Deadline: 30 April 2018
ViiV Healthcare is seeking applications from eligible organisations for its ‘Positive Actions for MSM & Transgender People’ Small Grants program with an aim to improve sexual health & wellbeing and advance social and economic justice for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people in resource-limited and hostile settings.
The Small Grants Programme is the flagship programme of Positive Action for MSM & Transgender People, committing a minimum of £1.25million each year to community-based initiatives focused on either men who have sex with men or transgender people.
Funding Information
- Applicants may apply for up to GBP £40,000 for two-year projects, with no more than 60% of this (£24,000) in any one year.
- They accept one-year project applications (up to a maximum value of £20,000) but priority is given to two-year projects.
Topics
They support projects that address HIV, sexual health and sexual wellbeing in combination with one other topic:
- HIV, Sexual Health & Sexual Wellbeing
- Education & Economic Empowerment
- Social Justice & Human Rights
- Homelessness & Shelter
- Mental Health & Wellbeing
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organisations must be non-governmental and not-for-profit/charitable or have a social purpose.
- Community-based organisations (CBOs), nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), registered charitable/not-for-profit organisations and (in specific circumstances) social enterprises may apply.
- Given the importance of community leadership in sexual health and human rights programming, applications from organisations led by MSM or transgender people are particularly welcome. Organisations that are not led by MSM or transgender people may still apply however if the proposed project has a high degree of leadership by MSM and transgender people.
- The following areas are not eligible for funding: individuals, medical research, conferences or any retrospective funding. Additionally, they will not under any circumstances provide funding for antiretroviral (ARV) treatment of HIV patients, or purchase or prescribing of HIV prescription medication.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries:
- Latin America & the Caribbean: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Gr., Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, DRC, Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eq. Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia Hz., Bulgaria, Comoros, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordon, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, U.A.E, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen
- Asia-Pacific: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, North Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
For more information, please visit Positive Action for MSM & Transgender People.