Funding, News and Announcements

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations program is seeking innovative global health and development solutions, and is now accepting proposals for its latest application round.

Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.

Applications on the following topics are now being accepted:

• Innovations in Immunization Data Management, Use, and Improved Process Efficiency;
• Affordable, Accessible, and Appealing: The Next Generation of Nutrition;
• Tools and Technologies for Broad-Scale Disease Surveillance of Crop Plants in Low-Income Countries.

Deadline: May 2, 2018

Any Dalhousie faculty member interested in any of these opportunities is asked to contact the International Research Manager (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) for more information and support in preparing an application.