The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will offer US$1.5 million in grants for non-governmental organisation (NGO) initiatives to prevent HIV/AIDS. Financed by the HIV/AIDS Trust fund, funded by the Government of Sweden, the grant will award up to US$50,000 per initiative. If your NGO is working in one of ADB's developing member countries (DMCs) in Asia and the Pacific, and is active in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and/or treatment, this fund is open to you. Your application will receive special priority if your NGO works in one of the DMCs implementing specific programmes for vulnerable and high risk groups.

Proposals should relate to one of the following areas:

• pilot testing innovative approaches that address the needs of vulnerable and high risk groups;
• reporting evidence of effective HIV/AIDS prevention, care and /or treatment to enable replication and expansion/up-scaling of activities in other countries and/or regions;
• enhancing capacity of NGOs in quality monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and/or treatment projects and programmes;
• associating people living with HIV/AIDS in the design, implementation and monitoring of the project;
• contributing to strengthening ADB-NGO-government partnerships for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and/or treatment; or
• strengthening the capacity of community-based organisations and/or NGOs involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and/or treatment.

To be eligible for funding, your NGO must fulfill the following criteria:

• be legally constituted and registered in an ADB developing member country;
• have legal capacity to accept the funding provided by ADB;
• have accounts that are audited annually by independent auditors;
• be able to demonstrate your NGO's capacity to implement the proposed initiative in terms of your expertise, experience and available staff;
• present a proposal with clear-cut outcomes that can be achieved in a limited amount of time;
• guarantee strict monitoring and evaluation of the proposed initiative, with clear indicators and targets; and
• have adequate resources to complement financing of the ADB grant either in cash and/or in kind.

Proposals may be submitted for up to US$50,000. If you wish to submit a proposal for over US$ 50,000, please contact ADB first (see contact details below). All proposals must feature co-financing or in-kind contributions by your NGO.

Click here to download guidlines for project proposals in PDF format.

Click here to download the proposal format details in Word format.

Deadline for initial proposals is September 30 2006.