Funding Road Map

Name of Funding Organizations:
UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO

Name of Grant/Scholarship/Program (if applicable):
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)

Cross-Listed with Any Other Organization?
No.

Type of Funding:
Grants and funding for training opportunities

Description:
“Established in 1975, … [TDR] aims to help coordinate, support and influence global efforts to combat a portfolio of major diseases of the poor and disadvantaged…Using the expertise of the world's scientific community, it selects, guides, funds and develops research done by others. In this way, TDR acts as a 'global facilitator' of research and training, providing direction and grants for research priorities and opportunities.”

Calls for applications are made on TDR’s website; see Deadlines and Calls for Applications (in Links below).

Please see TDR’s “Research Topics” page (in Links below) for a description of TDR’s areas of research focus.

Eligibility:
Each specific funding opportunity has its own, additional eligibility criteria.

Specific focus on global health research?
Yes.

Application Process:
You should visit the area of the Programme that is of interest to you, and view the various workplans within (see Workplans in Links), which outline research and training funding opportunities.

Additionally, you can also view the Calls for Applications on the TDR webpage (see Links), for more specific projects.

Each opportunity will outline its own application requirements.

Deadline:
Deadlines vary by funding opportunity.

Contact Information:
General Queries:
Telephone: 41 22 791 3725
Email: tdr@who.int

Links to Valuable Websites and Documents:
Research topics: www.who.int/tdr/topics/default.htm
Research Business Lines: www.who.int/tdr/research_lines/default.htm
Application forms: www.who.int/tdr/grants/forms.htm
Deadlines and Calls for Applications: www.who.int/tdr/grants/deadlines/default.htm