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Overview
| Donor: | Velux Foundation |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Switzerland |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | 29.09.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Small - up to $100,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 50.000$ |
| Total available budget: | - |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 100.000$ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Health
- Research, Technology & Innovation
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
America
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine
Pacific
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Description
1) Objective
Strategic focus:
- Developing and strengthening institutional research capacity in LMICs, reinforcing ophthalmology research locally at the institutional level in a sustainable manner
- Identifying and working on the specific biomedical knowledge gaps in LMICs in relation to the local context and environment
- Projects that will induce a change of perspective in ophthalmology research and will strengthen the institutions necessary for this research to take place. In the long run the projects will provide innovative and effective solutions for the challenges in eye health specific to LMICs.
Project type:
- Institutional research capacity strengthening projects: projects aiming at sustainably building, developing, or reinforcing institutional structures enabling biomedical ophthalmology research in LMICs.
- Innovative and interdisciplinary biomedical research projects aiming to develop and validate new diagnostic, prevention, or treatment methods for eye diseases adapted to the local context of LMICs. Such projects must also contribute to some extent to strengthen capacities of the institutions in LMICs.
2) Eligibility
Consortia of research groups with at least one partner based in a LMIC are invited to apply. The involvement of a high-income country (HIC) partner in the consortium is welcome but not mandatory. Most of the research should take place in one or several LMICs.
3) Location
Actions can take place in various countries in LMICs.
4) Budget
Scale of funding: from CHF 50,000 to CHF 100,000 per year, for one to four years, with at least 50 % of the funding to be
used in LMICs.
5) Application
Next deadline: 29 September 2025, with a final decision on proposals in March 2026.