Gates Foundation Grant Opportunities - New Grand Challenges Explorations Topics
Funding body: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Important dates: Deadline for applications - Grant proposals are being accepted online until 19 May 2011.
Description: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health solutions. 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.
Grant proposals are being accepted online on the following topics:
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Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children
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Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges
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The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Innovative Ways to Accelerate, Sustain, and Monitor Eradication
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Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
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Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
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Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Solutions for Improved Uptake and Coverage of Childhood Vaccinations
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 www.grandchallenges.org/gce/