Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions, is accepting grant proposals until May 11, 2016, 11:30 A.M. US Pacific Day Light Time.

Aplicants 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.

Two-page proposals are being accepted online on the following topics:

- Assess Family Planning Needs, Preferences and Behaviors to Inform Innovations in Contraceptive Technologies and Services

- Develop Novel Platforms to Accelerate Contraceptive Drug Discovery

- Design New Analytics Approaches for Malaria Elimination

- Accelerate Development of New Therapies for Childhood Cryptosporidium Infection

- Novel Approaches to Characterizing and Tracking the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance

-Explore New Solutions in Global Health Priority Areas

Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million. Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions available in attach.

More infomration: http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/grant-opportunities

In case of interest please contact Leonor Norton (recerca@fsjd.org; lnorton@fsjd.org).