This funding opportunity supports projects that generate independent, policy-relevant estimates of the global burden of diarrheal diseases focusing on mortality and morbidity in children under five in low- and middle-income countries. Funded activities include epidemiologic and quantitative modeling to produce credible, transparent, and decision-useful burden estimates, including country-specific mortality and morbidity projections centered on 2025 data. Emphasis is placed on scientific rigor, methodological transparency, and strengthening analytic capacity in LMIC institutions or partnerships
Eligible applicants include research institutes, nonprofits, for-profits, international organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions with expertise in disease burden estimation and quantitative methods. LMIC-based institutions or partnerships with meaningful LMIC engagement are espe
