The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) has allocated funds to support dialogue initiatives that focus on building bridges between diverse religious, ethnic, political, communities in Palestine, Sudan and Syria. Possible grants for individuals are up to 4500 Euro and for organizations up to 7000 Euro and will be evaluated based on specific selection criteria (please refer to Annex 4 in the document folder). Initiatives should be fully implemented within a four-month or a six-month period (depending on the duration of the initiative) from April 1^st to September 30^th, 2026, including the submission of the final reports. 

Initiatives that strengthen community and institutional responses to crises will be prioritized. Within this overarching focus, preference will be given to initiatives that:

1. Counter and prevent hate speech invoked in the name of religion at local or national levels, particularly where such rhetoric exacerbates crises or undermines community resilience.
2. Enhance the role of Interreligious and Intrareligious dialogue in crisis response, with a special emphasis on interfaith initiatives that mobilize communities and support vulnerable groups, including the elderly, people with specific health needs, women, children, and refugees, during national emergencies.
3. Integrate principles of Interreligious Education and Common Citizenship into IRD efforts to strengthen social cohesion, mutual understanding, and peaceful coexistence, especially in contexts affected by crisis or instability.
4. Promote the protection of cultural heritage and sacred sites, recognizing their importance for community identity, continuity, and recovery in times of crisis.

Proposals will be evaluated based on specific selection criteria. All initiatives and activities should include a policy dimension, involving policymakers in the initiative on a local or national level with different levels of engagement.

THE FOLLOWING METHODS, APPROACHES AND FORMATS CAN BE USED TO ADDRESS THE TOPICS HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE

• Advocacy for policy changes.

• Capacity-building

• Traditional/social media engagement, live streaming events, broadcasting, radio programmes, TV programs, short videos, documentaries, etc. 

• Knowledge exchange.

• Awareness raising.

• Policy papers, booklets, infographics, articles, and blogs. 

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) such as mobile phone Applications (Apps), text messages and push notifications.

WHO CAN APPLY?

The Dialogue360 project targets organizations and institutions as well as individuals, from Palestine, Sudan and Syria, who can support intra and interfaith efforts to respond to the themes identified in this call. More specifically, these partners include the following entities:

• Interfaith/interreligious dialogue platforms, organizations, and networks. 

• Religious leaders and faith-based organizations (FBOs).

• Youth and women organizations and other civil society organizations.

• Social media influencers and bloggers.

GOOD TO KNOW

• Proposals might include more than one method and multiple formats. 

• Only proposals consisting of (1. an application form  (online google form), (2. A project workplan and timeframe, (3. the monitoring and evaluation plan, and (4. A detailed budget will be considered. 

• Uploading a CV (for individuals) and a registration certificate for the institutions and organizations

• Preference will be given to joint proposals submitted by two organizations or more.

• To increase the chances of your initiative being selected, please consider the set of selection criteria outlined in Annex 4 (please refer to the documents), which will serve as a basis to evaluate the projects to be awarded.

• Applications from Palestine, Sudan and Syria only will be considered

   

Please note that:

• For previous beneficiaries of the Dialogue360 project from Palestine and Sudan, new applications will only be considered if the partner has received no more than one or two grants in total. If a partner has already been awarded three grants, they must wait a period of two years before reapplying. This policy is intended to ensure that more partners could benefit from the funding.

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• For diverse fellowship programmes in the Arab region, eligibility for new applications requires that at least one year has passed since they received their last learning grant. This ensures that fellows have adequate time to implement their previous funding before seeking additional support.

Please find the documents here for download.

• Please provide electronic copies rather than scans.

For questions and inquiries, email: grants-arabregion@kaiciid.org 

APPLY HERE 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 11 February 2026