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Global Grants Program
Public health data systems support
Funding available
$ 100,000
Deadline
December 8, 2025
Opened November 24, 2025
Location
Canada
Overview
The Data for Health Global Grants Program supports ministries of health, statistical agencies, and other relevant agencies in low- and middle-income countries with awards up to USD 100,000 for 12 to 15 months to strengthen public health data systems. It funds CRVS, Data Impact, and Cancer Registry projects, including policy analysis, data reports, and registry coordination.
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Opportunity Score
Moderate potential, but conditions must align.
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Increase performance through digital transformation
- Develop strategic partnerships
- Develop a new program or service
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
Funds Providers
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Canada
Legal structures
- Public or Parapublic institution
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Next Steps
1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility
Activities funded
- Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: governance and coordination, legal frameworks, notification and registration of vital events, medical certification of cause of death, medicolegal death investigation, ICD coding, verbal autopsy, and vital statistics analysis, publication, dissemination, and use.
- Data Impact: policy-relevant analysis, data reports to inform decision-making, national health bulletin development or enhancement, scientific communications development, and digital solutions for decision-making.
- Cancer Registry: governance and coordination, cancer registration improvement, data quality monitoring and evaluation, and analyses, publication, dissemination, and use of cancer registry data.
Documents Needed
- Application Guidance Document
- Project Idea Template
- Application Template
- Workplan + Budget Template
- NGO Workplan + Budget Template
Official resources
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Ministries of health
- Statistical agencies
- Other relevant agencies at the national, subnational, or municipal level in low- and middle-income countries
- NGOs with ongoing partnerships with government
Who is not eligible
- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India
- Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea
- Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Russia, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria
- Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Countries subject to U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control sanctions
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Projects that focus exclusively on data collection and not data use; service delivery or health care; procurement of medicine or other health care products.
- Projects related to contact tracing or the delivery of COVID-19 relief or other services; personal protective goods; laboratory equipment; biological analysis.
- Individual study or training; increasing the salaries of existing ministry of health personnel, salary offset is acceptable; lobbying.
- Capital expenses; vehicles; computer or other electronic equipment unless intrinsic to the project; new construction.
Selection criteria
- Projects must have discrete and measurable deliverables aligned to the objectives of the Data for Health Initiative.
How to apply
- Download the application guidance document.
- Submit a project idea for initial screening through Fluxx.
- If the project idea meets the goals and mission of the GGP, prepare the full application using the relevant template.
- Upload the workplan in the last section of the application and identify a fiscal mechanism such as a fiscal agent or subgrantee.
- Submit the application online via Fluxx; only applications received via Fluxx will be reviewed.
Processing and Agreement
- Project ideas are reviewed by the GGP team, and comments may be provided to applicants invited to submit an application.
- Status updates or requests for more information are shared via email throughout the review process.
- An advancement to workshopping letter will be sent out with immediate next steps and contact information.
- The fiscal agent or subgrantee will be issued a draft agreement for the project, and a decision regarding the need for a memorandum of understanding will be made.
- All country teams are required to submit monthly reports on project progress and quarterly reports on spending.
Additional information
- We are not currently accepting applications; check back in the fall for updates on future opportunities.
- Project ideas and applications must be submitted in English.
- Language support will be provided at the start of a project, if selected for funding.
- Grants will not be renewed, but country teams may submit applications to future rounds to scale up previously funded work.
Contacts
Frequently Asked Questions about the Global Grants Program Program
What is the Global Grants Program?
The Data for Health Global Grants Program supports ministries of health, statistical agencies, and other relevant agencies in low- and middle-income countries with awards up to USD 100,000 for 12 to 15 months to strengthen public health data systems. It funds CRVS, Data Impact, and Cancer Registry projects, including policy analysis, data reports, and registry coordination.
How much funding can be received?
Global Grants Program Funds up to $100,000 of admissible expenses.
What is the deadline to apply?
The application deadline for this grant program was December 8, 2025.
Who is eligible for the Global Grants Program program?
To be eligible for the Global Grants Program program, you must:
Ministries of health, statistical agencies, or other relevant agencies at the national, subnational, or municipal level in a low- and middle-income country
NGOs with ongoing partnerships with government should write to determine eligibility
Projects must be in civil registration and vital statistics or data use, with sustainability measures built into the design
What expenses are eligible under Global Grants Program?
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: governance and coordination, legal frameworks, notification and registration of vital events, medical certification of cause of death, medicolegal death investigation, ICD coding, verbal autopsy, and vital statistics analysis, publication, dissemination, and use.
Data Impact: policy-relevant analysis, data reports to inform decision-making, national health bulletin development or enhancement, scientific communications development, and digital solutions for decision-making.
Cancer Registry: governance and coordination, cancer registration improvement, data quality monitoring and evaluation, and analyses, publication, dissemination, and use of cancer registry data.
Who can I contact for more information about the Global Grants Program?
You can contact Bloomberg Philanthropies by email at ggpinfo@vitalstrategies.org.
Where is the Global Grants Program available?
The Global Grants Program program is available across Canada.