Call for Applications: ”la Caixa” Foundation’s Child Survival Grant Program 2025

Deadline: 22-May-25

The ”la Caixa” Foundation’s is accepting applications for its Child Survival Grant Program to help improve child survival in a broad sense in sub-Saharan African countries with high child mortality.

Goal

• Specific goals:
  • The projects submitted should primarily address Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3 and specifically Target 3.2 regarding the health of newborns and children: “By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births.
• In this call, priority will be given to the following:
  • Support for entities that work together in a network on impact, training or evaluation-based projects for maternal/newborn and child health programs and interventions, or other projects to strengthen health systems in countries with high infant mortality rates.
  • Creation and strengthening of a collaborative culture between entities working in the same geographical area, with the aim of increasing their impact, creating sustainable actions and carrying out more comprehensive intervention.
  • Reinforcement of existing partnerships and the establishment of new collaborations with additional players to help advance the SDGs.
  • Promotion of innovation in products, services and/or processes as far as possible.
  • Incorporation of monitoring and evaluation processes that enable the programme or project to be adapted in real time to the needs of each location.
  • Support for projects aligned with the strategies and plans of the beneficiary countries.

Funding Information

• The types of funding are as follows:
  • Proposals up to a maximum of EUR 450,000 including tax, if applicable: For networks of four or five entities (provided one is local).
  • Proposals up to a maximum of EUR 150,000 including tax, if applicable: For networks of three entities (provided one is local).

Duration

• Applications submitted to this call must be for projects lasting no longer than 24 months.

Spheres of Action

• ”la Caixa” Foundation will support projects that propose possible solutions to the main causes of maternal and child mortality in the following spheres of action:
  • Influencing public policies and programmes.
  • Training professionals in the public health system and in priority health specialities for the project’s country/countries.
  • Strengthening scientific institutions and promoting networks in the country/countries of action.
  • Evaluating programmes and actions to improve the state of health of vulnerable and highburden populations.
  • Improving access to and management of medical supplies. VI. Other issues related to the strengthening of health systems, including improving access and the quality of care.

Geographic Focus

• The countries of action for this call will be in sub-Saharan Africa, the region that concentrates the majority of under-five deaths (60%) and maternal deaths (70%), in which” la Caixa” Foundation has previously implemented global health projects in the last 5 years (2020-2024):
  • Angola
  • Cape Verde
  • Ethiopia
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Mali
  • Mozambique
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Sierra Leone
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda

Eligibility Criteria

• Networks of three to five entities led by a non-profit organisation may take part in this call.
• The institutional curriculum of both the lead organisations and local partners, or other network members, must be submitted in line with the model included in the application form.
• Applicant organisations
  • The organisations leading the proposals must meet the following requirements:
    • Be non-profit organisations.
    • Have an audit report.
    • Have at least five years’ experience in combating poverty, in global health (especially in maternal and child health), research or training before the closing of the Child Survival 2025 call.
    • In the case of Spanish, Portuguese or international organisations, they must be always accompanied by at least one entity from the country of action.
• Partner organisations 
  • The proposal’s partner organisations must meet the following requirements:
    • Be legally constituted and entered in the corresponding register.
    • Be non-profit making.
    • Have, among their institutional aims, the carrying out of activities related to training, cooperation or research in the field of health.
    • Demonstrate a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the implementation of training and/or health actions.
    • Have sufficient capacity and structure to guarantee the project’s goals.

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