Deadline: 30 June 2017
The European Commission is seeking applications for its Health Award for NGOs that will highlight and reward outstanding initiatives of international, European, national or regional non-governmental bodies which have significantly contributed to higher levels of vaccination within the EU population.
Immunising people against diseases caused by viruses or bacteria is one of the most cost-effective public health measures available today. The growing scepticism about the need to vaccinate is extremely worrying. Thus, the role of NGOs is crucial in the effort to ensure high vaccination coverage.
Priorities
The call for applications targets initiatives that help achieving higher level of public health for Europeans through vaccination, with particular attention to several related aspects:
- Prevention: availability of vaccines and access to sustainable immunization services
- Awareness and information: promoting vaccination/advocacy
- Countering growing vaccine hesitancy
- Engaging with health care professionals to strengthen education/medical curricula/training, advocacy and health care professionals’ communication skills
- Surveillance
- Tackling vaccination from a specific disease perspective (e.g. Human Papilloma virus HPV, seasonal flu, childhood immunisation, life-course vaccination/adult vaccination, synergies between vaccination and use of antibiotic)
- Other initiatives that can promote higher levels of public health in EU through vaccination.
Awards
The winner of the competition and the two runners-up will receive:
- 1st prize: 20 000 €
- 2nd prize: 15 000 €
- 3rd prize: 10 000 €
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant is a legally established non-governmental body (civil society organisation), non-profit-making, not dependent from industry, and without commercial and business or other conflicting interests.
- The applicant acts at European, national or regional level.
- Only applications from entities established in one the following countries are eligible:
- EU Member States.
- Iceland, Serbia and Norway;
- Countries which have a bilateral agreement with the European Union, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 on the establishment of a third Health Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020).
- Only applications from single applicants are acceptable (with or without partners).
- The application is submitted before the deadline.
- Each non-governmental body can only submit one application. If they submit more applications, extra ones will be disqualified (starting from the second initiative submitted).
- The applicant clearly addresses human health protection through vaccination via one of the topics listed below:
- Prevention of infection
- Assessment/cost-effectiveness analysis of vaccines
- Behavioural/socio-economic research to address vaccine hesitancy
- Communication/use of social media to advocate vaccination
- Appropriate use of vaccines
- Surveillance/Vaccine effectiveness studies
- Tackling vaccine-preventable diseases from a specific disease perspective (e.g. HIV, Tuberculosis, life-course vaccination, synergies between vaccination and use of antibiotics…)
- Education/training of medical students/health care professionals
- Other initiatives that can reduce the threat communicable diseases through vaccination.
- The application describes an initiative that is related to advocacy, awareness-raising, education/training or any other activity that contributes to the protection of human health.
- The application is complete (compulsory fields of the application form are filled out). A report of maximum 5 pages must be uploaded in the submission form that should contain at least the following parts: case study, action proposed, methodology, results and conclusions. Access the submission page to apply for the EU Health Award.
- The application is submitted using the application form from the EU Health Award page of the Public Health Website, accessible via the submission page.
- The application is submitted in English. If it is in another EU language, a translation into English is provided.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Iceland, Serbia and Norway
For more information, please visit EU Health Award.