Track 1 Funding

A searchable inventory of investments, people, partners & stories

Track 1 offers research teams up to $350,000 over a period of up to two years. It supports individual research projects as well as multi-project agendas, making it well suited to both early-stage and more mature impact-focused projects.

In prior years, SIL offered a funding opportunity called Stage 1: Seed Partnerships to research teams engaged in the early work needed to deeply understand a tangible social need and prepare for designing solutions. In 2026, Stage 1 was updated and replaced by Track 1.

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Ahmadul Haque

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, Government of Bangladesh

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Beto Krishna Roy

Chief of Ophthalmology, Dr. K. Zaman Bangladesh National Society for the Blind Eye Hospital

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Parag Sharifuzzaman

Director, Dr. K. Zaman Bangladesh National Society for the Blind Eye Hospital

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Pearse A. Keane

Professor, University College London and Moorfields Hospital NHS

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Paul Nderitu

Ophthalmologist, University College London and Moorfields Hospital NHS

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Hasan Kabir

Clinic Manager, Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre

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Laila Kabir

Program Director, Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre

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Muhammad Saidur Rahman

Director, Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre

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Hasib Rahman

CEO, Data Yakka

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Geoffrey Craig Tabin

Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford School of Medicine