General Funding
Funder
Anglo American
Group Foundation
Who they are
The Foundation funds projects in
countries with Anglo-American
links-be it projects/programmes or
representative offices.
Current and previous funding
Type of projects funded: Environment; education and training; community
development; HIV/AIDS and welfare.
 Countries: UK, Chile, Peru, India, Mozambique, Brazil, Colombia, China,
Mongolia, Zimbabwe
Website
http://www.angloamericangroupfoundat
ion.org/whowesupport/fundingcriteria.aspx
Chrysalis Trust
The trust supports local projects in
the North East of England only,
national organisations providing
support across the UK and
international charities registered in
the UK.
A major UK charity, working to
tackle poverty both in-country and
worldwide.
Types of projects funded: relief of poverty and disability; provision of access to
shelter; education; healthcare and water related projects.
 Countries: worldwide
 Grant range: £1000 - £20000
 Closing date: 15 May 2017
http://www.chrysalistrust.co.uk/apply.php
They fund projects that aim to:
 Increase the uptake of primary healthcare services
 Improve quality of primary healthcare and increase retention and
attainment
 Improve access to good quality, relevant, non – formal education and
training
http://www.comicrelief.com/ourgrants/international
The Scottish
Government
Government Body
They support Scotland-based NGOs working overseas. Recently they funded a
range of development projects in Malawi, India and Tanzania.
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Internationa
l/int-dev/fundingopportunities
Grand Challenges
Canada: Transition to
Scale
Supports bold ideas with Big Impact
in global health.
http://www.grandchallenges.ca/fundingopportunities/
Charles Heywood
Foundation
Grant making charitable trust,
awarding grants to charities that
are registered in the UK.
Type of projects funded: Grand Challenges Canada seeks bold ideas for products,
services and implementation models that could transform how persistent
challenges in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health are addressed in
low- and middle-income countries.
 Countries: worldwide (see request for proposals for a full list of eligible
countries)
 Grant range: $100,000 to $500,000
Generally fund initiatives tailored to individual needs and local situations involving
families and communities; these can be designed and delivered in partnership.
 Countries: Commonwealth countries in Africa
 Average grant range: Projects over 1 to 3 years with grants of £15,000 –
£25,000 per annum. They may invest up to £25,000 in a pilot project, if it
Comic Relief
http://www.charleshaywardfoundation.o
rg.uk/overseas/
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addresses complex problems in an innovative way and may lead to
replication if proven effective.
They fund development and humanitarian projects with a focus on:
 Promoting Peace
 Fighting Disease
 Providing clean water
 Saving Mothers and children
 Growing local economies
The Rotary Fund
The Rotary Foundation helps fund
humanitarian activities, from local
service projects to global initiatives.
The University of
Chicago – Centre for
Global Health
The University’s mission is to
collaborate
with
communities
locally and globally to democratize
education, increase service learning
opportunities, and advance novel,
transdisciplinary, and sustainable
solutions to improve health and
well-being while reducing global
health disparities and inequities.
The university’s global health department lists a number of government agencies,
organizations and trust that award funding to global health related projects.
https://cgh.uchicago.edu/page/fundingagencies-global-health-opportunities
BOND
Bond is a UK membership body for
organisations working in
international development. They
have over 450 members ranging
from large agencies with a worldwide presence to smaller, specialist
organisations.
IZUMI foundation seeks to improve
the health outcomes of people living
in the most impoverished areas of
Africa, Latin American, and the
Caribbean.
A list of funding opportunities provided by Bond’s members and other institutions
is available on BOND’s website.
https://www.bond.org.uk/hubs/fundingopportunities
Type of projects funded: Infectious disease, neglected tropical diseases,
malnutrition, maternal and neonatal health, health care infrastructure initiatives.
 Countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya,
Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
Nicaragua and Paraguay
 Average grant size: between $45,000 and $100,000 over 1 to 3 years
 Closing date: Letters of Inquiry accepted April – June
http://izumi.org/funding-grants/how-toapply-online/
IZUMI Foundation
https://www.rotary.org/en/search/all/gr
ants%2B
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The James Tudor
Foundation
A charitable company established
to relief sickness in the UK and
worldwide.
The Foundation awards grants over five main funding areas:
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Palliative care
Medical research
Health education
Relief of sickness
Overseas projects for the relief of sickness, undertaken by UK registered
charities
http://www.jamestudor.org.uk/ourgrants1
The Foundation may receive applications that do not neatly fit into one of the five
programmes areas but which do meet the requirement of the relief of sickness.
Specialised funding opportunities
Funder
Who they are
Viiv Healthcare
Focused on finding new medicines to
improve outcomes for people living
with HIV and understanding how best
to prevent and treat the disease.
The BMA Humanitarian Fund is
designed to support and encourage
the development of new initiatives,
to help teams undertaking
humanitarian projects.
The Disability Rights Fund is a grant
making collaborative that provides
grants to disabled persons’
organisations (DPOs) to strengthen
their participation in the
advancement of human rights of
persons with disabilities.
A charitable foundation established in
2012. Their mission is to enrich the
lives of people from all backgrounds
BMA Humanitarian
Fund
Disability Rights
Fund
The Queen
Elizabeth Diamond
Jubilee Trust
Current and previous funding
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HIV/AIDS: prevention, testing and care.
HIV/AIDS: prevention mother-to-child transmission.
Support global efforts to alleviate the impact of HIV/AIDS.
Website
https://www.viivhealthcare.com/commu
nity-partnerships.aspx
Projects must offer clear health benefits to the local population, must involve at
least one current NHS employee and should have a sustainable impact.
https://www.bma.org.uk/humanitarianfu
nd
Since 2008, the Disability Rights Fund and its sister organisation, the Disability
Rights Advocacy Fund have funded disabled persons’ organisations across the
developing world to participate in CRPD ratification, implementation, and
monitoring.
http://www.disabilityrightsfund.org/forgrantseekers/
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Prevention of avoidable blindness and strengthen the eye healthcare
sector as a whole.
http://www.jubileetribute.org/aboutthe-trust
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within the Commonwealth, by
eliminating avoidable
blindness and empowering a new
generation of young leaders.
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The Queen’s Young Leaders programme helps transform the lives of
young people through Awards to individuals and grants to youth-led and
focused organisations.
Research Funding
Funder
King’s Health
Partners
Who they are
Academic Health Science Centre where
world-class research, education and
clinical practice are brought together
for the benefit of patients.
Current and previous funding
Website
The King’s Health Partners Research and Development Challenge Fund aims to
http://www.kingshealthpartners.o
support researchers from across our partners to explore and develop innovative
rg/research/fundingideas that may lead to new discoveries, therapies or diagnostics with the
opportunities
potential to transform human health. The Fund is designed to help researchers
develop an evidence-base sufficient to enable them to apply for more substantial
funding from established bodies such as the Medical Research Council or the
Wellcome Trust.
Medical
Research
Council
Research institution
National
Institutes of
Health
NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental
knowledge about the nature and
behaviour of living systems and the
application of that knowledge to
enhance health, lengthen life, and
reduce illness and disability.
Research projects that provide evidence on how to strengthen and improve
health systems for people living in low- and middle-income countries. Focus on
six main science areas:
 Infections & immunity
 Molecular & cellular medicine
 Neurosciences & mental health
 Population & systems medicine
 Global health
 Translation
NIH supports Research Training and Career Development programs to help
prepare individuals for careers in biomedical, behavioural, social, and clinical
research. NIH offers funding for many types of grants, contracts, and even
programs that help repay loans for researchers.
https://www.mrc.ac.uk/funding/
https://www.nih.gov/grantsfunding
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Fogarty
International
Center
The Fogarty International Center is
dedicated to advancing the mission of
the National Institutes of Health by
supporting and facilitating global
health research conducted by U.S. and
international investigators, building
partnerships between health research
institutions in the U.S. and abroad, and
training the next generation of
scientists to address global health
needs.
Medical
Research
Council
The Medical Research Council supports
research across the entire spectrum of
medical sciences, in universities and
hospitals, including units, centers and
institutes in the UK.
International
Development
Research
Centre
They look for innovative proposals with
the potential to be scaled up to improve
more lives in developing countries.
The Fogarty International Center at NIH offers a variety of funding opportunities
to support the field of global health research. Fogarty also offers a variety of
resources for those seeking global health research funding across NIH, and from
other organisations.
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Projects funded: Public health initiatives.
Countries: global
Grant size: Applicants can apply for up to £150,000 for a maximum of
18 months.
Closing date: 12th July 2016 16:00 GMT+1
Projects funded: IDRC offer grants, funding, and awards to researchers and
institutions to search for answers to global development challenges in the
following areas;
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https://www.fic.nih.gov/Funding/Pa
ges/default.aspx
https://www.mrc.ac.uk/funding/bro
wse/public-health-interventiondevelopment-scheme/publichealth-intervention-developmentscheme-phind/
https://www.idrc.ca/en/funding
reduce poverty and inequity
promote employment and growth
help communities guard against climate impacts
encourage good governance and build strong policies
provide healthy futures for mothers and babies
leverage technology and innovation for growth
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