Deadline: 1-Oct-25
The Laerdal Foundation is seeking proposals to provide financial support to practically oriented research to prevent needless deaths from sudden cardiac arrest, trauma and during birth.
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. Applications are particularly welcome relating to:
- Innovative approaches to more efficient education and implementation
- Collaborative initiatives relating to scale-up of proven concepts.
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.
Eligible Activities
- The Foundation in particular welcomes applications that can advance treatment recommendations, education or implementation within:
- Resuscitation
- Trauma
- Maternal and/or newborn care
Ineligible Activities
- Applications with one or more of the following characteristics:
- No novelty – done before
- No hypothesis or weak methodology
- Ethically unacceptable or strongly questionable
- Only of local interest
- Relates solely to acquisition of equipment
- Building of hospitals or health centers
Eligible Countries
- Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
Eligibility Criteria
- If your application does not meet both of the criteria below, your application is unfortunately not eligible for funding:
- Your application must have a research dimension.
- Your application must address one of the following focus areas: preventing needless deaths from sudden cardiac arrest, trauma, or during birth.
For more information, visit Laerdal Foundation.