In many parts of the world, safe injection practices as well as proper disposal of sharps remain a challenge.
Infection prevention is integral to solving many of these problems. A number of initiatives have been put forth to address these issues. However, the success of these interventions is not well documented and in some locations problems still persist. In order to address this gap, IFIC is launching a Grant Proposal Competition aimed at infection prevention in low-resource settings. This initiative is made possible through the generous support of several companies: Stericycle, AP Medical, Smiths Medical, and WNWN International.

This call is being coordinated by the IFIC Safe Injection and Disposal Special Interest Group, which seeks proposals for projects to assess current injection practices and/ or disposal methods in any healthcare setting and methods that can or have been implemented to improve them. The grant will be awarded so that the investigators can implement their proposal and measure results.

This project must result in an English language manuscript for publication or a presentable abstract. Two (2)Grant requests will be awarded limited to US $3500 each. This request for proposals is for a one-time, one-year project.

Applications should be submitted in Microsoft Word format using this document template. Applications submitted in other ways will not be reviewed or acknowledged. The SIG will acknowledge applications within two weeks of its submission. Candidates may be contacted to discuss the application further.

The application must include a/n:

1. Title and Executive Summary
2. Narrative, of no more than 500 words, that includes:
   1. Project description
      1. Brief Statement of problem and hypothesis for project
      2. Goals and objectives
      3. Target population
      4. Proposed methods
   2. Plan for measuring project results
   3. Biographical sketch of key project participants including publications on related subjects
3. Project Budget

It should be sent to ekrisiunas@gmail.com Please write "IFIC - Safe Injection SIG Grant Application" in
the message box.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS (December 15, 2011)