Requests for Proposals

This is an opportunity to apply for funding to advance research applications for development of new HIV prevention approaches. Applicants from a wide range of US, Kenyan, South African, and Zimbabwean institutions are invited to apply to this request for applications sponsored by the Microbicide R&D to Advance HIV Prevention Technologies through Responsive Innovation and eXcellence (MATRIX) consortium and United States Agency for International Development.

We are seeking innovative research applications for the development of new HIV prevention drug and strategies, multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs), and technologies that enable HIV prevention strategy development and have the potential to strengthen capacity in targeted countries.

Established researchers, research consortia, students, postdoctoral fellows, and new investigators establishing laboratories and/or seeking tenure from the United States, Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe are encouraged to apply.

Proposed research must be driven by milestones, go/no-go criteria, and timelines, and must target development of HIV prevention for one or more of the following populations: adolescent girls and young women, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and female sex workers.

Applications are limited to projects with costs of US$150,000 and a duration of 18 months. PATH, a member of the MATRIX consortium, will oversee the application submission and award processes using an oversight structure that draws from US- and Africa-based administrators.

Instructions on how to apply and templates for the application are below:

• Instructions
• Template for main application
• Template for budget narrative
• Template for detailed budget
• Financial risk assessment questionnaire

Key dates

• Release of request for applications: December 1, 2022 (8:00 a.m. Pacific time)
• Letter of intent due: February 1, 2023 (8:00 a.m. Pacific time)
• Fact-finding questions due: February 1, 2023 (8:00 a.m. Pacific time)
• Applicants provided responses to fact-finding questions: February 15, 2023 (8:00 a.m. Pacific time)
• Applications due: March 3, 2023 (8:00 a.m. Pacific time)
• Applicants notified of decision: April 28, 2023 (8:00 a.m. Pacific time)
• Estimated project start date: June 1, 2023

Note that MATRIX reserves the right to modify this schedule as needed. Parties who express interest will be notified by email of any changes.

This request for applications expires on March 4, 2023.

The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Insights project is a multidisciplinary partnership that collaborates with PMI, other donors, research institutions, and national malaria programs (NMPs) to create and implement high quality, ethically sound program evaluation and operational research activities to inform PMI programs and the global malaria community. As one of its research priorities for FY2022, PMI Insights seeks support in conducting an assessment of malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) result capture and reporting into the national health management information system (HMIS). This assessment will be conducted in Uganda, among multiple study sites across sub-Saharan Africa.

Proposals due: November 11, 2022

Download RFP 2022-050 (781 KB PDF)

With funding from the Bayer Foundation, the Digital Health Ecosystem Project (DHE) will support the sustainability and expansion of digital tools for health by changing how they are built, deployed, and scaled. We will foster a global network of independent teams collectively building on a common open source platform. By doing so, developers will have a proven, economically viable, digital foundation for their applications. More importantly, health care workers will have the tools to improve the quality, speed, and access of equitable care to their communities.

In support of the DHE’s efforts, we invite African businesses, organizations, and social entrepreneurs with software, content, and/or services to respond to this RFA. If you are an entrepreneur who wants to support community health workers and provide services to ministries of health, through this RFA we offer grants up to US$100,000 to support your ability to better serve ministries of health, community health workers, and their beneficiaries.

These grant funds will go toward:

• Adapting and rolling out of Medic’s Community Health Toolkit (CHT) alongside your current service offerings.
• Supporting you in your digital/technical and organizational capacity strengthening goals.
• Connecting you to a global community of practitioners using the CHT to expand available offerings for your business.
• Expanding your current product offering by leveraging the CHT, specifically for entrepreneurs located and/or supporting work in Kenya and/or Uganda; or entrepreneurs with demonstrable relationships with the MOH in their country of work.
• Developing their organizational capacity according to their priorities, including initiatives that unlock new grant funding opportunities from bilateral, multilateral, and private philanthropic donors.
• Supporting national MOHs and country-specific coalitions working to scale nationally approved community health information systems built on the CHT.
• Gaining exposure to local government buyers of digital tools, as well as other purchasers in the global health community. 

Application deadline: October 10, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. EDT

Download RFA 2022-047 (237.4 KB)

The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Insights project is a multidisciplinary partnership that collaborates with PMI, other donors, research institutions, and national malaria programs (NMPs) to create and implement high quality, ethically sound program evaluation and operational research activities to inform PMI programs and the global malaria community. As one of its research priorities for FY2022, PMI Insights seeks support in conducting an assessment of malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) result capture and reporting into the national health management information system (HMIS). This assessment will be conducted in multiple countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Proposals due: October 17, 2022

Download RFP 2022-031 (784 KB PDF)