(UPDATED) Product Development Partnerships Fund – Request for Proposals | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

13 December 2017

13 December update: Added Final evaluation of Australia's investment in Product Development Partnerships (2013-2018) all other information released on 8 October remains unchanged.

12 December update: Added Addendum 4, (questions and responses received on the PDP Fund), all other information released on 8 October remains unchanged.

21 November update: Added Addendum 3, (correction to p6 closing date for submission changed from 15 December 2018 to 15 December 2017, questions and responses received on the PDP Fund), all other information released on 8 October remains unchanged.

13 November update: Added Addendum 2, (questions and responses received on the PDP Fund), all other information released on 8 October remains unchanged.

20 October update: Added Addendum 1 (questions and responses received on the PDP Fund). All other information released on 8 October remains unchanged.

The Product Development Partnerships Fund has been established under the Australian Government's Health Security Initiative for the Indo-Pacific region. The Fund will be managed by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security and will invest up to $75 million over five years, 2018 – 2022. The first phase of funding will support up to four PDPs with approximately AUD $10 -15 million per proposal for 3 years.

DFAT invites proposals from eligible Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) to submit applications for funding that focus on the development of diagnostics and therapeutics for TB and malaria and/or vector control tools for malaria and other high burden mosquito borne diseases in the Indo-Pacific region.

Applicants must use the Invitation to Submit an Activity Proposal template and submit all documents electronically via email before close of business 15 December 2017 to: chs@dfat.gov.au

PDPs are expected to submit a separate application for each proposal. A Competitive Grant Guidelines document is available below. It includes guidance on process and eligibility. In addition to the guidelines document, the Product Development Partnerships Fund, 2018-2022 Design Document should inform the development of proposals.

The exact size of each grant will be determined on the merits of each proposal.

Attachments

Addenda

The Competitive Grant Guidelines are now superseded by second version dated 3 November 2017 Closing date for submissions on p6 changed from 15 December 2018 to 15 December 2017. All other information remains unchanged.

Addenda 1 – Product Development Partnerships Fund, 2018-2022 [PDF 404 KB]

Addenda 2 – Product Development Partnerships Fund, 2018-2022 [PDF 152 KB]

Addenda 3 – Product Development Partnerships Fund, 2018-2022 [PDF 41 KB]

Addenda 4 – Product Development Partnerships Fund, 2018-2022 [PDF 8 KB]

The Final evaluation of Australia's investment in Product Development Partnerships (2013-2018) is available on the publications page of our website.