Posted on September 25, 2009	print  e-mail
Deadline: November 4, 2009

Gates Foundation Accepting Applications for Round Four of Grand Challenges Explorations in Global Health Research

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges Explorations program is designed to foster innovation in global health research. The Explorations initiative funds innovative ideas that could lead to new vaccines, diagnostics, drugs, and other technologies targeting diseases that claim millions of lives every year.

Each round of the Grand Challenges Explorations initiative awards grants against a set of specific topics. Topics for round four are: new technologies for contraception, new ways to induce and measure mucosal immunity, low-cost diagnostics for priority global health conditions, and new protections against infectious disease.

The program is open to both foreign and domestic nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, international organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions. Grants will not be provided to individuals.

The initiative uses an accelerated grantmaking process with short two-page applications; no preliminary data is required. Applications are submitted online, and grant recipients are selected approximately four months from the submission deadline.

Initial grants of $100,000 each are awarded through two funding cycles each year. Successful projects have the opportunity to each receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.

Visit the Grand Challenges Explorations Web site for complete program information.

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Primary Subject: Medical Research
Geographic Funding Area: National

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