Wellcome and BMGF Call for Proposals: Strengthening health and disease modelling for public health decision making in Africa

Wellcome and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is calling for proposals for the “Strengthening health and disease modelling for public health decision making in Africa” grant.

This call provides funding for projects led by researchers based in Africa to use modelling approaches to address key areas related to health and infectious disease, whilst strengthening the modelling ecosystem in Africa.

Eligibility:

• Lead applicants must be based in Africa.
• Proposals must demonstrate that at least 70% of the funding is going to low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions with at least 50% of the funding going to African institutions.
• Proposals can include institutions in high-income countries (HICs). However, no more than 30% of the project budget can go to HIC institutions.
• This RFP is open to researchers at any career stage. Applications led by early- and mid-career investigators are encouraged. 
• Applicants must have the experience needed to drive and lead a research program addressing the thematic area(s) of interest.
• We encourage applications involving projects led by women.
• Researchers may participate as coapplicants or collaborators on multiple applications but may only submit one application as a lead applicant. Researchers must be able to demonstrate that they can dedicate enough time and resources to all projects if all the projects they are involved in are funded.
• Coapplicants can be based anywhere in the world (except in mainland China).
• Lead applicants and coapplicants must be able to contribute at least 20% of their time to this project. 
• Lead applicants must have a permanent, open-ended, or long-term rolling contract for the duration of the award.
• Proposals are limited to 8 coapplicants.
• Coapplicants must have a guarantee of space from their host institution for the duration of their commitment to the award, but do not need to have a permanent, open-ended, or long-term rolling contract at their administering institution.
• There is no limit to the number of collaborators an application can have but the added value must be clear. There is no minimum time commitment for collaborators. 
• We encourage the inclusion of data partners (e.g. data scientists/collectors) and decision-makers as coapplicants/collaborators where relevant.
• The lead applicant must be based at an eligible administering organisation

Funding details:

• Up to £3 million for 3-5 years. Level and duration of funding should be justifiable for the proposed research.

Read more here and here.

Application deadline October 23, 2023.