Deadline: 25-Jan-21
L’Initiative is currently accepting proposals for 2021 the Fight Against Tuberculosis: Responding to the Needs of Vulnerable Populations and Implicating them in the Response.
In this context, this call for proposals sets out to support operational research projects to test innovative strategies to improve the access, quality and efficiency of tuberculosis diagnostic, prevention and treatment services among vulnerable populations.
In particular, the projects will target:
- Improving the use of diagnostic and treatment services among hard-to-reach populations, including optimal use of tools, be they new or existing, to implement said diagnosis and treatment.
- Improving strategies for educating and supporting vulnerable populations to identify missing cases, and improving tracing strategies to find patients lost to follow-up while undergoing treatment. These strategies must take into account the high level of stigma that these groups face and their possible obstacles in reaching health services.
- Improving latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment among vulnerable populations, particularly among the members of the same household (children and adults), people living with HIV, and other at-risk groups like people living in prisons, healthcare workers, migrants from high-incidence countries, the homeless and drug users.
Funding Information
- The total grant amount from L’Initiative must cover at least 50% of the project budget and be between € 500,000 and € 1,500,000.
- It is mandatory for organizations with an annual budget of over €5 million to present co-financing of at least 10% in the project budget. Including co-financing will be judged favourably for the other organizations.
- Project duration must be between 24 and 48 months.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant, applicants must meet all the following conditions:
- Be a legal entity with its head office in one of the eligible countries or in France (i.e. be registered legally in an eligible country or in France). International organizations, with the exception of regional organizations, will not be able to lead the project or receive funding.
- Be implemented via a partnership. Partners must be involved in project design and be responsible for implementing activities.
- Implementation partners must benefit from budget delegation.
- For multi-country projects, include at least one local partner from each implementing country. A local partner is mandatory for the structures that implement activities in a country which is different from their home country. However, organizations that have their headquarters in an eligible country will not have the obligation to have partners in their home country.
- Organizations must not have any statutory provisions that preclude Expertise France or any external auditor appointed by Expertise France from carrying out audits and inspections and having the relevant rights to access project sites and premises where the project will be carried out, including all documents and electronic data concerning the technical and financial management of the project.
- For this call for proposals, each organization can submit a maximum of two letters of intention as lead applicant. Furthermore, each organization can only submit a maximum of three letters of intention total for all L’Initiative calls for proposals in a given year.
Selection Criteria
The project selection process has two phases:
- During phase 1, projects will be pre-selected based on the letters of intent.
- During phase 2, only pre-selected applicants will receive the documents to submit full applications.
- Full applications will be reviewed and will then be presented to the Pre-selection Committee in October 2021.
For more information, visit https://www.initiative5pour100.fr/node/331