Apply! Road Safety Grants Programme

The Global Road Safety Partnership is seeking proposals for the 13th round of its Road Safety Grants Programme on Safer Road Users to support projects to develop and deliver high-impact, evidence-based road safety interventions designed to strengthen road safety policies and their implementation.

Proposals must focus on policy reform or policy implementation that will lead to substantial reductions in road traffic injuries and deaths. The Road Safety Grants Programme supports organizations advocating for passage and implementation of comprehensive policies (legislation, regulations, standards, etc.) to address road safety behavioural risk factors. In particular:
-Speed
-Drink driving
-Helmets
-Seat-belts
-Child restraints

Deadline
6 February 2018

Grant
Proposals can be submitted for grants up to a maximum amount of 120,000 Swiss francs (CHF) for a short-term, one-year or two-year project.

Eligibility
-The Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety focuses on improving road safety policies (including laws, regulations, and standards) in 5 countries, and on improving (where possible) and implementing evidence-based road safety policies in 10 cities. There are a number of evidence based interventions aimed at reducing road traffic deaths and injuries.
-The Road Safety Grants Programme focuses exclusively on the passage and implementation of evidence-based policies which address key behavioural risk factors (speeding, drink driving, lack of seatbelt use, lack of child restraint use, or lack of helmet use).
-Governmental and non-governmental organizations based in eligible countries and cities can apply for grants within the following parameters:
–Governmental organizations with relevant authority over road safety policy and/ or its implementation. Road police and military agencies are not eligible to apply.
–Non-governmental organizations (including but not limited to civil society organizations and educational institutions) with relevant advocacy experience on policy reform/and or its implementation
Additionally,
-Applicants must be registered legal entities in the country of project delivery, capable of entering into contractual arrangements, receiving foreign funds, and assuming legal and financial obligations.
-Applicants cannot be recipients of financial support from alcohol, firearms, pornography, or tobacco industries.
The Road Safety Grants Programme does not fund individuals.

Application
Visit https://www.grsproadsafety.org/programmes/grants-programme/apply-grant/