I would like to inform you about the new opportunities from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its funding partners in the Grand Challenges family of grant programs are inviting innovators to apply for two grant opportunities: 1) Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions, is now accepting grant proposals for its latest application round. 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. Proposals are being accepted online until May 6, 2014 on the following topics: New Ways of Working Together: Integrating Community-Based Interventions Explore New Ways to Measure Fetal and Infant Brain Development Innovations in Feedback & Accountability Systems for Agricultural Development Inciting Healthy Behaviors: nudge, leapfrog, disrupt, reach Novel Enabling Tools and Models Supporting the Development of Interventions for Severe Diarrhea and Enteric Dysfunction 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 are available at: grandchallenges.org/explorations.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:37:27 +0000