Deadline: 31 January 2017
The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC), and The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) through their joint partnership on The LGBT Fund is seeking applications for Deep Engagement Grants serving LGBT communities in Mozambique only.
The LGBT Fund aligns and expands existing EJAF, OGAC and UNAIDS initiatives to improve access to HIV and STI services for LGBT people, advancing progress towards reaching the UNAIDS Fast-Track targets by 2020. It continues efforts to end stigma, discrimination and violence against LGBT individuals, by working with community leaders, civil society, and service providers to create environments that promote health and well-being.
The LGBT Fund has been set up, to act as a focused and complementary instrument, supporting both structural improvements for health services for LGBT people, and providing a framework to overcome the most immediate barriers.
In Mozambique, the fund is looking to support a solution that scales up HIV service delivery for LGBT people with an objective to improve access to HIV and STI prevention, care and treatment services and information for LGBT persons. Secondary objectives are to decrease LGBT-related stigma and discrimination among health and other service providers, community and/or faith-based leaders, families and policy makers, and to increase the capacity of LGBT community-based civil society organisations and local- and national-level LGBT movements to deliver HIV and STI services and advocate for the rights and health of LGBT persons.
Funding Information
The LGBT Fund is looking to fund one solution, in the range of $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 for an evidence-based programme lasting 2 years, which will measurably lead to reduced HIV infections for LGBT people in Mozambique.
Priorities
- The provision of services for the LGBT community, e.g.,
- LGBT community-led comprehensive HIV and STI services, including but not limited to HIV testing and ART dispersion
- Special strategies for particularly hard to reach LGBT sub-groups (e.g., youth, older, mobile, migrant, sex worker, drug-using)
- Cross-cutting approaches, e.g., community mobilisation or community-based approaches integrated into peer outreach and support and/or clinical service
- Improvements to existing HIV services to ensure they cater for LGBT people, e.g.,
- Integration of LGBT-specific health services into mainstream public health clinics
- Rapid needs assessments to improve HIV service design and implementation
- Mechanisms for community feedback to troubleshoot problems, and make services more respectful and appropriate
- Improvements to referral and linkages across the prevention, care and treatment continuum
- Interventions that increase the demand among LGBT people for HIV services, e.g.,
- Use of social media and other technology to create demand for HIV services
- Peer outreach and behaviour change interventions
Eligibility Criteria
- Country: This is a funding opportunity for a Deep Engagement Grant in Mozambique only. Applicants must have presence in the country of implementation or partner with a local organisation with in country presence. The majority of budgeted cost must arise in Mozambique.
- Type of applicant: Applications are encouraged from for-profit, non-profit, academic organisations, and multilateral institutions. Ineligible entities include individuals and governments. Individuals refer to anyone classified as an ‘individual’ for U.S. tax purposes (including sole proprietorships and some single member limited liability companies). The LGBT Fund will not allow funds to be paid as profit to any recipient. Profit is defined as any amount in excess of allowable direct and indirect costs
- Registration and Bank Account: The applicant organisation must be a legally registered entity and must have an active organisational bank account.
- Project Timetable: The proposed grant must be implemented and all funds disbursed within two years from the date the grant agreement is signed with the applicant or by July 1, 2019, whichever is earlier.
- Completeness and Language: All application information and supporting documentation must be submitted in English; any other language will be considered ineligible. Written submissions must be completed in full to be considered eligible for review; incomplete submissions will be considered ineligible.
How to Apply
- All application materials are available at the given website.
- Applications must be submitted at the address provided in the pdf at the given website.
Eligible Country: Mozambique
For more information, please visit Deep Engagement Grants for Mozambique.
Conference Call – Q&A – LGBT Fund Deep Engagement Grant for Mozambique
Prospective applicants are invited to an informational conference call on the 23rd January related to the opportunity to apply for a Deep Engagement Grant for Mozambique from the LGBT Fund.
Date and Time
- Date: Monday January 23rd.
- Time: 09:00 Washington D.C. / 14:00 London / 15:00 Geneva / 16:00 Maputo.
Eligibility Criteria: Consortia of multiple NGOs are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply: Applicants must use the provided application forms – applicants may not use their own templates.
More information on the conference call can be found here.