Funding, News and Announcements

A call for proposals to the latest round of Grand Challenges Explorations has been issued by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Explorations program is aimed at the creation of innovative, unconventional global health and development solutions; proposals to the current round are sought in the following areas:

• Addressing Newborn and Infant Gut Health Through Bacteriophage-Mediated Microbiome Engineering
• Explore New Ways to Measure Delivery and Use of Digital Financial Services Data
• Surveillance Tools, Diagnostics and an Artificial Diet to Support New Approaches to Vector Control
• New Approaches for Addressing Outdoor/Residual Malaria Transmission
• Reducing Pneumonia Fatalities Through Innovations that Improve Pneumonia Diagnosis & Referral of Malnourished Children
• Enable Merchant Acceptance of Mobile Money Payments

Initial grants will be valued at US$100,000, with promising projects having the opportunity of additional second-phase funding of up to US$1 million.

Full details of this funding scheme, including guidelines and application forms, are available on the Grand Challenges website. 

Any Dalhousie faculty member interested in this opportunity is asked to contact Jennifer Morawiecki, the International Research Facilitator for more information and support in preparing an application. 

Deadline: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 3:30 p.m. (ADT)