Dear Colleagues,
This is a reminder that the application deadline
for the latest round of Grand Challenges Explorations is less than a week away!
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. 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.
Two-page proposals are being accepted online on the
following topics:
- Assess Family Planning Needs, Preferences andBehaviors to Inform Innovations in Contraceptive Technologies and Services
- Develop Novel Platforms to Accelerate ContraceptiveDrug Discovery
- Design New Analytics Approaches for MalariaElimination
- Accelerate Development of New Therapies forChildhood Cryptosporidium Infection
- Novel Approaches to Characterizing and Tracking theGlobal Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance
- Explore New Solutions in Global Health PriorityAreas
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 in Chinese, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish
are available here.
Furthermore, below are three other grant
opportunities currently accepting applications:
1) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, TheHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), The Wellcome Trust and The GulbenkianFoundation, are jointly holding a competition to award grants to outstanding
early career scientists working outside the United States and other G7
countries. This International Research Scholars program aims to provide support
for promising international scientists and to bring them into an eco-system
that can foster their work and allow them to better understand and address
biomedical issues of global relevance.
We invite you to check this blog by Dr. ChrisWilson. Application deadline is June 30, 2016. For more information please
visit here.
2) The Blue Economy Challenge: Launching a BlueRevolution for Aquaculture: This challenge aims to find solutions to three
important issues of aquaculture: 1) Rethinking feed for aquaculture 2) New
ocean products and 3) Sustainable design by encouraging innovations that will
revolutionize aquaculture in the developing world with a focus on the Indian
Ocean region, where transformations in aquaculture can help eradicate poverty,
end hunger, and preserve ecosystems.
Application deadline is June 30, 2016. For more
information please visit http://www.theblueeconomychallenge.org
3) Combating Zika and Future Threats The U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID) invites global problem solvers to
answer the call for groundbreaking ideas to enhance our ability to respond to
the current Zika outbreak and generate cutting-edge technologies and approaches
that better prepare the world to address the disease threats of tomorrow.
Applications will be accepted starting from April 29, 2016 with Zika-focused
submissions due by 5:00 p.m. on May 20, 2016, and all other submissions due by
5:00 p.m. on June 17, 2016. For more information please visit the official
website here.
We are looking forward to receiving innovative
ideas from around the world and from all disciplines. If you have a great idea,
please apply. If you know someone else who may have a great idea, please
forward this message.
Thank you for your commitment to solving the
world's greatest health and development challenges.
The Grand Challenges Team
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