{"id":3295,"date":"2018-04-23T14:14:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T06:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wahtn.org\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2018-04-23T14:14:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T06:14:55","slug":"gates-foundation-grant-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/2018\/04\/23\/gates-foundation-grant-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Gates Foundation Grant Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grand Challenges Explorations grant opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/about<\/a> proposals for the following three challenges (application deadline is May 2, 2018):<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Innovations in Immunization Data Management, Use, and Improved Process Efficiency https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/innovations-immunization-data-management-use-and-improved-process-efficiency-round-21<\/a><\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Affordable, Accessible, and Appealing: The Next Generation of Nutrition https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/affordable-accessible-and-appealing-next-generation-nutrition-round-21<\/a>\u00a0 (also see the blog https:\/\/www.impatientoptimists.org\/Posts\/2018\/03\/Looking-for-Bold-New-Partners-to-Join-the-Fight-Against-Malnutrition#.Ws7xoFjrtPb\u00a0<\/a>)<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Tools and Technologies for Broad-Scale Disease Surveillance of Crop Plants in Low-Income Countries\u00a0https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/tools-and-technologies-broad-scale-disease-surveillance-crop-plants-low-income-countries<\/a><\/p>\n

GCE grants have already been awarded to more than 1300 researchers in more than 65 countries. Initial grants are for USD $100,000 and successful projects are eligible to receive follow-on funding of up to USD $1 million. Proposals are solicited twice a year for an expanding set of global health and development challenges. Applications are only two pages, and no preliminary data is required. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any type of organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.<\/p>\n

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Grand Challenges grant opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Challenges India: New Approaches to Characterize the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/grand-challenges-india-new-approaches-characterize-global-burden-antimicrobial-resistance<\/a>\u00a0. Application deadline is May 25, 2018.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Challenges Explorations \u2013 Brazil: New Approaches to Characterize the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/grand-challenges-brazil-new-approaches-characterize-global-burden-antimicrobial-resistance<\/a>\u00a0. Application deadline is May 28, 2018.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Challenges Africa: New Approaches to Characterize the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/grand-challenges-africa-new-approaches-characterize-global-burden-antimicrobial-resistance\u00a0<\/a>. Application deadline is May 16, 2018.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Challenges South Africa: New Approaches to Characterize the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/grand-challenges-south-africa-new-approaches-characterize-global-burden-antimicrobial<\/a>\u00a0. Application deadline is May 16, 2018.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Challenges: Campylobacter spp. Transmission Dynamics in Low- and Middle-Income Countries https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/campylobacter-spp-transmission-dynamics-low-and-middle-income-countries<\/a>\u00a0. Application deadline is May 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Challenges Explorations \u2013 Brazil: Data Science Approaches to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Brazil https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/grand-challenges-explorations-brazil-data-science-approaches-improve-maternal-and-child<\/a>\u00a0. Application deadline is May 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Misk Grand Challenges: Activating Global Citizenship: Building the Next Generation of Global Citizens for the Global Goals. https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/activating-global-citizenship-building-next-generation-global-citizens-global-goals<\/a> Application deadline is May 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 Misk Grand Challenges: Reinventing Teaching and School Leadership: Preparing the Youth with the 21st Century Skills Needed for a Knowledge Economy. https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/reinventing-teaching-and-school-leadership-preparing-youth-21st-century-skills-needed\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Application deadline is May 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

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Additional global funder grant opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 The African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are partnering under the auspices of the Coalition of African Research & Innovation (CARI) to establish a post-doctoral training fellowship program, the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI)<http:\/\/www.aasciences.ac.ke\/aesa\/en\/programmes\/the-african-postdoctoral-training-initiative-\/<\/a>>. Training will be at the intramural laboratories of NIH. Application deadline is May 11, 2018.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 The Templeton World Charity Foundation announces Round 1 of its new Global Innovations for Character Development<https:\/\/www.globalcharacter.org\/<\/a>> initiative. Application deadline is June 15, 2018.<\/p>\n

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Blog series on innovation: Trevor Mundel, the Gates Foundation’s President of Global Health, recently published three new blogs in his series https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/news?f%5B0%5D=type%3Aexternal_article&f%5B1%5D=field_blog_series%3A41<\/a>\u00a0on innovation: one on metabolic markers for gestational age assessment https:\/\/www.impatientoptimists.org\/Posts\/2017\/12\/INNOVATION-HOW-A-50YEAROLD-DROP-OF-BLOOD-HELPS-SOLVE-AN-URGENT-GLOBAL-HEALTH-CHALLENGE#.WqBINW1uZPZ\u00a0<\/a>, one on surveying nutrient levels in breastmilk https:\/\/www.impatientoptimists.org\/Posts\/2018\/03\/Understanding-Global-Differences-in-Human-Milk-Nutrients#.WqBIdW1uZPZ\u00a0<\/a>, and one on new technology to assess intestinal health in babies \u00a0https:\/\/www.impatientoptimists.org\/Posts\/2018\/02\/Innovation-A-New-Lens-on-Child-Nutrition#.Wr6dyVjrtPa<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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We look forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the world on the open grant opportunities listed above. If you have a great idea, please apply. If you know someone else who has a great idea, please forward this message. And we invite you to explore an interactive world map of ideas funded<https:\/\/grandchallenges.org\/#\/map<\/a>> to date across the global Grand Challenges network.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for your commitment to solving the world’s greatest health and development challenges.<\/p>\n

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The Grand Challenges Team<\/p>\n

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Grand Challenges Explorations grant opportunities The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/about proposals for the following three challenges (application deadline is May 2, 2018): *\u00a0\u00a0 Innovations in Immunization Data Management, Use, and Improved Process Efficiency https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/innovations-immunization-data-management-use-and-improved-process-efficiency-round-21 *\u00a0\u00a0 Affordable, Accessible, and Appealing: The Next Generation of Nutrition https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/affordable-accessible-and-appealing-next-generation-nutrition-round-21\u00a0 (also see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}