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SUMMARY:[ BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION - Grand Challenges Explorations 
 Round 22 | Research funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181114
DTSTAMP:20260510T131514Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting proposals
  for the latest round of Grand Challenges Explorations\, which foster earl
 y-stage discovery research to expand the pipeline of ideas for solving our
  greatest global health and development challenges. Six main challenges ar
 e presented this call:\n\n	Increasing Demand for Vaccination Services\n	Ne
 w Approaches for Manufacturing Gut Microbial Biotherapeutics\n	Innovation 
 for WASH in Urban Settings\n	New Approaches for Strategic Prioritization o
 f Agricultural Development Policies\n	Tools and Technologies for Broad-Sca
 le Pest and Disease Surveillance of Crop Plants in Low-Income Countries\n	
 Innovations Driving Programmatic Performance in Immunization: Service Expe
 rience and Data Use + Measurement\n\n \nFunding: USD $100\,00 initially\,
  with up to USD $1 million in follow-up funding given project success.\n 
 \nEligibility: Applicants can be at any experience level\; in any discipli
 ne\; and from any organization\, including colleges and universities\, gov
 ernment laboratories\, research institutions\, non-profit organizations an
 d for-profit companies.\n \nHow to Apply: Applications are only two pages
 \, and no preliminary data is required.\n \nApplication Deadline: 14-Nov-
 2018\, 11:30 am PST (20:30 CEST)\n \nFurther information\n\n\n	Applicatio
 n instructions are Challenge-specific\, and can be found on the webpages l
 inked above.\n	Summaries of successful Grand Challenge Exploration grants 
 can be found .\n	For more general information about the GCE program\, see 
 .\n	For any other questions\, contact the Research Office.\n
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