From the American Academy of Pediatrics Julius B. Richmond Center:

Funding opportunity for IPA member organizations.

As part of the Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids manages a grants program that supports projects in low and middle-income countries to achieve policy change that will lead to reductions in tobacco use. It gives priority to countries with the greatest number of tobacco users.

Round Three of the grants program is now open. Submission of project ideas is invited online at www.tobaccocontrolgrants.org.

The deadline for submission is 23.30h US EST (GMT-5) on 17 January 2008. Proposals can be submitted for grants from US$10,000 for a short-term advocacy campaign up to US$500,000 per year for a major comprehensive initiative. Short-term, one-year and two-year project proposals will be considered. A short letter of intent is required for the first level of review. This must be submitted on the program's website.

Proposals must focus on achieving policy change that will lead to substantial reductions in tobacco use. The grants program gives priority to projects that lead to sustainable improvements in tobacco control laws, regulations, policies and programs at the national or sub-national level ( e.g. provinces, states), including (but not restricted to): tax and price measures, including anti-smuggling measures establishment of smoke-free workplaces and public places direct and indirect advertising bans other evidence-based regulatory/legislative initiatives effective, long-term mass media campaigns and programs model smoke-free jurisdictions.

The grants program can also support the development of strategic alliances and coalitions which have improving tobacco policy as their central goal.

While applications are welcome from all low- and middle-income countries, as categorized by the World Bank, the Initiative places a priority on countries with the greatest number of tobacco users. Approximately two-thirds of the world's tobacco users live in fifteen countries: China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Ukraine, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Poland.

The AAP Richmond Center's Tobacco Consortium is a multidisciplinary group that brings a broad range of approaches and perspectives to tobacco and child health issues. The AAP Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence is happy to work with individuals and organizations who would like to propose interventions to address children and second hand smoke in an application to the Bloomberg Foundation.

Please let me know if we at the AAP can do anything to help support your application(s).

With best wishes to all for a peaceful new year.

Jonathan D. Klein, MD, MPH
Director, American Academy of Pediatrics
Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence

jklein@aap.org
phone 585-275-7760
fax 585-242-9733