[ BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION - Strengthening ANC and PNC Service Delivery and Innovations | Research funding ]
2019-06-10
Aim: The foundation’s Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) strategy aims to expand coverage of packages of interventions that are tailored to vulnerable populations to reduce preventable maternal and neonatal deaths. A priority focus area is antenatal and postnatal care (ANC and PNC) platforms – both strengthening their foundations in order to meet current and future WHO guidelines, but also innovating both the platforms and the services offered on the platforms to further improve service delivery and quality of care. While current program partners develop and test these innovations for clinical efficacy and effectiveness in controlled settings, there is a need for implementation research in more generalizable settings to adapt ANC and PNC innovations and understand pathways to scale.

For this award, the grantee will conduct implementation research with the goal of improving ANC and PNC service delivery and related health outcomes, and will learn and share how the selected innovations achieved these outcomes. The Foundation seeks partners who can help strategize and execute a multi-country implementation research agenda to improve service delivery that will answer the following question (in collaboration with host governments): How can supply and demand-side innovations spur increased a) early initiation of ANC, b) continuity of ANC and PNC visits, c) quality of care and d) a system more responsive to women’s needs?

Funding: No pre-determined ceiling; project dependent.

Duration: Maximum 5 years.

Eligibility: We will consider funding for organizations that have the necessary expertise and can deliver high quality, timely results and work in a collaborative way with our team and partners. Private, NGO, government, and academic organizations are all eligible for funding.

How to Apply: As a first step, a concept note must be submitted containing a research narrative, budget, and biographical information for project staff. The concept note can be uploaded on the online application portal. Successful applicants will then be invited to submit a full proposal.

Concept Note Deadline: 10 June 2019

Further information

More details on the call can be found on the website and in the RFP document.
For any other questions, contact the Research Office.
