Newborn Research Funding Map

• Only 7% of newborn research funding is allocated to Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) , despite representing 98% of the neonatal mortality burden. Of this 7%, very few grants are led by LMIC institutions;

• There are 1.9 million stillbirths per year worldwide, yet they are only mentioned in ~2% of relevant grants; and

• Only 3% of research funding is for implementation research, despite this potentially having the greatest impact on accelerating progress for small and sick newborn health.

Our map shows grants included in an analyses of the Dimensions AI dataset and published in The Lancet Global Health: Research funding for newborn health and stillbirths, 2011-20: a systematic analysis of levels and trends.

Together, The Newborn Research Funding Map can help all of us to:

• Find collaborators for new potential research projects;
• Amplify uptake of research findings from the current limited funding for newborn research in LMIC settings;
• Increase transparency and accountability; and
• Reshape global research funding to better match burden and context, with more on implementation research.