NEWS ALERT
1 October 2025 | Geneva, Switzerland
Stop TB Partnership (STP) is a United Nations-hosted partnership committed to ending tuberculosis (TB). In recognition of the critical, yet under-celebrated efforts of TB-affected communities and TB civil society, STP awards an annual prize for professionalism, efforts, and excellence in advancing access to TB services for all who need them. The prize is specifically aimed at the efforts of grassroots organizations from TB high-burden countries.
Since 2021, Stop TB Partnership has been joined by Humana People to People Foundation (Humana) to award this prize and is again delighted to be joined by Humana as the co-supporter of this unique award for 2025.
Previous themes have included increasing access to TB services for key and vulnerable populations, community-led monitoring, support for TB-affected communities in the context of COVID-19, and ending TB stigma through art.
This year, the focus of the award is “Keeping the Lights On and Providing Critical TB Services to People with TB”. Earlier this year, STP launched a fundraising campaign in collaboration with TB-affected communities called “Keep the Lights On” to sustain TB survivor networks and local community organizations previously supported by the Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) and country-level Stop TB Partnership platform grants. The campaign funds along with the contribution from Humana will be provided through the STP Community Award to an organisation that can demonstrate resilience, efforts, commitment, and impact in the face of a challenging global health funding environment to provide key TB services (including TB and DR TB sensitization, screening, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and support services) to people with TB.
The winning nominee will receive 55,000 USD in the form of a co-funded grant from the Stop TB Partnership’s Country & Community Support for Impact team and Humana to enable the continuation of their work.
Eligibility:
Organisations must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the Award:
- Organisations must be a TB survivor network or a local civil society organization that has continued to deliver critical TB services (including TB and DR TB sensitization, screening, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and support services) despite changes in funding and support in 2025.
- Organizations must be working and legally registered in one of the following countries: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Note: organizations in these countries implemented Challenge Facility for Civil Society Round 12 activities; however, they are not continuing their work under the CFCS 2025 iteration.
- TB survivor networks are strongly encouraged to apply.
- International organisations, for-profit entities, and local government entities are not eligible to apply.
- The nomination form must be completed in full by the deadline in order for the nomination to be eligible for consideration.
- Organisations can be nominated or can nominate themselves.
How to Submit:
A completed nomination form must be submitted by midnight on Friday, 31 October 2025.
The form includes the following sections:
- The degree and impact that global health funding shifts in 2025 have had on the work of the organization.
- The type, nature, and approach to continuing TB services despite the changing context.
- Evidence of the activities that have been implemented (i.e., photos, news articles, social media posts, donor reports).
- The rationale for continuing to provide the services despite the funding challenges faced.
- The reach and impact of the services provided (including the context of TB burden and levels of funding challenges).
- The means by which the services were provided, considering the funding changes (i.e., how you found and used financial and human resources)
- A brief narrative detailing how the prize funds would enable the organization to continue its work.
- Provide a letter of support from the National TB Programme, partner organisation, or health facility that can confirm the work that has been done.
The nomination form can be accessed here and must be submitted by midnight on Friday, 31 October 2025. Incomplete nominations, or nominations received after this time/date, will not be considered.
Selection Process:
All complete and compliant nominations will be reviewed by a selection panel composed of diverse representatives, including Humana, STP Secretariat and a Stop TB Board member. The panel will jointly determine the Awardee/s.
Scoring will be based on the following criteria, with each category holding equal weight:
- Nature of the TB services provided
- Creativity and innovation in delivering services in a changing financial context
- Significance and impact of continuing the services (including the country context of TB burden and level of funding challenges experienced).
- Sustainability of efforts
The winner will be formally announced at an event during the Union Conference in Denmark in November 2025.
