[ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Grand Challenges Explorations Round 25 | Research Funding ]
Event details
| Date | 22.04.2020 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting proposals for the latest round of Grand Challenges Explorations, which foster innovation to solve key health and development problems. Three main challenges are presented in this call:
Funding: $100,000 initially, with up to $1 million in follow-up funding given project success.
Duration: 18 months
Eligibility: 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.
How to Apply: Proposals must be submitted online by clicking the "Apply For This Opportunity" button on the webpage for each open challenge, which can be accessed through the grant opportunity list.
Application Deadline: 22 April 2020 (11:30 am PDT)
Further information
- Innovations for Improving the Impact of Health Campaigns
- Innovations in Materials Science for a Transformative Menstrual Health and Hygiene Product
Funding: $100,000 initially, with up to $1 million in follow-up funding given project success.
Duration: 18 months
Eligibility: 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.
How to Apply: Proposals must be submitted online by clicking the "Apply For This Opportunity" button on the webpage for each open challenge, which can be accessed through the grant opportunity list.
Application Deadline: 22 April 2020 (11:30 am PDT)
Further information
- Application instructions are Challenge-specific, and can be found on the webpages linked above.
- Summaries of successful Grand Challenge Exploration grants can be found here.
- For more general information about the GCE program, see here.
- For any other questions, contact the Research Office.
Practical information
- General public
- Free