The Gates foundation and
its Grand Challenges Partners are now accepting applications for the
following grant programs – for more information please visit the grant
opportunities page at www.grandchallenges.org
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 13, 2015 on
the following topics:
- Addressing Newborn and Infant Gut Health Through Bacteriophage-Mediated Microbiome Engineering
- Explore New Ways to Measure Delivery and Use of Digital Financial Services Data
- Surveillance Tools, Diagnostics and an Artificial Diet to Support New Approaches to Vector Control
- New Approaches for Addressing Outdoor/Residual Malaria Transmission
- Reducing Pneumonia Fatalities Through Innovations that Improve Pneumonia Diagnosis & Referral of Malnourished Children
- Enable Merchant Acceptance of Mobile Money Payments
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
2.
Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development has
launched its fifth round for innovative prevention and treatment approaches for
pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the
world. Saving Lives at Birth partners will fund transformative approaches that
cut across three main domains: (i) science & technology, (ii) service
delivery, and (iii) demand-side innovation.
The application deadline is March 27, 2015. Details on how
to apply for a grant can be found at http://response.notifications.gatesfoundation.org/t?ctl=4C60472:05ED246E982DC140C2F9122131221A842B785AAF7A4109CC&
3.
All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development has
launched two grant opportunities:
- As part of the Technology to Support Education in Crisis and
Conflict Settings Ideation Challenge, it is seeking technology-supported
approaches to provide basic education in one or more of the following
situations: health crisis, natural disaster, and conflict zone. Proposed
solutions should be usable within the first six months after the onset of the
crisis or conflict and be usable within the context of a developing
country.
The application deadline is March 30, 2015. Details
on how to apply can be found at http://response.notifications.gatesfoundation.org/t?ctl=4C60473:05ED246E982DC140C2F9122131221A842B785AAF7A4109CC&
- The Tracking & Tracing Books Prize Competition is seeking
innovations to track books destined for early-grade classrooms and learning
centers in low-income countries and allow stakeholders, ranging from parents to
Ministries of Education and donor agencies, to quickly and easily access
tracking information.
The application deadline is April 1, 2015. Details on how
to apply for a grant can be found at http://response.notifications.gatesfoundation.org/t?ctl=4C60474:05ED246E982DC140C2F9122131221A842B785AAF7A4109CC&
4.
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT) as part
of its new Grand Challenges Japan initiative has launched a Target Research
Platform to fund bold ideas in drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics for a set of
priority neglected infectious diseases. Applications must be from a partnership
between Japanese and non-Japanese organizations.
The application deadline is March 13, 2015.
Additional Information can be found at http://response.notifications.gatesfoundation.org/t?ctl=4C60475:05ED246E982DC140C2F9122131221A842B785AAF7A4109CC&
All queries about these schemes should be directed to the Research
Grants & Contracts Team at MRO (adm-researchgrants.contracts@monash.edu).
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