MVPs funded worldwide since 2024.
MVPs that attracted further funding or partnerships thanks to the grant and mentoring.
MVPs that would not have happened without the grant and mentoring.
Climate Communication Products are the intelligence layer of communications — turning climate and nature knowledge into useful products that help people understand, trust and adopt solutions.
We want to help expert communicators build that future: creating products people value, return to and rely on, so climate solutions become embedded in everyday life and society. That is how we strengthen the human infrastructure between knowledge and action, and help build a more secure and thriving future.
Climate Communication Products are the next generation category of businesses. They turn information into something of use and value. They start with a real need: who is the user, what are they trying to do, and what would help them do it better?
That could become a data tool, learning platform, civic service, marketplace, media intelligence product, or creator space.
Organisations can apply for one award of up to GBP20,000.
The shift: from content people consume once, to products people need, use and come back to.
We know this is asking something new of you. So we move deliberately — from what you know, to the change you want to make in the world, to the person you’re making it for and the job they need done. Begin with your expertise, end with something someone can't do without.
AN OVERVIEW OF CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS.
Self-service products that help a user do a job faster, more accurately, or with less friction.
E.g. Calculators, planners, trackers, guides, alerts
Help me do something.
“What should I do?”
Products that turn data into monitoring, recommendations, or next-best-action guidance.
E.g. Dashboards, databases, maps, scenario tools
Help me know.
“Give me the information I need.”
Structured learning products that build knowledge, confidence, or behaviour change beyond articles.
E.g. Courses, explainers, playbooks, learning paths
Help me understand.
“What can I learn?”
Products that create peer interaction, shared identity, and ongoing participation to connect around issues.
E.g. Forums, member spaces, events, directories
Help me belong.
“Connect me with others like me.”
Products that combine interfaces with human help or managed delivery across a customer journey.
E.g. Help centres, advisory products, marketplaces
Help me solve it.
“Don’t just tell me, help me.”
Questions? Join our Q&A webinar on 17th November 2026 at 11:00am GMT. Register for the webinar →
The Fund exists to help turn climate information into products people can actually use. Syli backs Climate Communications Products that help users understand, trust and act on climate information — moving beyond journalism as content towards journalism as data, tools and intelligence.
We are looking for social innovation climate communication products designed around a clear user need. That user could be a reader or journalist, but equally a business, government, institution or community.
Note: For this round of the MVP Fund, we are unfortunately unable to accept applications from individuals or organisations based in India.
For us, these products turn climate information or data into something that helps solve a social problem for a specific user. Here are six outcomes that define Climate Culture Communications products:
If your idea fits into these it’s a product we’d be interested in. You can find examples of real MVPs we have funded above.
No. The product should use whatever format or technology best solves the user’s problem. AI or data tools may play a role e.g. analysing data, or digitising an archive, but they are not a requirement. What matters is that the product is useful, usable and designed around a clear need.
No. The money is for building the first working version, a minimum viable product (MVP). If you already have a working product, you can still apply.
Yes. If the product is already out in the world but needs a climate focus or to be redesigned for a new user, this Fund is for that too. If it’s proven that someone already uses it, show that as evidence.
Name them and say who does what, and whether they're putting in money, work or both. You can also apply as a group of organisations. You just need to select a lead organisation and include details on the team and financial structure.
Yes. The Fund is for Climate Communications Products. Good products come from people who work in data, research, design, business, and communications too. What matters is that the product answers a social issue in climate, and understands the people who will use it.
Yes. The application asks if your organisation is nonprofit, for-profit, or both, and the money section asks who would pay, not whether you have a business today. Some organisations end up running the product through a commercial arm while the newsroom stays nonprofit. You don't need to have decided this before you apply.
No. Only one application per organisation can be submitted.
Yes. Past funding from Syli, of any kind, doesn't stop you applying.
Applications can be up to GBP£20,000, and a minimum of GBP£5,000. All financial supporting documentation must be in GBP. Invoices must be supplied to Syli in GBP. The MVP Innovation Grant will be paid in two tranches, 80% once the grant agreement has been signed by you and Syli and the remaining 20% following successful completion of the mid-project review. The Fund pays for building or strengthening a first working version of your product. That can include market research, specialist expertise, design, testing and distribution support. It isn't general funding for your organisation. We don't fund training or programmes that support other ventures, like accelerators or market research projects.
The product needs to be finished and in the market within 10 months of your start date. All work must start by February 2027 and end by November 30, 2027.
Applications open on October 13, 2026 and close on December 4, 2026 at 11:59pm GMT. We will tell you the outcome by 18 January 2027. If you are shortlisted we will schedule an online interview with the founders and team late January 2027, dates to be confirmed after the selection process. For more information please register for the Q&A Webinar November 17, 2026 at 11:00GMT/12:00CET/19:00WIB/08:00BRT. We've tried to find a time that works for all regions, but if you can't make it register, we will send you a link to the recording after the session.
Most questions have a 50-word limit, and the pitch has 200. Altogether it comes to about 1,450 words at most, or around three pages. We require a budget and video pitching the idea. Every question needs an answer. The budget and the video are both required for eligibility. You can download a preview PDF of the application here.
We start by looking for three things: is it a communications product, is it about climate, and is it built to do social good? If it is, we look at your answer to five key questions: Is the problem real? Does your product answer it? Is there evidence people want it? Is there a believable way to keep it going? Can your team make it?
English. Any additional mentoring will also be in English.
Yes. AI can help you research. But you're responsible for every fact in the application, and your evidence has to be real: things you've seen, heard, or tried, or evidenced, not things a machine wrote for you.
Yes. Once you start there is a save button at the bottom of the page, and a link will be provided so you can pick up where you left off.
Each cost should have its own line, not one total figure. The money can pay for whatever the product needs: people, data, tools, and research. We don't cover organisational staff costs, though. If part of it pays for a role you're missing, show that as its own line, and say so in the team section too.
Yes. You will need to identify the founding person or people and also name the members of the team who'll be responsible for the product. Those same people will take part in the interviews, the mentoring, and the work itself, so choose the ones who'll really be doing it. If you are missing roles on the team you can identify those gaps later in the form.
Mentoring. We plan our mentoring around the gaps in your team and what your business needs, using what you tell us in the application. The more honest you are about what you can't do yet, the more useful your application will be.
You don't need either to apply, and this section isn't a test of impact expertise. If we fund you, we'll work on those with you.
We want to meet the founders and team pitching your product, in your own voices. Who you are, what you're making, why it matters. A video made on your phone is fine. But show us your team passion.
You do. You keep ownership of your product and its intellectual property. In return, we ask you to report back on what you learned, and we may use your project as a case study.
Light-touch reporting, with templates provided, at the midpoint, end of your funding period and three months and twelve months after your MVP is launched.
That's expected. We fund the problem and what you learn while solving it, and we’ll work alongside you as the product develops. If the changes still serve the purpose and impact we agreed, that's good product development. Just let us know when something like that happens.
Not individually. However, we will share overall feedback from the round.
The 200 words should cover three things, in your own words. What the problem is, what the product does, what will the user be able to do with it that they can't do today, and why does that change matter in the world? We want to be able to picture the product, and the person or organisation using it, by the time we finish reading.
Name one kind of user. Say what they'll do with your product, using a verb. Then say why that matters beyond them. If you have several kinds of users, pick the one you'd build for first: the form asks about your main user later, and the others can come up there.
Words that would fit any project at all. "Raising awareness among stakeholders." "Empowering communities to engage." Read those and try to picture one person using the product. If you can't see them, we can't either.
Because products that work usually start with somebody's specific difficulty, not with a good idea in a room.
Because it’s the most important thing in the whole application. "Everyone" or "the public" isn't a good enough answer. Name the kind of person or organisation who'll use your product and where they are. Successful business and products are built for users, real people, with real needs and interests.
Verified information along with sources. Any claim needs something behind it: who told you, where, when, or where you read it. You don't need to have conducted formal market research. But we ask that the application shows that you believe the problem is real and that people want a product that can fix it. This could be first hand conversations with users, people already using an early version, requests you've had, a pilot, research, or a specific behaviour you've watched. Try to be as specific as you can: a name or a role, when you spoke to these people, and what they said they'd do with it.
