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SUMMARY:Grand Challenges China 
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Deadline : March 15\, 2016\, 8:00 am Beijing time (March 14\, 
 2016\, 5pm Seattle time)Subject :\nThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (th
 e Gates Foundation) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (
 NSFC) is launching a new Grand Challenge: New Interventions for Global Hea
 lth. This challenge focuses on calls for innovative concepts for safe\, ef
 fective\, affordable and widely utilized interventions\, such as vaccines 
 and therapeutics\, with the potential to protect against the acquisition\,
  progression or transmission of infectious diseases that disproportionatel
 y affect the world’s poorest. This request for proposals will fund grant
 s to collaborations comprised of teams at Chinese-based institutions and t
 hose based outside of China. Each grant must be for four years\, and can b
 e up to USD $1\,000\,000. For each proposal the NSFC will fund up to USD $
 500\,000 for the work done at China-based institutions\, and the Gates Fou
 ndation will fund up to USD $500\,000 for the work done at institutions ou
 tside China. The collaborations between groups must be substantive in that
  they should propose continuous and stable cooperation on the proposed pro
 ject\, the groups should complement each other with their respective stren
 gths and expertise\, and the contributions between groups should be roughl
 y equal.How to apply :\nDetails on how to apply for a grand challenges Chi
 na can be found on their website.
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