Grand Challenges Explorations
Sponsor
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
For More Information
For more information, please go to the sponsor [1] website and the GCE Rules and Guidelines for this rounds application instructions [2]
Description
Our Grand Challenges Explorations fosters early-stage discovery research to expand the pipeline of ideas for solving our greatest global health and development challenges.
We are accepting applications on the following six topics:
- Assess Family Planning Needs, Preferences and Behaviors to Inform Innovations in Contraceptive Technologies and Services [3]
- Develop Novel Platforms to Accelerate Contraceptive Drug Discovery [4]
- Design New Analytics Approaches for Malaria Elimination [5]
- Accelerate Development of New Therapies for Childhood Cryptosporidium Infection [6]
- Novel Approaches to Characterizing and Tracking the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance [7]
- Explore New Solutions in Global Health Priority Areas [8]
Eligibility
Faculty
Funding Availability
$100,000 USD for Phase 1
Indirect Costs
0%
Project Duration
Up to 18 months
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Internal Deadline | Please submit your application/proposal along with an OR5 form to research.services@uoguelph.ca [9] | |
External Deadline |
How to Apply
By PI using Global Grand Challenges on line application system found at: https://gce.gatesfoundation.org/_layouts/GCE/Pages/login.aspx [10]