Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Explorations, Round 5
Internal deadline: May 17, 2010. Provide a copy of the application and a completed and signed RIS form to Debbie Bilinski, Research Services Office
Application deadline: May 19, 2010, 12:00 noon
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 5 of Grand Challenges Explorations, a US $100 million initiative to encourage unconventional global health solutions.
Grant proposals are being accepted on the following topics:
- Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Global Health Conditions
- Create New Technologies to Improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns
- Create New Technologies for Contraception
- Create New Ways to Protect Against Infectious Diseases
These are the only topics under consideration at this time. The Foundation is looking for innovative approaches that are responsive to the topics from scientists around the world and from all scientific disciplines. Initial grants will be $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to $1 million US Dollars.
You may submit multiple ideas in partnership with collaborators, but an individual PI may lead the submission of only one proposal each round.
Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available at http://www.grandchallenges.org/explorations
During the application process, you are required to provide the University of Toronto Institutional Officer's information. The Institutional Officer is the person authorized to sign the grant agreement on behalf of the university. Please contact Debbie Bilinski to obtain this information if you are submitting an application.
Debbie Bilinski
Research Funding Manager - US & International Programs
Agency & Foundation Funding
Research Services Office
University of Toronto
McMurrich Building, 3rd floor
12 Queen's Park Crescent West
Toronto, ON M5S 1S8
Phone: 416-978-7118
Fax: 416-971-2010
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