The Bloomberg Initiative Grant up to US$500,000 for Tobacco Control Interventions in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

Deadline: 1 August 2014

The Bloomberg Initiative managed by the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and Lung Disease invites project ideas for projects designed to develop and deliver high-impact evidence-based tobacco control interventions.

Grant request can be made between US$50,000 to US$500,000 for short-term, one-year or two-year project proposals.  Priority is given to projects with greatest numbers of tobacco users. Approximately two-thirds of the world’s tobacco users live in following fourteen countries – China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Ukraine, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Project Priority

1. Tax and price measures, including anti-smuggling measures
2. Direct and indirect advertising bans and effective enforcement of bans, including promotion and sponsorship
3. Establishment of smoke-free workplaces and public places, and effective enforcement of smoke-free policies
4. Implementation of graphic warning labels on tobacco products
5. Other evidence-based regulatory/legislative initiatives Development of strategic alliances and coalitions, monitoring Industry behavior and practices, and strategic litigation will also be supported if improving tobacco policy is the central goal.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants can be from all low-and middle-income countries.
• Applicants can be government (national Ministries, state/provincial authorities and affiliate offices) organizations and non-governmental organizations (including civil society organizations, educational institutions and others) with relevant advocacy experience aimed at changing or implementing policy.
• Applicants must be recognized legal entities capable of entering into contractual arrangements, receiving foreign funds and assuming legal and financial obligations.
• NGO applicants cannot be the recipients of financial support from any tobacco product manufacturer or the parent, subsidiary or affiliate of a tobacco product manufacturer.

For more information, please visit Bloomberg Initiative Call for Proposals.