Deadline: 15 December 2017
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is inviting applicants for its Product Development Partnerships Fund with an objective to accelerate access to new and effective tools and approaches to emerging and acute public health threats, including drug resistance in the Indo-Pacific.
The Fund will help to address the need for cost-effective, new and adapted products for TB, malaria, and vector control for mosquito borne diseases more broadly, and to make them safely and effectively available to target populations.
Types of Funding
Funding will be provided for:
- Core funding where the PDP has a single disease focus on TB and/or malaria
- Core funding for PDPs with a focus on vector control
- Semi-restricted to TB and/or malaria where the PDP has a broader mandate
Grant Information
- The total investment will be up to AUD75 million over five years.
- This will comprise of up to AUD50 million for an initial three year period, with up to AUD25 million in the subsequent two years, subject to an external evaluation.
- DFAT expects to fund up to four PDPs for AUD 10 – 15 million per proposal over three years. However funding of up to AUD 20 million may be considered for outstanding proposals.
Eligibility Criteria
- Product Development Partnerships with a focus on diagnostics and therapeutics for TB and malaria and/or vector control tools for malaria and other high burden mosquito borne disease will be considered eligible for funding.
- Organisations that apply for funding must be able to demonstrate the following capabilities at a minimum:
- A Public-Private-Partnership model that develop and deliver affordable, quality medicines, diagnostic tools and innovating products for specific neglected disease to combat poverty and disadvantage
- Track record of timely implementation and successful delivery of results
- Sound financial and administrative processes for managing donor funds
- Robust procurement processes that comply with acceptable probity standards and protect against corruption and misappropriation and
- Acceptable risk management, child protection policies and mitigation strategies
How to Apply
Applicants must use the Invitation to Submit an Activity Proposal template and submit all documents electronically via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit PDP Fund.