Grants

IANPHI’s grant program aims to improve public health systems in low-resource countries by strengthening and creating NPHIs. IANPHI’s grant portfolio has three components.

Seed grants
Research seed grants provide support to young investigators in member NPHIs and encourage collaborative research among NPHIs . For example, IANPHI funds research in rotavirus diagnostics at the Uganda Virus Research Institute to guide decisions on vaccine introduction. View all 2009 seed grants.  View all 2010 seed grants.

Capacity-building grants
Targeted grants for short- and medium-term projects help NPHIs quickly resolve priority gaps in NPHI capacity. In 2008, for example, IANPHI funded the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control & Research (IEDCR) in Bangladesh to improve disaster preparedness and response in the aftermath of the previous year’s catastrophic flooding. The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) received a grant to boost molecular epidemiology capacity to detect and control drug-resistant TB. See all 2009 capacity-building grants. See all 2010 capacity-building grants.

NPHI development grants
Long-term NPHI development projects are the most intensive of IANPHI's assistance efforts. These are multi-year engagements in up to ten low-resource countries to develop and strengthen NPHIs.

In some countries this means helping an existing institute move along the continuum toward a fuller complement of public health functions. In countries without a national focal point for public health, IANPHI works with ministries of health and other donors and partners to plan and develop an NPHI. Unique in the approach of direct funding to governments for strengthening of national public health systems through NPHIs, the IANPHI model allows countries to strategically invest in improvements with system-wide impact and potential for catalyzing further development.

Click here for a complete list of IANPHI projects.