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Begin forwarded message: > From: Betsy Rolland <brolland at uw.edu> > Date: October 22, 2010 1:03:56 PM EDT > To: dub at dub.washington.edu > Subject: [dub] BMGF Grand Challenges (Nov. 2 deadline) > > http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/Introduction.aspx > > The deadline for completed submissions for Round 6 of Grand Challenges > Explorations is November 2, 2010 at 11:30 AM PST. > > Topics for Grand Challenges Explorations Round 6 are: > > Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection; > Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies; > The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Ways to Accelerate, Sustain and Monitor > Eradication; > Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Health Conditions; > Create New Technologies to Improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns. > > Rewarding Innovative Ideas in Global Health > > One bold idea. That?s all it takes. > > Unorthodox thinking is essential to overcoming the most persistent challenges > in global health. Vaccines were first developed over 200 years ago because > revolutionary thinkers took an entirely new approach to preventing disease. > > Grand Challenges Explorations fosters innovation in global health research. > The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $100 million to encourage > scientists worldwide to expand the pipeline of ideas to fight our greatest > health challenges. > > Launched in 2008, Grand Challenge Explorations grants have already been > awarded to 340 researchers from 34 countries. > > Open to All Disciplines: Anyone Can Apply > > > The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline, from student to > tenured professor, and from any organization ? colleges and universities, > government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and > for-profit companies. > > Agile, Accelerated Grant-Making > > > The initiative uses an agile, accelerated grant-making process with short > two-page applications and no preliminary data required. Applications are > submitted online, and winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from > the submission deadline. > > Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year. Successful projects > have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dub mailing list > dub at dub.washington.edu > http://dub.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/dub -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20101022/d99df8ff/attachment.html>
