AMMnet Grant Opportunity: Large Event Award

The Applied Malaria Modeling Network (AMMnet) would like to offer AMMnet members the opportunity to hold large events with a training or educational purpose consistent with AMMnet’s mission.

AMMnet’s Mission: AMMnet is a community of malaria modelers, data analysts, and partners who develop, apply and use quantitative tools to inform decision-making and operations in malaria-endemic countries. AMMnet fosters an open and respectful collaborative forum for learning and knowledge-sharing with the goal of improving the quality of analytical support offered to malaria programs and advancing general malaria research.

The types of activities that can be supported by this award include, but are not limited to:

  • Implementation of a short course, summer school, or multiple workshops
  • Development of training materials and curriculum
  • Delivery of trainings related to malaria modeling and/or analytics
  • Organization of an annual meeting of multiple chapters, as long as a training component is included
  • Other activities with a strong educational or training focus that support AMMnet’s mission of exchanging knowledge to improve support offered to malaria programs and advance general malaria research.

Proposal Requirements: 

  • Event format
    • Event must take place in a malaria-endemic country
      • Core component must be held in person
      • Can have an additional component online: either as pre-main activities , streaming of main activities to reach an additional audience online, or follow-up activities after the main activities
    • Can be a short event for many people, or a long event for fewer people, or a series of events in a logical sequence, as long as the format is well-justified in the objectives and the budget, and the event is consistent with AMMnet’s mission
  • Event content
    • Must include an educational/training component, including:
      • Specific, clear, achievable, and measurable learning objectives that are in line with the country-based context where the event will take place
      • Open Access for materials developed: curricula, files / teaching materials, videos, etc deposited into AMMnet repository for availability to all AMMnet members
    • Must be related to modeling and/or analytics
    • Must have a component related to application of modeling and/or analytics in some way (cannot be 100% theoretical)
  • Target audience
    • Event should be clearly targeted for modelers, model consumers/public health practitioners, or both
    • Event activities must be appropriate for targeted audience
    • Events targeted at modelers should include more advanced technical content
    • Events targeted at non-modelers can focus on
      • Analytics training for NMCP staff and/or operational partners (public health practitioners, non-academic participants)
      • Model understanding (for anyone): how to frame questions, understand modeling approaches, understand value and limitations of modeling, interpret modeling outputs
    • Event language
      • Events may be conducted in any language, but the application should be in English, French, or Portuguese
    • Leadership
      • Organizers must be active members of global AMMnet
      • Satisfactory letter of support from the main organizer’s institution(s), signed by an institutional authority, confirming the organizer’s position in the institution and indicating that the institution supports the application and planned activities
      • It is not required that the event be led by an established and officially recognized local chapter of AMMnet. However, official events of local chapters will be given priority. If the event is led by a local chapter, the organizers should supply a letter of support from the local chapter.
    • Participation
      • Involve at least 10 participants, including the organizer(s)
      • Involve participants from at least 2 malaria-endemic countries (resident in malaria-endemic countries)
      • Involve participants from multiple institutions or organizations, and if possible multiple institutions from each country from which participants are drawn
    • Use of funds
      • Proposed budget must be justified by the proposed activities and work
      • Funds can be used to support the time of organizers, facilitators, and curriculum developers via partial salary coverage, as long as there is proper justification
      • No more than 30% of funds can ultimately go to Northern institutions or people resident in Northern countries, including their travel
      • If your institution will collect a percentage of the award for facilities & administrative costs, you must include this in your budget as an additional line item, so that the total costs includes these indirect costs.
    • Evaluation
      • Include a measurement of effectiveness in reaching objectives outlined in the proposal: a systematic evaluation (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed) at the end of the event from at least 80% of the participants

Funding details:

  • This award has a budget range of up to $40,000, which must be expended within 18 months of the awarded date.
  • Up to 10% additional facilities and administration fees may be added according to the policies of the awarded institution, for a total award of up to $44,000.

Read here for more information. 

Application deadline, 15th of April, 2025.

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