Deadline: 10 March 2017
The HIV Young Leaders Fund (HYLF) is seeking applications for its 2017 Small Grants Programme to support organizations and projects led by and serving young key populations affected by HIV, with limited access to funding opportunities and working within countries and regions with diverse structural challenges.
The mission of The HIV Young Leaders Fund (HYLF) is to invest in young people’s leadership in the HIV response by supporting youth-led initiatives with small grants, providing them with technical assistance to implement their projects and making capacity building opportunities accessible for them to ensure their sustainability.
Funding Information
Grassroots organizations (local or national) can apply for up to $5,000 USD and regional networks can apply for up to $10,000 USD.
Funding Priorities
- HYLF supports youth-led initiatives serving young key populations affected by HIV, in this sense their funding priorities are set in base with a context analysis and taking in consideration regional epidemics and funding gaps.
- For this year, HYLF through its Small Grants Programme aims to meet the needs of transgender youth considering that HIV prevalence rates in this key affected population are dramatically increasing in most regions in the world.
- In parallel, it’s important to address the needs of the four million young people aged 15-24 living with HIV in the globe and to make visible the needs and challenges of young people with disabilities living with HIV.
- HYLF’s 2017 Small Grants Programme will support outstanding grassroots youth-led organizations or projects and regional networks working with and/or for the following young key populations:
- Young people living with HIV
- Transgender youth
- Young people with disabilities living with or affected by HIV
Activities
- Local, national, regional or international HIV advocacy
- Peer-based services
- Community mobilization
- Community-based or community-led research
Eligibility Criteria
- Only youth-led organizations or youth-led projects and networks focused on serving young key populations are eligible for funding.
- Proposals, which clearly demonstrate a team of young people, share decision-making responsibilities and leadership will be prioritized.
- Organizations that receive funding must be registered as non-profit organizations. Non-registered groups or networks can also apply for a grant but they must have a registered fiscal sponsor and must also have a written agreement with their fiscal sponsor outlining the terms of the sponsorship.
- Applying organizations and initiatives must be based in a developing country as per the OECD list (mentioned below).
- HYLF highly encourages applications from initiatives led by young key populations addressed within this 2017 Small Grants Programme.
- Applicants cannot serve on HYLF’s Community Review Panel if applicants apply for funding as the leader of a project or organization, and their organization can’t be part of HYLF’s Supervisory Board.
- Individuals, for-profit organizations and networks, and government institutions are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Applicants need to download, fill out and submit the Grant Application Form via given website.
Eligible Countries
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti , Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kenya, Tajikistan, Zimbabwe, Armenia, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tokelau, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China (People’s Republic of), Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gabon, Grenada, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Panama, Peru, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Seychelles, South Africa, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna.
For more information, please visit Small Grants Programme.