Share your project with the NCD Lab

Grassroots innovations selected by the NCD Lab have the potential to shape global policy and practice on NCDs and mental health care. They are included in a global portfolio of leading NCD innovations and receive tailored support to enhance impact and achieve scale by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs and its partners. NCD Lab innovators participate in highlevel meetings, promote their ideas to WHO countries and strategic partners, and have access to dedicated networking events and capacity-building workshops.

Eligibility criteria

Non-govenmental organizations, philanthropic foundations, academic institutions and private sector entities (in accordance with the WHO Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors) are eligible to share their projects with the NCD Lab.

Inclusion Criteria

The project is aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 3.4 - By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
The project is aligned with the 5X5 NCD framework for diseases and risk factors (cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, cancer, diabetes, mental health conditions including neurological and substance abuse disorders, unhealthy diet, tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, and air pollution)
The project is beyond the ideation phase, with preference to projects which are fully developed and implemented, or at an advanced stage of development.
The project includes a needs assessment that supports the project implementation
The project incorporates meaningful engagement of the population which it aims to support during the ideation or development phase.

Exclusion Criteria

Funded by any of the following industries: pharmacological, food and beverage, sports, gaming, alcohol, or gambling, and sports betting
During the past four years, the entity was linked to the tobacco and/or arms industry, or any subsidiary of a tobacco/arms company or a commercial entity involved with the manufacture, sale, or distribution of tobacco/arms or tobacco related products
The submission is or will be carried outside the 194 UN Member States

NCD Lab thematic areas

The NCD Lab supports innovative projects in three main thematic areas ‘Women and Girls’, ‘NCDs and the Next Generation’, and ‘Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs and Mental Health Conditions’. Each thematic area is co-chaired by a GCM/NCD Participant and supported by a Steering Group with international experts from multiple sectors.

Submissions for the 4th cycle of the NCD Lab are now closed. Selected projects will be announced in September 2024.