Washington, D.C. — The Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions (IMACS), an initiative of Malaria No More, announced today that it has received a grant from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, effective as of July 1, 2026. The one-year grant will support the enhancement and implementation of IMACS’ Applied Reasoning and Knowledge (ARK) platform across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to strengthen public health decision-making through the platforms AI-enabled tools and services.

“We are extremely grateful for the continued support of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation,” said Dr. Kaushik Sarkar, Founder and Director of IMACS. “Our partnership with the Foundation will allow us to further scale the ARK platform in the year ahead and expand the responsible application of AI tools and services it provides across a wide range of global health priorities, from research and policy to program design, resource allocation, and health system strengthening.”  

This funding will enable IMACS to strengthen ARK’s infrastructure, security, system resilience, and interoperability, making the platform’s AI applications and services easier to access, use, and integrate with the existing digital systems and workflows of low- and middle-income countries. Through R&D and open-source contributions, IMACS will introduce an open health intelligence benchmark and advance more sophisticated and cost-efficient AI models and agentic workflows that synthesize geospatial, clinical, epidemiological, financial, and policy data to inform public health policy, planning, and resource allocation. Additionally, IMACS will undertake an independent technical and operational review of the platform to assess performance under concurrent demand, manage loads, enhance system security and resilience, and improve uptake. 

“Health systems in low- and middle-income countries today have more data than ever, but still lag in access to effective tool architecture that enables public health benefits at scale. That is a design failure, and it is one civil society and technology can fix together,” said Vilas Dhar, President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. “IMACS and the ARK platform put analytical infrastructure inside the countries that need it, governed by the institutions that use it — this is how we create long term capacity that can change systems and lives.”

This is the third, one-year grant IMACS has received from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. The previous 2025 – 2026 grant supported the development of IMACS’s AI foundation model for climate health and its Central Data and Analytics Hub, which operates as the underlying infrastructure layer powering IMACS’ ARK platform.

“Sustained funding is essential to developing, strengthening, and scaling new tools to maximize impact,” added Dr. Sarkar. “Our three-year partnership with the Foundation is making that possible by ensuring the ARK platform reaches its full potential.”

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About the Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions

The Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions is a global AI center of excellence to promote healthier future. IMACS serves as an AI capability center for governments, multilaterals, and enterprises, harnessing AI, advanced data integration, and predictive modeling to build resilient health systems and improve decision-making at scale.

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About the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) is a philanthropic organization dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence and data science solutions to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all. PJMF works in partnership with public, private, and social institutions to drive progress on our most pressing challenges, including digital health, climate change, broad digital access, and data maturity in the social sector.