The AstraZeneca Step Up Grants ($10k)

Application Deadline: 21 July 2021

The AstraZeneca Step Up Global Grants Programme, provided by AstraZeneca’s Young Health Programme, empowers small, youth-focused non-profit organisations to make change happen by enabling them to increase their impact and operate at a greater scale.

Over the last three years, Step Up! has provided over $400,000 in grants to support organisations to develop and deliver effective health promotion programmes – with an emphasis on under-resourced communities in low- and middle-income countries.

Climate change and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are two defining challenges of the 21st century, each posing significant threats to health and sustainable development.

Innovation is needed in order to face up to the climate and health challenges facing young people today.

This year, we are looking to support projects which promote environmental sustainability while at the same time reducing NCD risk factors among young people.

The Astrazeneca Step Up Grants Available:

Grants of up to US $10,000 will be awarded to support the delivery of approximately 20 projects which:
Reduce NCD risk factors for young people while combating climate change through sustainable environmental solutions
Address the needs of vulnerable young people (10-30 years old) in under-resourced communities
Reach an appropriate number of young people according to the scale of the local need
Can provide evidence at the conclusion of the project of what has been delivered, as well as outcomes and what has been learned
Are managed by non-profits with an annual income of US$1 million or less
Can be completed within a 12 month period, not starting before February 2022.
In addition to the funding, Step Up! grantees will be invited to join AstraZeneca’s Young Health Programme (YHP) Alumni Group. This offers learning and development opportunities, as well as networking between StepUp! grantees and young leaders who have received YHP Scholarships.
In the past, Alumni Members have been offered mini-MBA programmes, opportunities to share their work with global audiences, and masterclasses on fundraising and digital skills to build effective health-promotion programmes.

Who can apply for The Astrazeneca Step Up Grants?

The fund is open to registered charitable organisations with strong experience of delivering effective projects which make health and environmental improvements in young people’s lives.
Organisations must be ‘funding-ready’ and able to provide appropriate documentation (in English) to verify their organisation’s charitable status and financial situation.
We will support organisations from under-resourced communities worldwide. These are likely to be in low-income or lower-middle income countries or settings.
Organisations which have been funded previously by AstraZeneca are welcome to apply, but not for the same project that was previously supported.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to support every organisation that applies and we will choose those projects which most closely fulfill the priorities listed below.

The AstraZeneca Step Up Grants Priorities

Step Up! always receives a high number of applications and we are unable to support all eligible organisations which apply. In selecting applications, we will prioritise a project if it:

Addresses nutrition
Utilises technology or digital health solutions in an inclusive way
Is innovative: delivering something different from which we can learn (an existing approach in a new setting linked to a particular need, or a totally new approach)
Is youth-led (ie primarily youth managed/designed)
Involves young people as advocates for change in their communities
Is run by an organisation with an income and capacity to deliver a grant of this size
Is from an organisation which has not yet been supported by a StepUp! grant
Operates in a low or lower-middle income country or setting
We will select projects at a range of different innovation stages.

WHAT WE WILL NOT FUND

Individuals

Organisations that:

are not registered as charitable
were established and registered after 1 January 2019
discriminate or primarily promote political or religious viewpoints to their beneficiaries
use the funds to make grants or donations to other organisations or individuals
are unable to supply appropriate documents including charitable registration, governance and financial documents and personal details of trustees/directors

Projects That: