[ Fondation Botnar - Call for innovative proposals that leverage data and frontier technologies for the health and wellbeing of young people | Research funding ]
Event details
| Date | 14.04.2020 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Fondation Botnar was established in Basel in 2003 by Marcela Botnar, the wife of Octav Botnar, the founder of Datsun and Nissan UK and a philanthropist. The Foundation’s core purpose is to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people in growing urban environments around the world. To pursue this objective, the Foundation connects diverse players, investing in digital solutions and jointly developing sustainable and scalable business models.
The Foundation has launched a new call for implementation grants titled “A call for innovative proposals that leverage data and frontier technologies for the health and wellbeing of young people”.
The call is aimed at supporting long-term implementation projects that generate scalable impact. Projects must leverage the combined potential of frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence, innovative digital tools, and data-based platforms to advance the health and wellbeing of young people living in cities in low- and middle-income countries.
Thematic areas:
Geographical focus:
Who can apply:
Funding & Duration: the proposals are expected to have a minimum funding volume of CHF 200,000 and a duration of 2-5 years. The total available amount available for this call is CHF 10 million.
Additional requirements: all applying projects will be expected to have a good understanding of secure consent and data management principles and be in compliance with any local data protection laws and guidelines. Contact [email protected] for advice on consent and data protection, and [email protected] for advice on the DMP.
Deadline: 14 April 2020 (previously 27 March 2020)
For further information, please have a look at the call webpage, call guidelines and the online application form.
The Foundation has launched a new call for implementation grants titled “A call for innovative proposals that leverage data and frontier technologies for the health and wellbeing of young people”.
The call is aimed at supporting long-term implementation projects that generate scalable impact. Projects must leverage the combined potential of frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence, innovative digital tools, and data-based platforms to advance the health and wellbeing of young people living in cities in low- and middle-income countries.
Thematic areas:
- Preventative and data-driven interventions that address the social, environmental, and behavioral determinants of health and wellbeing.
- Inclusive and participatory learning in the 21st century.
Geographical focus:
- Geographical focus areas for this call are urban environments in Romania, Ghana, Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Tanzania, India (Rajasthan or Odisha), Vietnam, Colombia, Ecuador or Indonesia.
- Projects having multiple implementation sites should have at least 50% of the budget dedicated to implementation in one or more of the above countries or states.
- Projects targeting implementation in rapidly growing secondary cities will be preferred.
Who can apply:
- The PI should be registered as a not-for-profit organisation, a public institution or a reputed academic university or research institution in the country of implementation and should partner with technology, regulatory, government and other implementation partners, as required.
- The Foundation encourages for-profit startups, social enterprises and institutions, and NGOs not registered in the country of implementation to apply in a service provider, advisory, implementation research support and capacity enhancement role to the lead applicants.
- Applicants pooling required expertise in a consortium (for example a public-private partnership) are welcome to apply and will be preferred.
Funding & Duration: the proposals are expected to have a minimum funding volume of CHF 200,000 and a duration of 2-5 years. The total available amount available for this call is CHF 10 million.
Additional requirements: all applying projects will be expected to have a good understanding of secure consent and data management principles and be in compliance with any local data protection laws and guidelines. Contact [email protected] for advice on consent and data protection, and [email protected] for advice on the DMP.
Deadline: 14 April 2020 (previously 27 March 2020)
For further information, please have a look at the call webpage, call guidelines and the online application form.
Practical information
- General public
- Free