Strengthening the Foundation’s future to fulfill its mission.
The Foundation is well positioned to advance progress against our mission to end smoking in this generation. As we look forward to the Foundation work planned in 2023 and beyond, our grantees will continue to play a pivotal role through the development of their individual projects, as well as through collaboration. By working together and supporting each other, the Foundation grantees are leveraging their strengths and maximizing innovation.
we welcome new grantees who share this collaborative spirit and will be addressing novel scientific research topics. Consistent with our Strategic Plan, the Foundation also will continue to fund grants in our three broad categories of work, in which we have worked since our inception: health and science research, agricultural diversification in Malawi and industry transformation. We will fund research regarding alternatives to cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products, attitudes, and opinions of the general public towards tobacco harm reduction, verification studies, and convening stakeholders around relevant topics.
Sermo, a private social media network for physicians in 150 countries, was awarded a grant to conduct a global survey of physicians to develop actionable insights for accelerating an end to smoking. Sermo utilized its global network of physicians and successfully enrolled nearly 16,000 participants for the survey, gathering valuable insights in 11 countries. Sermo’s global Doctors’ Poll reports include doctors’ perspectives about nicotine and smoking, and their interactions with patients who smoke. These impactful results are expected to be released in June 2023.
The construction of the Centre for Agricultural Transformation building will begin in 2023 with funding from a Foundation for a Smoke-Free World grant. The new facility will be an inclusive science, technology, and business incubation center of excellence for smallholder farmers. The facility will be connected to the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources campus and the surrounding farms and villages.
Reports and Tools
To build on the 2022 Tobacco Transformation Index®, our grant in this area will focus on the third Index cycle of research, including both technical work on Index design and evolution, scientific research, and research on the country context within which the tobacco companies operate. In addition, the Index will expand and disseminate research in the areas of company-country analysis, reduced-risk product supply chain including waste materials, intellectual property, and global trends in nicotine.
