Positive Action provides funding to community-led and community-based organisations that are committed to eliminating AIDS and supporting people living with HIV.
Through its Community Strategic Initiatives, Positive Action provides funding to community-led and community-based organisations that are committed to eliminating AIDS and supporting people living with HIV. We currently offer funding under two funding streams, Innovator Funding, that aims to test and pilot new ways of working, and Momentum Funding, that aims to scale-up proven ways of working.
Innovator Funding
Up to £100,000 over two years (£50,000 per year)
- Investments into the testing and piloting of new approaches
- The proposed approach(es) must be new to the funding applicant but can have been delivered by another organisation in a different location or aimed at a different target population.
A two 2- year pilot that aims to build evidence before scale-up
Momentum Funding
- Up to £300,000 over three years (£ 100,000 per year)
- Advancing existing, evidence-based projects to enable sustainable scale-up
- The funding applicant must have delivered the approach(es) previously and have evidence that the approach(es) work
- Funding can be used to build on previous investments made by Positive Action or other donors
A three-year scale-up aimed at advancing previous projects with a focus on sustaining interventions beyond the three-year Positive Action investment
Funding Rounds
New Funding Opportunity for Community-Based Organisations
Positive Action invites proposals to scale up, evidence-based interventions that address the multiple, intersecting forms of stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with, vulnerable to and impacted by HIV. This initiative will partner with community-based organisations to deliver locally led programmes that drive meaningful reductions in stigma and discrimination across eligible countries.
Application window: 12 June 2026 – 5 July 2026
Eligible countries: Bangladesh, Ghana, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Pakistan, Philippines and Uganda.
Funding available: up to £300,000 over three years (up to £100,000 a year)
Proposals for Momentum grants should advance existing, evidence-based community-led interventions. Projects must focus on scaling up or replicate interventions that have already demonstrated effectiveness – this funding is not for new or pilot projects. Scale-up may build on lessons from work inside or outside your organisation.
For this funding round, applicants should focus on disproportionately impacted populations, including LGBTQI+ people, men who have sex with men, sex workers, people who use drugs, people with disabilities, women and girls, and displaced or migrant populations.
Who can apply?
Non-governmental and community-based organisations are essential in driving change at the community level, given their strong connections with, or representation of, populations most affected. Positive Action places strong emphasis on localisation and equitable partnerships that align with the principles of the decolonisation agenda. We prioritise engagement with locally-led organisations – particularly those embedded within affected communities – and encourage collaboration that actively promotes local ownership, leadership, and decision-making. This commitment is integral to ensuring sustainable and culturally relevant interventions.
Download the detailed guidance note in English and French. Please note, applications must be submitted in English.
Positive Action will host two webinars to answer application questions. Click here to join the first webinar at 09:00hrs GMT on the 19 June 2026 or here to join the second webinar at 13:00hrs GMT on the 25 June 2026.
Completing your application
Create your account and submit your application through the Cybergrants Portal using this link. Applications emailed to ViiV Healthcare or Positive Action staff or mailboxes will not be accepted.
If you have any question or problems accessing the online system, please contact the Positive Action mailbox: PA.Generalenquiries@viivhealthcare.com
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