[ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Grand Challenges - Improving access to and use of safe and appropriate Cesarean Section | Research Funding ]
Event details
| Date | 22.04.2020 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recognizes that solving the most pressing challenges in global health and development requires more of the world’s brightest minds working on them. The Grand Challenges family of initiatives seeks to engage innovators from around the world to solve these challenges. The current Grant Challenge request for proposals aims at improving access to and use of safe and appropriate cesarean section.
Cesarean section (CS) is a life-saving procedure for mother and newborn. However, too often c-section is not available, is provided without adequate quality, or is provided when not medically indicated - all dimensions that lead to maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. An opportunity exists to nurture the field to identify and demonstrate feasibility of interventions to address challenges related to safe, timely, and appropriate cesarean section in low and middle income countries.
The foundation invites proposals for interventions to address the following challenges related to the cesarean section:
Interventions addressing more than one challenge (e.g. quality and access) are encouraged. The foundation is particularly interested in geographies with high fertility and weak health systems that will face challenges to ensure the provision of safe c-sections can keep pace with medical need, and will thus consider applications proposing activities to be implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh).
Funding: Seed grants: $100’000
Validation grants: $1’000’000
Duration: 24 months
Eligibility: Grand Challenges is open to both foreign and domestic organizations, including non-profit organizations, for-profit companies, international organizations, government agencies and academic institutions. Upon registration, applicants must provide information about the tax status of their organization as different terms and conditions may apply; please direct any questions to the Research Office. Proposals should focus on health service or delivery innovation. This call for applications excludes development of new medical devices and non-interventional analysis of data. They must include participation from institutions based in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and propose activities to be implemented in a country in these areas.
How to Apply: Application packages should consist of the following components:
Deadline: 22 April 2020 (11:30 am PDT)
Further information
Cesarean section (CS) is a life-saving procedure for mother and newborn. However, too often c-section is not available, is provided without adequate quality, or is provided when not medically indicated - all dimensions that lead to maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. An opportunity exists to nurture the field to identify and demonstrate feasibility of interventions to address challenges related to safe, timely, and appropriate cesarean section in low and middle income countries.
The foundation invites proposals for interventions to address the following challenges related to the cesarean section:
- Increasing access to cesarean section where it is currently inadequate
- Increasing quality and safety of cesarean section to reduce iatrogenic harm to both mothers and newborns
- Reducing rates of non-medically indicated cesarean section.
Interventions addressing more than one challenge (e.g. quality and access) are encouraged. The foundation is particularly interested in geographies with high fertility and weak health systems that will face challenges to ensure the provision of safe c-sections can keep pace with medical need, and will thus consider applications proposing activities to be implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh).
Funding: Seed grants: $100’000
Validation grants: $1’000’000
Duration: 24 months
Eligibility: Grand Challenges is open to both foreign and domestic organizations, including non-profit organizations, for-profit companies, international organizations, government agencies and academic institutions. Upon registration, applicants must provide information about the tax status of their organization as different terms and conditions may apply; please direct any questions to the Research Office. Proposals should focus on health service or delivery innovation. This call for applications excludes development of new medical devices and non-interventional analysis of data. They must include participation from institutions based in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and propose activities to be implemented in a country in these areas.
How to Apply: Application packages should consist of the following components:
- Applicant profile – completed via the application portal
- Two-page proposal – uploaded as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF file
- Budget table and narrative – uploaded as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF file
- Additional informational requirements (see application instructions)
Deadline: 22 April 2020 (11:30 am PDT)
Further information
- More details on the call can be found on the call website
- The application portal can be found here
Practical information
- General public
- Free