Deadline: 31-Jul-25
The Pfizer is requesting grant proposals to establish the optimal use of antibiotics to reduce resistance and the harmful effects of their use, while improving the quality of care in preventing and treating infections.
Submissions that focus on establishing or improving sustainable and holistic hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) programs in health facilities. Multidisciplinary collaborations are encouraged, and all partners must have a relevant role.
The RFP will support awardees over a period of 18-24 months to incrementally develop/improve local AMS programs and to establish centers of excellence.
Areas of Interest
- The RFP goal is to seed the development of a global collaborative community of AMS practice, through the establishment of accredited AMS Centers of Excellence that:
- Develops and validates a quality management system (QMS) approach to AMS best practice.
- Identifies barriers to high quality AMS practice and develops/implements interventions to overcome these.
- Fosters and shares locally developed and tested approaches to improving practice using QMS tools such as “plan-do-study-act” (PDSA cycle).
- Develops sustainable AMS programs which can share exemplar practice to spread learning to other institutions across their region.
Funding Information
- The estimated total available budget related to this RFP is 400,000 USD. Larger grant amounts may be considered depending on the project scope and methodology.
- Individual projects requesting up to 200,000 USD will be considered.
- Duration: Project length will be a maximum of 24 months.
Target Audience
- Medical and allied health professionals from healthcare institutions (large and small), professional associations and medical societies, and other entities with a mission related to healthcare professional education and/or healthcare improvement.
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.
For more information, visit Pfizer.