experimented with a number of different approaches to funding, such as providing microgrants to support prospective applicants and selecting a ‘learning portfolio’ focused on experiments that help us learn about the nature of systems change.

Areas of interest:

• Experimenting with a shift in the power dynamics of funding, in service of supporting systems change.
• Exploring how systems can be changed by altering the practices and structures of development cooperation funding.
• Generating knowledge and insights around systemic impact through a learning-centred approach.