Grants available for solutions to COVID-19 challenges

Booz Allen Foundation is offering grants from a $1 million innovation fund to those creating innovative solutions to the urgent social challenges created by COVID-19.

The management consulting and technology firm has a local office on Clements Ferry Road.

The foundation is specifically interested in solutions that will provide for the safe return to work or protect vulnerable populations and frontline workers. Nonprofits can apply for grants of up to $100,000. Technologists, social entrepreneurs, and eligible for-profit enterprises can apply for microgrants of up to $10,000.

To apply for a grant, visit the Booz Allen Foundation website, boozallenfoundation.org/innovationfund/, and complete an application explaining how your proposed solution will use innovation to solve a pressing social challenge and build lasting community resilience in the face of COVID-19.