Movember: Indigenous Men’s Wellbeing Innovation Initiative

Movember’s Indigenous Men’s Wellbeing Innovation Initiative will provide grant funding and capacity building opportunities to empower Indigenous-led organisations to develop, implement and evaluate innovative programs/interventions to improve Indigenous men’s social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB). It is one of 4 initiatives under Movember’s new Indigenous Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SWEB) Portfolio.

• Build voice, capability and power among Indigenous boys and men to design, lead, implement and sustain SEWB in their communities.
• Strengthen knowledge of what works to support SEWB.

Funding

Annual funding of up to USD $250,000 per applicant is available for 3 years to improve SEWB among Indigenous boys and men in the United States of America. We understand that colonial ways of applying to and working with funders can be a barrier to important work in the community, so we will be providing culturally appropriate support and technical assistance to shortlisted applicants by our SEWB Support Team comprising:

• Movember
• Movember appointed Community Assistance Partners
• Movember appointed Evaluation & Implementation Science Partners

What is the Funding For?

Organisations can apply for funding for:

Delivery of innovative new programming and approaches with potential to improve SEWB.

Delivery of existing programs and approaches showing promising improvements to SEWB that would benefit from stronger evidence of outcomes.

• Funded programs and initiatives will achieve one or more of the following outcomes for Indigenous boys and/or men:
• Elevate connection to and pride in culture, family/kin, community, and Country/Land through traditional practices
• Embrace cultural knowledge and engagement in cultural practices
• Elevate social, emotional, spiritual, and physical wellbeing
• Strengthen resilience
• Enhance health literacy
• Improve access to culturally appropriate spaces and services that support SEWB

Priority Populations

Projects can address the needs of Indigenous boys and men across all life stages in the United States of America.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Must be based in the United States of America.
• Must be legally able to accept grant funds within the United States of America (providing evidence of section 501(c)(3) endorsement) and agree to Movember's funding agreement.
• Must be an Indigenous owned/managed/led organisation.
• Must be implementing an existing SEWB program with promising evidence OR proposing a new area of SEWB programming that is aligned with the funding goals.

Ineligibility

• Programs not targeting Indigenous people or communities.
• Programs that are not aligned with the intent of this call and the outcomes listed above.
• Research positions/scholarships for Universities or Research Institutes.
• Awareness and education activities that do not specify and provide a clear and measurable link to improved health outcomes.
• Applications solely requesting infrastructure support.
• Reimbursement for expenses already incurred, or funded by another source.
• Further details on Eligible and Ineligible costs is set out in the Appendix.
• Any other matters as determined or advised to applicants by Movember.