What we offer

• Grant funding: CHF 10,000 to help move your idea into action.
• Access to a shared pool of up to CHF 60,000 in non-financial but tailored support, including:
  • Peer learning and shared exploration: uncovering new pathways for radical transformation.
  • Individualised coaching and expert guidance.
  • Strategic positioning for yourself and your idea.
  • Defining and measuring success.
  • Systems and futures thinking.
• 12-month journey: Beginning in January 2026, join a cohort of innovators in an online environment dedicated to systemic transformation, connection, and wellbeing.
• Visibility and amplification: Your work will be showcased through Unearthodox’s communication channels, helping to expand your reach and impact.
• Community and collaboration: We practice deep allyship and will connect you with a global network of systems innovators, mentors, and network weavers.

Who is this call for? 

This programme is designed for those who are curious, courageous, and deeply relational. Individuals who value participation, trust, and empathy, who think critically and creatively about the nature-society challenges of today and tomorrow, and who co-create new pathways for systemic change. This call is for you if:

• You are an innovator with an early-stage idea already in motion at the intersection of environmental and societal change, who is likely navigating uncertainty or actively shaping your direction.
• You are seeking a space for radical experimentation, interdisciplinary collaboration, a decolonised innovation ecosystem, and an environment where care (not profit) is the currency.
• You are in an active phase of ideation, research or experimentation, and you want to explore new ways of measuring change and success, and will benefit from customised support.

If this sounds like you, even if your journey has been quiet, messy, internal, or nonlinear until now, we invite you to apply. 

We especially welcome underrepresented voices from the global majority and historically excluded communities. Edges of Possibility embraces diversity across age, gender identity, location, and background. The programme is conducted in English and open to all who share a commitment to reimagining systems for a just, vibrant, and regenerative future.

We Invite You To Consider:

1. What future is your idea helping us to push towards? And away from?
2. How does it encourage people to see, act, connect, or live in new ways?
3. How does it challenge current systems and norms, to help all life on Earth thrive together?
4. What conditions might this transformative work need in order to flourish?
5. What deeper purpose connects you and others working in this space, on this type of problem?

This Programme Is Not Designed For:

• Projects that focus only on surface-level symptoms.
• Projects that prioritise speed, growth, or profit above purpose.
• People who seek individual support without interest in participating in collective learning.
• Projects or approaches that reinforce dominant or extractive systems.

A. Eligibility

For your entry to be considered, the following statements must be true:

1. You are over 18 years of age.
2. The application is in English.
   • We welcome submissions that have been translated from another language using an online tool. Entries will not be penalised for errors in grammar or vocabulary.
3. The entry clearly responds to the topic of nature-society focused systems change and the five evaluation criteria.
4. The entry is submitted using the online portal.
5. You are an innovator with an early-stage idea already in motion at the intersection of environmental and societal challenges, who is likely navigating uncertainty or actively shaping your direction.
6. You are not currently employed or contracted by Unearthodox.
7. If successful, by accepting the grant, you would not be breaching any law, contract, or third‑party obligation.
8. You are not in a country where international sanctions restrict us from sending funds