Deadline: 14-Jul-25
Pfizer is requesting proposals for the Competitive Grant Program to support Quality Improvement initiatives that focus on optimizing the quality of care of maternal immunization practice and the access to vaccination during pregnancy.
Area of Interest
- Primary Area of Interest:
- Vaccines – Maternal Immunization
- General Area of Interest
- Potential applicants are encouraged to utilize QI programs to address the different barriers and gaps for maternal immunization practice. This may include:
- Optimizing and streamlining information to health care community and pregnant women on maternal immunization role to prevent respiratory infections in newborns.
- Novel clinical pathways and multidisciplinary approaches to optimize immunization practices during pregnancy.
- Equitable access to maternal immunization services.
- Integrating Digital health solutions to improve immunization coverage and monitoring in pregnant women. Projects focusing on use of latest digital and artificial intelligence-based solutions with clear outputs and outcomes would be preferred.
- Addressing vaccine hesitancy in pregnant women.
- Proposals with definitive plans for publications in academic journals and conferences would be preferred.
- Potential applicants are encouraged to utilize QI programs to address the different barriers and gaps for maternal immunization practice. This may include:
Funding Information
- Individual projects requesting up to $50,000 will be considered. Projects costing higher than this may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Duration
- Project duration: up to 12 months
Geographic Scope
- Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines
Eligibility Criteria
- The following may apply: medical, dental, nursing, allied health, and/or pharmacy professional schools; healthcare institutions (both large and small); professional organizations; government agencies; and other entities with a mission related to healthcare improvement.
- Only organizations are eligible to receive grants, not individuals or medical practice groups (i.e., an independent group of physicians not affiliated with a hospital, academic institution, or professional society).
- Collaborations within institutions (e.g., between departments and/or inter-professional), as well as between different institutions/organizations/associations, are encouraged. Please note all partners must have a relevant role and the requesting organization must have a key role in the project.
- The applicant must be the Project Lead/Principal Investigator (PI) or an authorized designee of such individual (e.g., Project Lead/PI’s grant/research coordinator).
- The Project Lead/PI must be an employee or contractor of the requesting organization.
- Requesting organization must be legally able to receive award funding directly from Pfizer International LLC. They strongly recommend that applicants confirm this with their organization or institution prior to submitting an application. Grants awarded to organizations that are subsequently found to be unable to accept funding directly from Pfizer International LLC may be subject to rescission.
For more information, visit Pfizer.