Impact Accelerator Grants: Funding Purposes and Requirements
CGHE Impact Accelerator Grants support projects that mobilize novel ideas and collaborations to help people live healthier and longer lives. This grant program supports co-designed projects that have been developed with a global partner. Proposals without a strong collaborative focus with partners in LMICs are unlikely to be successful.
Preference will be given to proposals that pursue action-oriented projects focused on designing, piloting, or testing solutions that improve health outcomes for people in LMIC contexts (that is, moving beyond conceptualizing problems or defining/studying research questions).
- Open to teams co-led by U-M faculty and global collaborators
- Grant Amount Supported. $35,000–$100,000
- Project Duration. 12–24 months
- Application Deadline: March 14, 2025
Proposals must meet the following criteria:
- Focus on needs or problems identified by collaborators within LMIC settings.
- Align with at least one of the four thematic priorities of the Center
- Pursue innovative, action-oriented projects that improve health outcomes for people in LMIC contexts.
- Be co-designed and implemented with a global collaborator.
- Demonstrate a clearly articulated ‘line of sight’ to impact health for those living in LMICs.
- Advance multidisciplinary collaboration by engaging faculty from at least 3 U-M schools/colleges/units.
- Include a comprehensive budget that addresses the needs of all collaborators to maximize involvement
- Be co-led by U-M faculty and global collaborators. Confirm that all U-M faculty on the project are Center members.
Application Deadline. March 14, 2025
Tips for Successful Applications
- Work with your LMIC collaborators to ensure the proposed project addresses a critical problem. Clearly communicate this critical need in your application.
- Schedule a consultation with a CGHE Project Manager to discuss your project idea and receive pre-submission feedback to strengthen your proposal.
- Join a CGHE Challenge Group to learn more about current projects and receive multidisciplinary input on your project idea.
- Check out the member portal to learn about U-M and associate members around the world, and connect with potential collaborators from diverse disciplines.
- Attend Center events and learn more about co-designing projects for impact.
