FAQs

Go to Grant criteria and application where you will find information on the grants process and all the documents you need to assess your ability to comply with one of our Requests for Proposals and guidance on how to submit a proposal.

The Fund will support interventions that support and inform the global effort to alleviate the impact of HIV and AIDS on maternal and child health by supporting interventions that engage affected communities, developing their capacity to participate and lead. The Fund has adopted the four elements of the World Health Organization’s PMTCT strategy, but will focus on different areas of work and different ways of working with each of its Requests for Proposals. Go to Grant criteria and application for more details.

RFP1 and RFP2 have a lower limit of £40,000 per annum and an upper limit of £200,000 per annum. The maximum period for any project under these RFPs is three years, but we successful projects may be extended beyond that period.

Yes. A pilot project is defined as lasting one or two years only and is undertaken to test a project idea before taking it to a larger scale. Pilot projects should be budgeted at between £40,000 and £80,000 per annum. A grant to a pilot project is not a guarantee that any further funding would be available from the Fund for the next anticipated phase of work.

The Fund is considering whether it will launch a small grants scheme in the future. For the time being proposals are not sought below £40,000 per annum.

A project needs to be new work, not the simple continuation of previously funded activity. For example, this could be the piloting of a new approach; taking a pilot approach to the next level; or transferring a successful model to a new location. It must have an objective that is achievable within the period of funding requested. It must be identifiable as a discreet programme of work alongside or within any larger programme your organisation runs; it should have a name that can be used by the implementer and the funder to describe the project.

You should not request funds for a project that you cannot start before the end of November 2010. As it has to be a new project, it should not need to start until after the scheduled decision date for these RFPs, 1^st July 2010. We will not fund retrospectively.

The Fund has stipulated that 80% of its funding will go to projects focused on sub-Saharan Africa. Proposals that are focused in other regions will be considered, but fewer of them will be successful. We particularly encourage proposals that target countries identified by UNAIDS with greatest need for PMTCT services (Nigeria, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, DRC, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Malawi, Zambia and India). Proposals should clearly state where the projects would operate. Any regional or international project should indicate what proportions of activities (and associated budget) are planned for different countries.

We will support programmes that are primarily targeted at up to 19 years olds. Those services or programmes may reach older age groups, but their primary focus should be 19 and younger.

Yes. You may apply on behalf of a consortium of agencies or a partner agency. One agency must act as the lead agency and be prepared to hold the budget and take responsibility for the finances, management, delivery, communication and reporting of the project. All members of the consortium need to provide a signed copy of the Letter of Declaration.

Yes. Provided the project is new and the other source of funding is named in the proposal the PACF will consider applications for part-funding. While we envisage being the sole funder of the majority of our projects we are also keen to leverage support from elsewhere.

No. At this stage we are not considering any unsolicited proposals.

We will acknowledge receipt of your proposal by e-mail within ten working days. If you have not received an acknowledgement in that time please resubmit your full application to positiveactionforchildren@viivhealthcare.com
We will then subject your proposal document to a word count and check you have submitted all the requested information and appendices. Only proposals that meet these first tests will go on to be considered.

Your proposal will be returned to you: you will be given three working days to edit and resubmit the proposal. If you do not meet this deadline your proposal will not be considered.

Yes. Maps, charts and diagrams may be included and may use colour. Attachments to your e-mails to the Positive Action for Children mailbox should not exceed 10MB.

Your proposal will be returned to you: you will be given three working days to resubmit the proposal with the budget, logical framework, letter of declaration and any references included.

Your proposal must be no more than 8 pages (8 sides) in length; the only appendices we will consider are those we have requested. Any other appendices will not be read.

If your proposal meets the basic criteria of the RFP it will then be placed on our list of eligible proposals. Short listing will follow an appraisal by our team of assessors. The final shortlist will be considered by the Fund’s Advisory Board.

We may need to contact some applicants for clarification of their proposals, but we do not expect to need to contact all applicants. You should not expect to receive any other feedback before the grants are announced.

Once grants are announced we will provide feedback on all proposals that are submitted and which meet the criteria set out in this document.

We hope to announce our first grants in July, but this will depend on the volume of proposals we have to process.

We do not have any rules regarding the number of grants any one organisation may receive from the Fund, either concurrently or sequentially. Proposals will be judged on their individual merits.

Yes, we will consider applications from multiple country offices of the same organisation

No. You should budget separately for those items and they should appear in the outline budget that you submit as one of the requested Appendices.

Yes. Please e-mail any specific questions to us at positiveactionforchildren@viivhealthcare.com as soon as possible. We will try to answer them promptly and will update these Q&As periodically.