Global Grants Program · Project Idea Form

Bloomberg Philanthropies · Data for Health Initiative

Project Idea Form

Instructions

Applicants must submit a Project Idea form for initial screening. If the idea meets the
goals and mission of the Global Grants Program (GGP), applicants will be invited to
prepare a full-length proposal (Application).

Project Idea forms are submitted online, however this template is available for applicants
to prepare their responses ahead of submitting a formal request for funding. Only Project
Idea forms and Applications received via this application platform will be reviewed.

Please note that Project Idea Forms and Applications must be submitted in English.
Language support will be provided at the start of a project, if selected for funding.

Form Contents

I. Area and Scope Details

II. Project Details
III. NGO and Academic Applicants (optional)

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Area and Scope Details

Please select the primary program focus of your project.: (Civil Registration and Vital
Statistics, Data Use, or Cancer Regisrty)
*Please select just one

Does this proposal focus on the public health response to COVID-19? Y/N

Is the primary focus of this proposal to use data to monitor inequities in health, or to
address equity in data systems?

Geographic Reach: Where will this project be based? Will you be working at the national,
subnational or municipal level?

Project Details

Project Title (No more than 20 words)

Project Objectives (No more than 100 words)

Description of the project, including the activities that will achieve the objectives
(No more than 200 words)

What are the project outcomes? What will success look like at the end of the project?

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(No more than 200 words)

How does the Project Idea fit within the context of other ongoing work within this
programmatic area in your country?
(No more than 200 words)

What is the rationale for the project? Please demonstrate the need for the proposed
activities. (No more than 200 words)

NGO and Academic Applicants

Specifically, how does the proposed work strengthen the public health system and
promote the use of data in decision making?

Have you developed this project in collaboration with government partners? Have you
supported government initiatives or collaborated on projects with government in the
past?