Deadline: 20-Feb-25
The Vital Strategies is pleased to announce the Open Grant Program to Reduce Tobacco Use.
The grants program supports projects to develop and deliver high-impact evidence-based tobacco control interventions. The grants program is managed by Vital Strategies and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Open Grant Round (OGR) – An international competitive grant round, open to applicants from any low or middle-income country.
Funding Information
- Proposals can be submitted for grants from US$50,000 up to US$250,000 per year. Project proposals between six and twenty-four months will be considered.
Eligible Projects
- Priority will be given to projects that lead to sustainable improvements in tobacco control laws, regulations, policies at the national or sub-national level (e.g. provinces, states, and cities), including (but not restricted to):
- Tax and price measures, including illicit trade policy in relation to taxation.
- Direct and indirect advertising bans (including promotion and sponsorship)
- Establishment of smoke-free legislation for public places and workplaces
- Policies for graphic warning labels on tobacco products
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants from low- and middle-income countries (as categorized by The World Bank) are welcome to apply.
- Governmental and non-governmental organizations based in eligible countries can apply for grants.
- Governmental organizations include, but are not limited to, national Ministries, state/provincial authorities, and city/municipal authorities & affiliate offices.
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with relevant advocacy experience aimed at changing or implementing policies including but not limited to civil society organizations, educational institutions (for example universities) and independent policy institutions (‘think tanks’).
- Applicants must be recognized legal registered entities capable of entering into contractual arrangements, receiving foreign funds for the proposed activities and assuming legal and financial obligations.
- NGO applicants cannot be the recipients of financial support from any tobacco product manufacturer or the parent, subsidiary or affiliate of a tobacco product manufacturer, including PMI IMPACT and Global Action to End Smoking (formally known as The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World).
- The grants program does not fund individuals.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Following types of projects will not be funded:
- The grants program does not fund education programs (school-based or otherwise), nor does it fund agricultural or crop-substitution programs.
- The grants program does not fund basic research, academic studies, prevalence surveys or cessation services. However, they will consider funding for research that directly supports policy implementation.
- Systematic surveys of adult prevalence are being undertaken separately with the support of the Bloomberg Initiative and are not funded through the grants program.
- Projects should address a strategic gap in national tobacco control and avoid duplicating work already conducted.
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