Every year, on 7th April, the World Health day is observed by government, non-government organizations, and health organizations to spread information and awareness about the importance of health to human beings. This day also ensures that all people and communities get proper access to the healthcare facilities when they need it and wherever they are without discrimination of any kind.
The new theme brings out the underlying and core issues that need to be strategized so that they can be addressed throughout the year. This year, World Health Day 2020 will shine a light on the vital role played by nurses and midwives in providing health care around the world, and call for a strengthening of the nursing and midwifery workforce.
Recently, the outbreak of new coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) is causing respiratory illness worldwide, prompting the WHO to declare the condition as a global pandemic. The virus has spread to more than 135 countries in Asia, Europe, North America, and the Middle East, thus putting the world’s economy in survival mode.
As the world further shuts down in the wake of deadly coronavirus, several NGOs and grant-makers have raised their hands and step up their efforts to support communities, vulnerable people, small businesses, food banks, school-meal programs, and related food-security organizations to fight the Covid-19 outbreak.
There are several foundations and organizations that have come up with millions of funding to address this pandemic that hit nations globally. Therefore, to assist NGOs better, we have compiled some open opportunities for the betterment of community health care around the world.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges launched: Inviting Great Ideas from Everywhere!
Once again, new opportunities under the initiatives “Grand Challenges in Global Health” and “Grand Challenges Explorations” have been launched to address significant global challenges that could lead to crucial advances in preventing, treating, and curing diseases of the developing world…[more]
Viiv Health Care accepting Applications for 2020 Positive Action Challenge – Harm Reduction
The Viiv health care is seeking applications for “2020 Positive Action Challenges- Harm Reduction” to find innovative solutions to a particular issue or challenge…[more]
Elrha announces Call for Research Proposals to support the COVID – 19 Response in Humanitarian Settings
Elrha is launching an urgent funding call for research proposals to support the COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings. The call aims to fund public health research that will produce robust findings that will contribute to the effectiveness of the current humanitarian response and increase the evidence base for future responses to similar infectious disease outbreaks…[more]
RSTMH accepting Applications for 2020 Small Grants Program
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) is currently seeking applications for its 2020 small grants program. The purpose of the small grants is to enable early career researchers and global health professionals in the field of tropical medicine or global health to undertake clinical or scientific research and/or fieldwork, either as stand-alone projects or distinct elements within a larger project….[more]
Peace First launches Rapid Response Grants to Address COVID-19
Peace First has launched a rapid response grant process to help young people around the world lead projects that address community impacts of COVID-19, from providing meals to elderly neighbors to launching digital mental health campaigns to support youth feeling isolated…[more]
New York Academy of Sciences announces Combating COVID-19 Challenge
The New York Academy of Sciences has announced the Challenge: Combating COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic, spanning 112 countries and infecting over 150,000 people…[more]
2020 Call for Code Global Challenge: Build Solutions for COVID-19 and Climate Change
The 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge has expanded its focus to tackle the effects of COVID-19. Technology solutions can help reduce the impact this pandemic has on our daily lives and the world….[more]
National Geographic Society launches COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists
The National Geographic Society has launched an emergency fund for journalists all over the world who wish to cover COVID-19 within their own communities. This fund will place particular emphasis on delivering news to underserved populations, particularly where there is a dearth of evidence-based information getting to those who need it…[more]
SOLVE 2020 Global Health Security & Pandemics Challenge
In response to the coronavirus, Solve has launched a Global Health Security & Pandemics Challenge as part of its 2020 Global Challenges. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the latest in a series of infectious disease emergencies, including cholera, Ebola, SARS, Chikungunya, HIV/AIDS, and influenza….[more]
Applications Open for WISH Innovation Award Program
The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) opened applications for the WISH Innovation Spark Competition and the WISH Innovation Booster Competition – two new innovation competitions that provide talented entrepreneurs a platform to promote ideas and products aimed at improving the delivery and quality of healthcare…[more]
WHO: “Reboot Health & Wellbeing: keeping young people safe” Innovation Challenge
The World Health Organization (WHO), supported by the UN Office of Information and Communications Technology (UN-OICT), UNAIDS and the World Food Programme (WFP), challenge you to use your bright minds and entrepreneurial skills to address one of the of urgent health challenges for the next decade : Keeping young people safe…[more]
Applications Open for 2020 APEC Healthy Women Prize
The 2020 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Research Prize is now accepting applications for outstanding research work that strives to improve women’s health, economic well-being, and chart more inclusive growth…[more]
SOLVE 2020 Maternal and Newborn Health Challenge
The MIT Solve community has announced the 2020 Global Challenge on the topic of “Maternal and Newborn Health”. The MIT Solve community is looking for technology-based solutions that promote the health and well-being of pregnant women, new mothers, and newborns everywhere…[more]
Pulitzer Center announces Coronavirus News Collaboration Challenge 2020
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking proposals that develop innovative approaches to reporting on the novel coronavirus crisis using collaboration among journalists and newsrooms across state lines or national borders. This opportunity is open to all newsrooms and independent journalists in the United States and abroad….[more]
EDCTP 2020 Prizes inviting Individuals and Research Teams from sub-Saharan Africa and Europe
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is inviting nominations for its 2020 Prizes. The Prizes are part of the EDCTP programme which is supported by the European Union under Horizon 2020, it’s Framework Programme for Research & Innovation…[more]
Submit Applications for 2020 Public Health Reporting Grants (Africa)
The Africa-China Reporting Project (the Project) at Wits Journalism is inviting journalists to submit proposals for reporting grants of up to US $1,500 for investigations focused on public health and related issues….[more]
TB REACH Wave 8 Funding to increase Private Provider Engagement
The Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH initiative has launched its Wave 8 round of funding to boost private provider engagement in the fight against TB. In the 8th funding cycle, TB REACH seeks new and scalable PPE models led by local organizations from the 24 priority countries to better involve private healthcare providers to detect and notify more people with TB…[more]
Operational Research to Support the Elimination of Communicable Diseases in the Latin American and Caribbean Region
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in collaboration with the Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), is pleased to announce the 2020 – 2021 call for applications for the Joint PAHO/TDR Small Grant Scheme for operational research to support the elimination of communicable diseases in the Latin American and Caribbean Region…[more]
CcHUB offering Funding and Design Support for COVID-19 Projects
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic and its related consequences in other sectors of various economies across the globe, Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) in Nigeria is offering Funding and Design support for teams working on projects to address problems/needs related to the Coronavirus outbreak…[more]
Coronavirus Fast Response Fund for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine
In response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST) is launching a new call for proposals on Coronavirus Fast Response Fund. The purpose of the call is to mobilize civic initiatives in the wider Black Sea region meant to help limit the coronavirus crisis…[more]
Embassy of the Slovak Republic announces Small Grants for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
The Embassy of the Slovak Republic in New Delhi has announced a call for proposals for small grants for 2020 in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka…[more]
DHHS/CDC: Enhancing Global Health Security – Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health Globally
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks to build upon activities funded by CDC to support Global Health Security (GHS) through implementation of programs and activities that focus on protecting and improving health globally through partnerships with Ministries of Health and other governmental institutions…[more]
DHHS/CDC accepting Applications to improve the Nigerian National Public Health Institutes Management Capacity and Public Health Functions
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks to solicit for a collaborative partnerships with NCDC primarily to strengthen its systems and develop the workforce to lead IHR (2005) implementation. It consolidates and builds on the scope of activities previously implemented under the following awards GH1814, GH1237 and GH1632 to develop and/or strengthen national public health systems in countries by consolidating and organizing public health expertise and systems within an NPHI…[more]
Tanzania Global Health Security Partner Engagement
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) entitled “Tanzania Global Health Security Partner Engagement: Advancing Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health”…[more]
DHHS/CDC: Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health in Kenya
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Central for Disease Control (CDC) is currently seeking applications for Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health in Kenya…[more]
DHHS/CDC: Improving Health Security and Building International Health Regulations Core Capacities in the Republic of Uganda
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is seeking applications for funding for improving Health Security and Building International Health Regulations Core Capacities in the Republic of Uganda…[more]
CANSA accepting Applications for Cancer Research Grant 2020 – South Africa
The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) has funding available for research projects initiated and executed at South African institutions such as universities, NGO’s and parastatal organisations. The purpose of this funding is to support high-quality research that will reduce risk, advance management and improve outcomes for the most common cancers in South Africa, including breast, cervical, prostate, colorectal and lung cancers…[more]
DHHS/CDC: Strengthening Sustainability of Global Health Security Objectives in Sierra Leone
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking applications for funding for strengthening Sustainability of Global Health Security Objectives in Sierra Leone…[more]
British Embassy announces Cuba Programme Fund 2020 – 2021
The British Embassy in Havana is inviting interested organisations to submit project proposals to be implemented during the British financial year 2020-21 (April 2020 to March 2021) to support cooperation between the United Kingdom and Cuba in priority areas for both countries…[more]
DHHS/CDC: Enhancing Global Health Security in the Congo (DRC)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is seeking applications for funding for enhancing Global Health Security: Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…[more]
DHHS/CDC: Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health in Vietnam
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Central for Disease Control (CDC) is inviting applications for Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Public Health in Vietnam…[more]
Embassy of the Slovak Republic seeking Proposals for 2020 Small Grant Program (Ukraine)
The Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Kyiv, has launched the Call for Proposals for small grants provided to partners in Ukraine in the year 2020…[more]
U.S. Department of Justice launches 2020 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program…[more]
DHHS/CDC: Global Health Security through Strengthened Community Based Surveillance in Senegal
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Central for Disease Control (CDC) is currently seeking applications for Global Health Security through Strengthened Community Based Surveillance…[more]
Embassy of Japan in Malaysia: Japanese Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Project 2020
The Embassy of Japan in Malaysia is now accepting applications for the “Japanese Grant Assistance Grass-Roots Human Security Project (GGP) 2020”…[more]
Clif Bar Family Foundation seeking Applications for Small Grants Program 2020 – United States
The Clif Bar Family Foundation is seeking applications for its small grants program to support innovative small and mid-sized groups working to strengthen food system and communities, enhance public health, and safeguard environment and natural resources…[more]
NIH: Strengthening the Impact of Community Health Workers on the HIV Care Continuum in the US
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications to strengthen the impact of Community Health Workers on the HIV Care Continuum in the US…[more]
Funding for Projects seeking to Mitigate the Health Consequences of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Epidemic in Denmark
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is seeking proposals for projects that seek to mitigate the health consequences of the coronavirus epidemic in Denmark. Projects must be able to be initiated immediately, but must be of such a nature that the knowledge gathered in the project is made available and can be utilized in similar situations in the future…[more]
WITH Foundation promoting Comprehensive Healthcare for Adults with Developmental Disabilities – United States
WITH Foundation was created to provide financial support to organizations that promote comprehensive healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities. The mission of WITH Foundation is to promote the establishment of comprehensive healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities that is designed to address their unique and fundamental needs…[more]
Embassy of the Sloak Republic in Serbia announces Call for Proposals for Small Grants Program 2020
The Embassy of the Sloak Republic in Belgrade has announced a Call for Proposals for Small Grants Program for 2020. Small Grant program modality of the Slovak Official Development Assistance is funded from SlovakAid and is aimed directly at small-scale projects which represent a more flexible, operative and effective financial support for developing countries and in the Republic of Serbia is intended for Kosovo region…[more]
DHHS/CDC: Strengthening Global Health Security in Nigeria
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is accepting applications to strengthen Global Health Security by implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) and the Global Health Security Agenda in Nigeria….[more]
U.S. Department of Justice: Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding for the Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program…[more]
Embassy of the Slovak Republic announces 2020 Small Grants Program in Belarus
The Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Minsk has announced a call for proposals for 2020 Small Grants Program…[more]
2020 Hillman Emergent Innovation Program – United States
The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation is currently seeking proposals for its Hillman Emergent Innovation Program 2020 to accelerate the development of bold, nursing-driven interventions targeting the needs of vulnerable populations, including the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, people experiencing homelessness, rural populations, and other groups that encounter barriers to accessing quality health care services…[more]
Rhode Island Foundation announces COVID-19 Response Fund Grants
The Rhode Island Foundation and United Way of Rhode Island are seeking applications for its COVID-19 Response Fund Grants to support Rhode Island nonprofit organizations at the forefront of COVID-19 response….[more]
UN announces Grants for Countering and Alleviating the Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ukraine
The United Nations has announced a grant for countering and alleviating the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in target communities of Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts…[more]
Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation seeking Applications for COVID-19 Emergency Grants – United States
The Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation is seeking applications for its Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Grants to support organizations on the frontlines of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) response. Emergency grants from the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation are meant to provide flexible funding for organizations so they can apply for the support they need….[more]
Breakfast Club of Canada issues COVID-19 Special Grants for Community Organizations
The Breakfast Club of Canada is issuing COVID-19 special grants for community organizations to help ensure children and families have access to food during the crisis….[more]
Nellie Mae Education Foundation launches Rapid Response Grant Fund (COVID-19) – United States
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is seeking applications for its Rapid Response Grant Fund to respond to the hate crimes and bias against Asian American communities resulting from COVID-19….[more]
The De Colores Rapid Response Fund supporting for Organizers Responding to COVID-19 (United States)
As the outbreak of COVID-19 presents growing and unprecedented challenges for organizers nationwide, Peace Developement Fund’s De Colores Rapid Response Fund, designed for strategic intervention in movement moments like this, offers grants of $500 to $1,000 to grassroots organizations working to make positive community interventions…[more]
Grants to provide Assistance to Individuals and Families affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic in Santa Barbara County
The Santa Barbara Foundation, United Way of Santa Barbara County, and Hutton Parker Foundation are leading a countywide collaborative with members of the Foundation Roundtable to provide assistance to individuals and families as well as organizations…[more]
Rapid Response and Women’s Solidarity Grant Program – COVID-19 (Georgia)
Women’s Fund has announced the rapid response grant program, which is specifically COVID-19 pandemic with the urgent work is dedicated. Grant program to participate in the reception to women registered and unregistered groups, whose activities in the areas of women’s and girls’ rights protection…[more]
CNRS Flash Call COVID-19 Management in Lebanon
The National Council for Scientific Research launches an urgent declaration, FLASH CALL, to provide financial support for effective medical and technical projects and initiatives, that will give practical results to address the challenges Current recovery, and enabling the health sector in Lebanon to directly benefit from its products…[more]
Omidyar Network India announces Rapid Response Funding for Covid-19
Omidyar Network India has announced a call for proposals for rapid response funding to tackle the challenges posed by the Covid-19 situation and the consequent socio-economic impact…[more]
Funding for Community-based Mutual Assistance Initiatives during the Coronavirus Epidemic in Ukraine
The International Renaissance Foundation is renewing its humanitarian solidarity initiative, which was launched in 2014, and is announcing the first grant competition within this framework. The Foundation is ready to support a wide variety of community -based mutual assistance initiatives during the coronavirus epidemic in Ukraine. Practical assistance should be given to those who remain most vulnerable to the epidemic, given the socio-economic situation of particular social groups…[more]
Coronavirus Community Fund in Northern Ireland
The Coronavirus Community Fund is open to community organisations throughout Northern Ireland, who are supporting isolated older people at this time. The focus of the fund will be to offer community organisations emergency funding to deal with emerging issues in the community, affecting older people (aged 50 and over), as a result of the continuing threat of coronavirus, and the need for self isolation, and potential for further exacerbation of loneliness and isolation of these older people…[more]
Greater Toledo Community Foundation announces COVID-19 Response Fund – United States
The COVID-19 Response Fund of the Greater Toledo Community Foundation requests proposals from nonprofit organizations in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan that incurred unexpected expenses working with communities who are disproportionately impacted by corona virus and the economic consequences of the outbreak….[more]
Novo Nordisk Foundation: Societal Responses to and Preparedness for Emerging Viral Infections – 2020 (Denmark)
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is seeking applications for its thematic call entitled “Societal Responses to and Preparedness for Emerging Viral Infections – 2020”…[more]
COVID-19 Innovation Challenge – India
Q-city, Telangana IT&C (Emerging Tech) are partnering with T-Hub to access the student ecosystem for the Covid-19 Innovation Challenge, which is a ideation program aiming to empower student innovators to get mentorship from renowned subject matter experts, transforming ideas into business propositions under the aegis of T-Hub and CCMB (The Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology)…[more]
Innovations in Cancer Control Grants 2020 Round (Australia)
The Cancer Institute NSW is calling for Expressions of Interest for the Innovations in Cancer Control Grants 2020 Round. The Innovations in Cancer Control Grants Program provides funding to organisations working in cancer, health and other related services…[more]
DHHS/CDC seeking Applications for Reducing the burden of Parasitic Infections in the United States
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is seeking applications for its Reducing the burden of parasitic infections in the United States through evidence-based prevention and control activities….[more]
USAID Zambia Accessible Markets for Health (ZAM-Health) Activity
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Zambia seeks concept papers from qualified applicants to implement the USAID Zambia Accessible Markets for Health (ZAM-Health) Activity….[more]
RWJF’s Global Ideas for U.S. Solutions: Cities Taking Action to Address Health, Equity, and Climate Change
With this call for proposals (CFP), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Global Ideas for U.S. Solutions team seeks proposals that put multisector approaches from cities outside of the United States into action in U.S. cities to mitigate the unequal health risks posed by climate change…[more]
USAID announces American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program Worldwide
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for cooperative agreements and grants from qualified entities to implement the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program…[more]
