Impact Funding Resources
3rd Call for Proposals (CfP) - Phase I to prioritize high-impact investments in: 1) early warning and disease surveillance systems, 2) laboratory systems (human and animal), and 3) strengthening human resources, public health, and rural and urban community workforce capacity, including workforce capacity related to human, animal (domestic, wildlife), and environment/ecosystem health.
Financing is intended for projects that will help strengthen core capacities in one or more of these three programmatic priorities, and that will have lasting impact on the prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) to pandemics and disease outbreaks.
Financing is intended for projects that will help strengthen core capacities in one or more of these three programmatic priorities, and that will have lasting impact on the prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) to pandemics and disease outbreaks.
End Date06 Jun 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 40mn Funding ProviderThe Pandemic Fund (Worldbank)
The Pandemic Fund (Worldbank)
Financing is intended for projects that will help strengthen core capacities in one or more of these three programmatic priorities, and that will have lasting impact on the prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) to pandemics and disease outbreaks.
Call for Proposals — Guidance Note
https://www.thepandemicfund.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/DLD647%20PANDEMIC%20FUND%20-%203rd%20CfP%20Guidance%20Note_5.pdf
PRIORITY AREAS OF FUNDING
This Call for Proposals will continue to prioritize high-impact investments in: i) early warning and disease surveillance systems; ii) laboratory systems (human and animal); and iii) strengthening human resources/public health and community workforce capacity, to help countries prevent, prepare for and respond to health emergencies. Financing is intended for projects that will help strengthen core capacities in one or more of these three programmatic priorities, and that will have lasting impact on the prevention, preparedness and response (PPR) to pandemics and disease outbreaks.
IMPLEMENTING ENTITIES
The Pandemic Fund channels its financing to support project implementation through Implementing Entities that have been approved to date by the Board. Each proposal must identify at least one Implementing Entity from among the thirteen currently approved Implementing Entities (IEs): African Development Bank; Asian Development Bank; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; European Investment Bank; Inter-American Development Bank; International Finance Corporation; World Bank; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; UNICEF; World Health Organization; the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
There are two types of proposals
a) Single-country proposal: This is a proposal submitted by one Eligible Country along with one or more approved IEs, where the activities of the proposal will occur in and benefit those at the national or sub-national level of the applying country
b) Multi-country proposal: This is a proposal submitted by two or more Eligible Countries along with one or more approved IEs, where the activities of the proposal will occur in and benefit those at the national or sub-national level of each of the applying countries. It is important that multicountry proposals are designed to fully integrate all countries into the project activities, working collaboratively toward shared goals
All countries and territories that are eligible to receive financing from the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) are eligible to apply for project funding from the Pandemic Fund (Eligible Countries)
https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups
