Deadline: 29-Apr-22
Weepi Extraordinary is inviting applications to support the provision of care for people affected by the conflict in Ukraine.
This extraordinary call for proposals is aimed at supporting clinical or implementation projects focusing on provision of HIV, viral hepatitis or tuberculosis related care for people from Ukraine who have either remained in the country or left their home to a neighboring country as a consequence of the conflict.
The call will seek to support projects documenting generalizable results and lessons learned for the provision of care in similar emergency situations.
Funding Information
Maximum budget per application:
- CHF 50 000. A total budget of CHF 200 000 has been made available for this extraordinary call for applications to support up to four projects, depending on evaluations. Minimum 80% of the budget should be spent in an eligible country.
- Infrastructure cost (test kits, laboratory services etc.) should not exceed 20% of the budget. Direct medicine costs (including OST) will not be covered by WEEPI.
Eligible Countries
Eligible Institutions and Individuals
- Public health care institutions, universities, university-associated institutes, private and public hospitals, and non-governmental not for profit organizations.
- Applicants must be health care providers or researchers with a permanent employment at an eligible institution. Applications must be endorsed by the governing body of the institution. In case the individual(s) who applied for the grant leaves the institution, the grant as well as the responsibility for completing the project remains with the governing body of the institution.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, the project must aim at improving the quality of care for people living with HIV, viral hepatitis or tuberculosis, focusing on at least two of the following aspects:
- Reduction of barriers to testing, prevention and treatment for HIV, viral hepatitis and TB, including stigmatization and focusing on key population groups
- Improved quality of care and monitoring of care instruments (including eHealth solutions)
- Building partnership with other health institutions at national and/or international level
- Capacity building at national level, including training activities
- The main applicant must have a permanent employment in the applying institution. Applications must be endorsed by the governing body of the institution. In case the individual(s) who applied for the grant leaves the institution, the grant as well as the responsibility for completing the project remains with the governing body of the institution.
Evaluation Criteria
An expedite review process is foreseen and will be based on the following evaluation criteria:
- Relevance of the project to people living with HIV, viral hepatitis or tuberculosis in relation to the aim and scope of this call
- Plausibility of the project for reaching the target group and having an impact on the provision of care for people living with HIV, viral hepatitis or tuberculosis
- Quality of submitted proposal
- Replicability of the intervention
- Ethical appropriateness
- Budget justifications and management scheme
- Track-record of applicants and credibility of applying institution
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