Road Safety Grants Programme
  • Fully Funded

Bloomberg Philanthropies funds the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries in low- and middle-income countries. A competitively awarded grants programme is an important part of the initiative. The Road Safety Grants Programme is managed by the Global Road Safety Partnership, one of the implementing partners of BIGRS, and supports projects to develop and deliver high-impact, evidence-based road safety interventions designed to strengthen road safety policies and their implementation.

The Global Road Safety Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of the Round 17 Call for Proposals under the Road Safety Grants Programme. In Round 17, GRSP will accept applications for advocacy to strengthen road user policies as well as vehicle safety standards in eligible countries.Please carefully read the call for proposals to determine if you are eligible before you apply.

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Round 17 will prioritize projects in the following topics:

  1. Argentina: Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors
  2. Bangladesh: Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors
  3. Brazil: Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors
  4. China: Adoption and implementation of evidence-based policies on child restraint systems and/or helmets for e-bike riders
  5. Colombia: Road user behaviour: Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors
    Vehicle safety: Promoting reform and implementation of vehicle safety regulations at the national level
  6. Ecuador: Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors
  7. Ethiopia Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors
  8. Ghana Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors
  9. India Implementation of Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 for key behavioural risk actors
  10. Malaysia Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors
  11. Mexico Road user behaviour: Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors and Vehicle safety: Promoting reform and implementation of vehicle safety regulations at the national level
  12. Philippines Implementation of Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act 2019. Adoption and implementation of speed limit policies at the local government level
  13. Uganda Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors
  14. Vietnam Strengthening road safety policy/legislation on key behavioural risk factors

Benefits

  • Proposals can be submitted for grants up to a maximum amount of 120,000 Swiss francs (CHF) for a project of no more than 24 months.
  • Funding requests should be consistent with the scope and capacity of your organization. Cost reasonableness is a factor in the consideration of proposals.

Eligibilities

  • Governmental organizations with relevant authority over road safety policy and/or its implementation. Road police and military agencies are not eligible to apply.
  • Non-governmental organizations (including but not limited to civil society organizations and educational institutions) with relevant advocacy experience on policy reform and/or its implementation
  • Applicants must be registered legal entities in the country of project delivery, capable of entering into contractual arrangements, receiving foreign funds, and assuming legal and financial obligations.
  • Applicants cannot be recipients of financial support from alcohol, firearms, pornography, or tobacco industries.
  • The Road Safety Grants Programme does not fund individuals.
  • If you are a current grantee organization, please discuss development of a Concept Note with your focal person in GRSP
  • The Road Safety Grants Programme focuses exclusively on the passage and implementation of evidence-based policies which address key behavioural risk factors (speeding, drink driving, lack of seatbelt use, lack of child restraint use, or lack of helmet use) and vehicle safety standards.
Eligible Regions: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Uganda and Vietnam

Application Process

  • Organizations from eligible countries are invited to submit concept notes through the Apply Now link.
  • Applicant organizations may submit more than one concept note. However, duplicate proposals will be deemed ineligible.
  • An international panel of experts and members of an advisory working group will review concept notes. They will be scored on their potential to reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries, project design, and applicant organization capacity.
  • Progression to full proposal is by invitation only. You will be informed if your concept note has been selected for advancement by 3 July 2020.

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Application Deadline: June 8, 2020

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