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
favorably 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 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.
Post Date - 15-Dec-2020