Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-Grand Challenges Explorations
- Entitat convocant:
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Categoria:
- Projectes de recerca
- Àmbit:
- Internacional
- Inici:
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Introduction
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting proposals for the latest round of Grand Challenges Explorations. Grand Challenges Explorations fosters early-stage discovery research to expand the pipeline of ideas for solving our greatest global health and development challenges. Launched in 2008 with an initial $100 million commitment from the foundation, Grand Challenges Explorations grants have already been awarded to more than 1300 researchers in more than 65 countries.
Topics
-Novel Approaches for Improving Timeliness of Routine Immunization Birthdose and Healthcare Worker Skill in Low-Resource Settings;
-Healthy Minds for Adolescent Mothers: Achieving Healthy Outcomes for the Family;
-Innovations for Integrated Diagnostics Systems
Budget
Grand Challenges Explorations is an initiative where initial grants are for USD $100,000 and successful projects are eligible to receive follow-on funding of up to USD $1 million.
Eligibility and how to apply
Proposals are solicited twice a year for an expanding set of global health and development topics. Applications are only two pages, and no preliminary data is required. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.
Deadline
We are accepting applications on the following three topics until Wednesday, November 8, 11:30 am Pacific Time:
More information at:
-https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/grant-opportunities
Topic#1
-https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/healthy-minds-adolescent-mothers-achieving-healthy-outcomes-family-round-20
Topic#2
-https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/innovations-integrated-diagnostics-systems-round-20
Topic#3
-https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/novel-approaches-improving-timeliness-routine-immunization-birthdose-and-healthcare-worker