Global Health: February 2025 Funding Opportunities
Latest funding opportunities for social enterprises and non-profits in the global health sectors- includes research and innovation grants as well as service delivery.
The grants are organized into three categories:
Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date.
Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible).
Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows.
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Open Calls:
Data for Health (D4H) Initiative - Global Grants Program (GGP), Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative. *New!*
Has launched a new round of funding for projects in the area of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) and Data Use. This funding call includes an optional focus on Digital Strategies for CRVS Systems Strengthening and Data Use. Digital strategies are poised to bridge gaps in global health equity and they welcome applications that also choose to focus on this theme within CRVS and Data Use, including but not limited to the following examples: Digitalizing CRVS systems for improved birth and death registration processes, Establishing interoperability between CRVS systems, health, and/or access to public and private services such as ID, Well-designed dashboards, Data portals, Interactive reports. Projects should be aligned to the objectives of the D4H Initiative: strengthening civil registration and vital statistics systems, using public health data for policy development and program planning, and cancer registration.
Geographies: Low-and middle-income countries that have not received funding from the D4H Initiative.
Who can apply: Ministries of health, statistical agencies, and other relevant agencies at the national, subnational, or municipal levels.
Funding amount: Grant up to USD $100,000 (for 15 months), shorter-term grants with lower award amounts are also encouraged.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health.
Deadline: February 17, 2025.
Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries, The National Institutes of Health. *May be significantly affected by US policy changes*
Accepting submissions for exploratory/developmental research applications that propose to study the development, validation, feasibility, and effectiveness of innovative mobile health (mHealth) interventions or tools specifically suited for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that utilize new or emerging technology, platforms, systems, and/or analytics. The overall goal of the program is to catalyze innovation through multidisciplinary research that addresses global health problems, develop an evidence base for the use of mHealth technology to improve clinical and public health outcomes, and strengthen mHealth research capacity in LMICs. This opportunity provides support for up to two years for technology development and feasibility studies, followed by a possible transition to expanded research support for validation, larger-scale feasibility, and effectiveness studies.
Geographies: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Who can apply: Global non-profits and for-profits organizations. US applicants are required to involve LMIC researchers as key personnel
Funding Amount: Grant of up to USD $125,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, mHealth solutions, innovation.
DEADLINE: Letter of Intent (LOI) February 21, 2025, full application March 21, 2025.
Connected Healthy Lives: 2025 Grant Cycle, Humana Foundation. *New!*
The Humana Foundation partners with local communities and community organizations to create a network of support for people confronting life’s challenges, regardless of their age, race, ethnicity, or gender identity. They support programs and services committed to suicide prevention, substance abuse treatment, foster grandparent programs, as well as programs to advance nutritional literacy and food security.
Geographies: USA: Louisville, KY, Texas, Florida and Louisiana.
Who can apply: US nonprofits.
Funding Amount: There is no maximum or minimum amount allowed, organizations are invited to submit multi-year program and funding requests.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, food security, nutrition, community programming.
DEADLINE: February 21, 2025.
VOA Futures Fund Community Health Incubator 2025, Volunteers of America and Humana Foundation. *New!*
Incubator with a mission to accelerate social enterprises that improve quality, equity, and access to care for Medicaid and at-risk populations. The incubator supports early-stage entrepreneurship that develops innovative products and services for equitable community health outcomes. Focus issue areas include solutions supporting seniors, veterans, youth, unhoused, and/or working in mental and behavioral health.
Geographies: USA. Strong preference is given to businesses able to agilely partner with VOA Affiliates in California, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, or Texas.
Who can apply: Both for profit and nonprofit enterprises.
Funding Amount: Founders receive a $15,000 non-dilutive capacity grant, additional $10,000 may be accessed for implementation pilots with VOA Affiliates. Graduates are eligible for follow-on investments of up to $200,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, mental health.
DEADLINE: March 3, 2025.
Pioneer Innovator Grant-Health, Novo Nordisk Foundation. *New!*
Seek to accelerate the commercialization of research findings and the development of novel technologies within health. The Pioneer Innovator Grant Health seeks to support innovative research within med-tech, industrial biotech, pharma as well as quantum technologies. Pioneer Innovator Grants seek to support novel academic science-based discoveries with commercial potential. The grant aims to stimulate the evaluation of ideas and to support experiments and activities leading to proof-of-concept or beyond.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Lead applicant must be from a non-profit research institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden. Co-applicants may come from the same hosting institution as the main applicant or from a different university, hospitals, or research institutions locally and abroad.
Funding Amount: Grant of DKK 1.1 million per project.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, innovation.
DEADLINE: March 13, 2025.
The Distinguished Innovator Grant-Health, Novo Nordisk Foundation. *New!*
The purpose of the grant is to accelerate commercialization of research findings and development of novel technologies within health. The Distinguished Innovator Grant-Health seeks to support innovative research within med-tech, industrial biotech, pharma as well as quantum technologies. Furthermore, the intend is to stimulate the evaluation of ideas that for example could lead to the development of new medical treatment, disease prevention, diagnostic methods as well as new health technologies, devices and technological platforms. Particular focus will be placed on projects covering cardiometabolic diseases as well as infectious diseases and preventive solutions hereto. All applications must have a clear outlook to scaling potentials and later commercialization possibilities.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Lead applicant must be from a non-profit research institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden. Co-applicants may come from the same hosting institution as the main applicant or from a different university, hospitals, or research institutions locally and abroad.
Funding Amount: Grant of DKK 6.8 million per project.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, innovation.
DEADLINE: March 13, 2025.
Zayed Sustainability Prize- Health, Zayed Sustainability Prize.
Recognizes organizations that have demonstrated innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of health that include, but are not limited to: ensuring access to essential and affordable healthcare, ensuring access to maternal and newborn healthcare, Ending epidemics (AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis etc.), Preventing and treating water-borne, communicable and non-communicable diseases, Reducing illness from pollution, hazardous chemicals and contamination. Applicants must also demonstrate a clear vision and long-term plan to further deploy their solution and scale up their impact, as well as inspiring others to follow suit by advancing sustainable and human development.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: SME’s and non-profits.
Funding amount: Prize fund of US $1 million.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health.
Deadline: June 23, 2025.
Novo Nordisk Prize 2025, Novo Nordisk Foundation. *New!*
The Novo Nordisk Prize recognizes an active scientist who has provided outstanding international contributions to advance medical science for the benefit of people’s lives. The Prize is intended to award and further support biomedical research in Europe.
Geographies: European based individuals.
Who can apply: Nominees must have a current position and an active research program at a public, non-profit research institution and/or in a company based in a European country, but can be from any nationality.
Funding amount: The Prize is of DKK 5 million (appr. EUR 672,000) and consists of a DKK 4,5 million (appr. EUR 605,000) research grant and a personal award of DKK 0,5 million (appr. EUR 67,000).
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health
Deadline: August 1, 2025.
Rolling Applications:
Global Health & Development Fund, Founders Pledge. *New!*
The Global Health & Development Fund (GHDF) aims to significantly improve the lives of the world's most vulnerable people, support sustainable, systemic change, and eliminate deaths from easily preventable disease. Global health and development fund is especially interested in programs that can, in expectation, save a life for under $4,000, avert a DALY for under $70, or double income for one person at a cost of less than $30. Note that this includes interventions that affect economic growth.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Non-profits.
Funding amount: Typically make small grants of between $50,000 and $300,000 from our various Funds, though in special cases we would consider larger sums. Can recommend much larger one-time grants of up to $5m to large donors.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Long Term Planning:
Discovery Research Grants, Worldwide Cancer Research. *Next round opens Spring 2025*
is seeking to fund novel, exciting and creative ideas that could help prevent, diagnose or treat cancer. Grants to support basic, fundamental or translational research into the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer. They are looking for innovative research that takes intellectual risks, proposals with a creative approach to answering fundamental questions that could change how they think about cancer (that may be looked over by other funders), and support blue-sky thinking in research and want to direct funding towards projects that could transform an area of cancer research or one day have a major impact on the lives of people with cancer.
Geographies:
Who can apply:
Funding amount: Grants typically 200,000- 275,000 GBP for 12-36 months.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health.
Deadline: Next round opens spring 2025.
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