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Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF)

The Home Office is inviting applications to the Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF), a £6.27 million grant programme designed to support innovative, evidence-based projects that raise global standards to protect people from modern slavery and reduce the impact of modern slavery on the UK. Funding is available for projects delivering activities under one of two thematic focus areas: (1) tackling trafficking and forced criminality in cyber-scam centres; or (2) strengthening prevention and response to forced labour and child labour in UK supply chains. Successful projects will demonstrate innovation, measurable impact, meaningful engagement of people with lived experience, and the potential to generate sustainable change and wider system influence.

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Summary

The Modern Slavery Innovation Fund seeks to raise global standards to protect people from modern slavery and reduce the impact of modern slavery on the UK.

 The Fund will support projects under one of two thematic focus areas:

 Thematic Focus Area 1:

 Tackling trafficking and forced criminality in cyber-scam centres

  • Within this thematic focus, we are seeking projects that will deliver on one, or ideally both, of the following priorities: Prevention of trafficking into cyber-scam centres

  • Enhancing victim identification, support and reintegration

Projects under this focus area should be designed to be agile and must operate across at least three trafficking source, transit or destination countries.

Thematic Focus Area 2:

Strengthening prevention and response to forced labour and child labour in UK supply chains

·       Within this thematic focus, we are seeking projects that will deliver on one, or ideally both, of the following priorities: Leveraging emerging technology to improve data quality and data sharing

·       Engaging lived experience in due diligence and remediation processes

Projects must clearly demonstrate how they link to UK supply chains.

Funding period: 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2029. The Home Office may extend funded projects by up to 12 months to 31 March 2030, subject to funding availability and satisfactory performance.

Eligibility

The Applicant must:

·       Operate on a not-for-profit basis.

·       Have a proven record of working on modern slavery.

·       Demonstrate compliance with OECD Official Development Assistance (ODA) requirements.

·     Be able to deliver the Purpose for the full duration of the grant period, including any possible extension period

·       Be able to meet all the outcomes as set out in the Statement of Outcomes.

·       Be able to fully cover the geographical region(s) they are applying for.

·       Have appropriate safeguarding arrangements and governance in place.

·       Be able to demonstrate robust financial management and monitoring arrangements 

Applications may be submitted by:

  • Individual organisations.

  • Consortia.

  • Partnerships.

One organisation must act as Lead Organisation and will be accountable for grant delivery and compliance.

 The following are not eligible to apply:

·       Local authorities

·       Individuals

·       Private companies (i.e. organisations that do not meet the above criteria)

·       Community groups

Objectives

The outcomes that this grant funding aims to achieve are:

·       There is less local individual, family, community and structural risk of being trafficked and/or re-trafficked, in the locations where projects are delivered.

·       National government and civil society responses to counter modern slavery are stronger, in the countries where projects are delivered.

Global efforts to counter modern slavery are more sustainable due to effective innovation and advocacy.

Projects should demonstrate:

  • Innovation through leveraging technology or testing evidence-based interventions

  • Potential for scaling and catalytic impact

  • Meaningful engagement of people with lived experience

  • Sustainable outcomes

  • Robust monitoring, evaluation and learning arrangements

Dates

Launch of competition 26 June 2026

Clarification Period Opens 27 June 2026

Clarification Period Closes 10 July (midnight GMT)

Application Submission deadline 31 July 2026 (midnight GMT)

How to apply

  • In order to apply for funding, Applicants will first need to register on the Home Office (HO) Jaggaer portal as a “supplier” via the following link:

     https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html

     Applicants should be approved for usage within 24 hours of registering on the system. After clicking on the eSourcing portal link, it should take you to the home page. On the left-hand side of this page, just below the login boxes, there is an option to register.

     To register as a supplier, you will need to provide information which will include:

    • the full legal name of your organisation;

    • your DUNS number – a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge by Dun & Bradstreet (if your organization does not have a DUNS number, please email sajen.bakht@homeoffice.gov.uk & teresasmith11@homeoffice.gov.uk****); and

    • profile information describing your organisation and the size of your business.

    Once registered as a supplier on the portal, please send a notification e-mail to sajen.bakht@homeoffice.gov.uk and **Teresasmith11@homeoffice.gov.uk**and request access to the associated documents for Modern Slavery Innovation Fund.

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