Global Capacity Building Programme

Funded by NHS England, the Global Capacity Building Programme facilitates transnational knowledge, skills and experience exchanges through the Health Partnership model between NHS institutions in England and health organisations in Africa.  

The programme aims to: 

• Facilitate global learning opportunities between NHS partners with LMIC partners. 

• Provide specialist international development expertise which complements NHS technical knowledge.  

• Expedite the positive impact of NHS global programmes.  

With collaboration between the NHS and grant countries, the programme enhances the patient experience, improves health outcomes, and reduces health inequalities in South Africa, Uganda and Zambia. 

The programme also leverages the expertise of health institutions in England and technical experts to strengthen the health system and the capacity of the health workforce, as well as creating opportunities for bi-directional learning.  

As a long-standing and trusted partner of the UK Government and NHS England, THET will work closely with Ministry of Health officials from each grant country to ensure the programme responds to national priorities and engages key stakeholders.  

As part of the Global Capacity Building Programme, THET will also facilitate several events and workshops to encourage a wide range of NHS staff to participate. THET will collaborate with NHS staff and provide resources to ensure that the volunteers’ professional development and wellbeing is at the heart of this programme. 

THET welcomes grant applications from new and existing health partnerships between England and operating in the following three priority countries: South Africa, Uganda and Zambia. 

Key Grant Information for Uganda and Zambia: 

• Applications for Uganda and Zambia must respond to the priorities identified in the Scoping Report. 
• Watch the pre-application webinar here. Please refer to the Q&A document here.
• Up to £50,000, funding is available per partnership. 
• The deadline for applications is 5 pm (BST) on Friday 13th October 2023. 
• Grants will be awarded in December 2023, with projects beginning in January 2024. Up to 9 grants will be awarded in total.   Partnerships will have up to 18 months to undertake projects, and all activity must be completed by 30th June 2025.  

Applicant Eligibility 

• Applications can be submitted by existing or new Health Partnerships (HPs).  
• Applicants must read the Call for Applications and Scoping Report before submitting their proposal. 

Applicants should submit the following documents to grants@thet.org by 17:00 (BST) on Friday 13th October 2023: 

• Application form 
• Budget form 
• Letters of support from both lead partner institutions 

For any queries about the Global Capacity Building Programme, please email grants@thet.org. 

Key Grant Information for South Africa

• Applications for Global Capacity Building grants in South Africa must respond to the priorities identified in the Scoping Report.
• Up to £50,000 funding is available per partnership.
• The deadline for applications is 17.00 (GMT) on Friday 10^th November 2023
• Grants will be awarded in December 2023, with projects beginning in January 2024. Up to 3 grants will be awarded in total.  Partnerships will have up to 18 months to undertake projects, and all activity must be completed by 30 June 2025.

Applicant Eligibility 

• Applications can be submitted by existing or new Health Partnerships (HPs).  
• Applicants must read the Call for Applications and Scoping Report before submitting their proposal.

Applicants should submit the following documents to grants@thet.org by 17:00 (GMT) on Friday 10th November 2023: 

– Application form
– Budget form
– Letters of support from both lead partner institutions 

For any queries about the Global Capacity Building Programme, please email grants@thet.org. 

About Small Grants

Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) is pleased to release the first-round call for applications for the GCB small grants funded by NHS England. These grants of up to £10,000 will allow health partnerships between England and Uganda, Zambia and South Africa to deliver innovative programmes focused on varied integrated themes including gender, engaging the diaspora NHS staff, wellbeing, technology and a focus on planetary health in global healthcare.  

THET encourages the pursuit of multi-directional learning and partnerships that show that NHSE volunteers will add value and help achieve outcomes and benefits for the Health Partnership, and the volunteers themselves. 

Applicant Eligibility 

• Applications can be submitted by existing or new Health Partnerships (HPs).  
• Applicants for small grants must read the Call for Applications before submitting their proposal.  

Applicants should submit the following documents to grants@thet.org by 17:00 (BST) on Friday 27th October 2023: 

– Application form
– Letters of support from both lead partner institutions 

THET will hold an initial pre-application drop-in webinar to run through the application process and project planning principles on Wednesday, 20^th September 2023 (10-11 am BST). Please register in advance here. This will be a drop-in session to ask questions about the grant call and application process.

For any queries about the Global Capacity Building Programme, please email grants@thet.org.