Deadline: 1-Apr-22
Applications are now open for the Laerdal Foundation Grant Program to provide financial support to practically oriented Research and Development in acute medicine. The last few years the an added focus has been given to projects relating to saving lives at birth in low-resource settings, based on the UN Sustainability Goal.
The support will be focused on practically oriented projects helping achieve the UN Sustainability Goal no 3 (that in 2015 replaced the previous MDGs 4 and 5), aiming at
- Reducing infant and child mortality by 2/3 from 2010 to 2030
- Reducing maternal deaths by 2/3 from 2010 to 2030
Funding Information
- The Board expects to fund up to 20 projects per year in this category, with a maximum amount of USD 50,000, with the average grant being around USD 30,000.
- The Board will be prioritizing projects relating to interventions on day of birth – including prevention of stillborn deaths. Applications that go beyond a local impact and have the potential to document long term practical value and stimulate developments also in other regions/countries will be prioritized .
Eligibility Criteria
Applications are particularly welcome relating to:
- Innovative approaches to more efficient education and implementation
- Collaborative initiatives relating to scale-up of proven concepts
- Projects taking place in the Foundation’s focus countries: Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
For more information, visit https://laerdalfoundation.org/saving-lives-at-birth/