Road Safety Grants Programme: Call for Proposals

13 January 2016

The Global Road Safety Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of the Call for Proposals for Round 9 of the Road Safety Grants Programme.

Initiated in early 2012 with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Road Safety Grants Programme supports projects to develop and deliver high-impact, evidence-based road safety interventions designed to strengthen road safety policies and their implementation. New to Round 9, in addition to civil society organizations, the programme will consider supporting proposals from government organizations with relevant authority over road safety policy and/or its implementation in selected countries. 

Since its inception, the programme has awarded 47 grants to 32 civil society organizations in 8 countries.  

Eligible Countries and Cities:

• Applications addressing national level road safety policy reform and/or its implementation will be accepted from China, India, Philippines, Tanzania and Thailand.
• Applications addressing city level road safety policy reform and/or its implementation will be accepted from Accra (Ghana), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Bandung (Indonesia), Bangkok (Thailand), Bogota (Colombia), Fortaleza (Brazil), Ho Chi Minh City (Viet Nam), Mumbai (India), Sao Paolo (Brazil) and Shanghai (China).

Details of how to apply are available in the Call for Proposals now available on our website. Organizations from eligible cities and countries can submit a concept note using our online system at grsp.flexigrant which can be accessed here.

The deadline for submission of completed concept notes is Tuesday, 9th February 2016 at 1300 hours, Central European Time. Notice of the outcome of the selection process will be sent to applicants on Wednesday, 30th March 2016. Selected applicants will then be invited to submit full applications for funding.

For further information or inquires please contact rsgrants.grsp@ifrc.org or see our website.