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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 are only two pages, and no preliminary data is required. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.
The Foundation is accepting applications on the following three topics:
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Any Ä¢¹½AV faculty member interested in this opportunity is asked to contact the International Research Facilitator (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) for more information and support in preparing an application.
Deadline: 8 November 2017
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