Posted: 25 Mar 2013 06:32 AM PDT
Call for Proposals: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations Round 11
The deadline for proposals for Grand Challenges Explorations Round 11 is May 7, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
Grand Challenges in Global Health is a family of grant programs focused on one unifying purpose: To overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world.
Grand Challenges in Global Health was launched in 2003, and several years later - 45 grants totaling $458 million were awarded for research projects involving scientists in 33 countries. These projects were managed by teams working in partnership across disciplines, sectors, and countries, and many featured work from leaders in fields such as chemistry, engineering, statistics, and business, who had never before focused on global health. New Grand Challenges in Global Health projects are currently under way.
Recognizing that great ideas can come from anywhere and anyone, in 2008 the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched Grand Challenges Explorations, a $100 million program to encourage even bolder and less conventional solutions.
Grand Challenges Explorations is an agile, accelerated grant initiative with short two-page applications and no preliminary data required. Anyone with a bold idea that shows great promise can apply. Applications are submitted online, and winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from the submission deadline. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.
Open to All Disciplines: Anyone Can Apply
The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline, from student to tenured professor, and from any organization – colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.
Agile, Accelerated Grant-Making
The initiative uses an agile, accelerated grant-making process with short two-page applications and no preliminary data required. Applications are submitted online, and winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from the submission deadline.
Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.
To date, more than 800 Grand Challenge Explorations grants have already been awarded for innovative, early-stage projects in 48 countries.
Explorations Round 11 Topics
• The "One Health" Concept: Bringing Together Human and Animal Health for New Solutions
• Increasing Interoperability of Social Good Data
• Develop the Next Generation of Condom
• New Approaches for Detection, Treatment, and Control of Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Labor Saving Strategies and Innovations for Women Smallholder Farmers
For general inquiries about Grand Challenges in Global Health, including Grand Challenges Explorations, please contact us at grandchallenges@gatesfoundation.org
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The deadline for proposals for Grand Challenges Explorations Round 11 is May 7, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
Grand Challenges in Global Health is a family of grant programs focused on one unifying purpose: To overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world.
Grand Challenges in Global Health was launched in 2003, and several years later - 45 grants totaling $458 million were awarded for research projects involving scientists in 33 countries. These projects were managed by teams working in partnership across disciplines, sectors, and countries, and many featured work from leaders in fields such as chemistry, engineering, statistics, and business, who had never before focused on global health. New Grand Challenges in Global Health projects are currently under way.
Recognizing that great ideas can come from anywhere and anyone, in 2008 the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched Grand Challenges Explorations, a $100 million program to encourage even bolder and less conventional solutions.
Grand Challenges Explorations is an agile, accelerated grant initiative with short two-page applications and no preliminary data required. Anyone with a bold idea that shows great promise can apply. Applications are submitted online, and winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from the submission deadline. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.
Open to All Disciplines: Anyone Can Apply
The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline, from student to tenured professor, and from any organization – colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.
Agile, Accelerated Grant-Making
The initiative uses an agile, accelerated grant-making process with short two-page applications and no preliminary data required. Applications are submitted online, and winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from the submission deadline.
Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.
To date, more than 800 Grand Challenge Explorations grants have already been awarded for innovative, early-stage projects in 48 countries.
Explorations Round 11 Topics
• The "One Health" Concept: Bringing Together Human and Animal Health for New Solutions
• Increasing Interoperability of Social Good Data
• Develop the Next Generation of Condom
• New Approaches for Detection, Treatment, and Control of Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Labor Saving Strategies and Innovations for Women Smallholder Farmers
For general inquiries about Grand Challenges in Global Health, including Grand Challenges Explorations, please contact us at grandchallenges@gatesfoundation.org
Posted: 25 Mar 2013 06:16 AM PDT
Call for Applications: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Woman to Woman Program
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund is requesting proposals for its Woman to Woman grant program. This one-year grant provides institutions with $50,000 to start a Woman to Woman peer support program.
Now Accepting Applications for New Programs! Applications Due May 1, 2013.
Woman to Woman is OCRF’s signature patient program--a professionally led volunteer support, education and advocacy model for women undergoing treatment for gynecologic cancer. Started in 2003 at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, OCRF is now expanding Woman to Woman nationally to other hospitals throughout the country with support from QVC, our long-time partner.
Woman to Woman improves the quality of care for women with gynecologic cancer by fostering a patient-to-patient connection within a structured program. Woman to Woman volunteers—themselves survivors of gynecologic cancers-- offer emotional support and mentoring while encouraging and empowering women; share information and resources about gynecologic cancer; and help empower women to advocate for themselves. The program supports women and families through all phases of treatment, recurrence, and recovery.
Each woman participating in the program receives materials designed by OCRF specifically for Woman to Woman. These materials, which are provided to programs free of charge by OCRF, include comprehensive information about gynecologic treatment and survivorship, as well as a “comfort bag” of items that will be useful to them during treatment.
In 2011, OCRF launched the national expansion of Woman to Woman by funding a new program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Two additional sites, at Duke Cancer Institute and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, were awarded in late 2012.
2013 Funding Opportunities
Institutions interesting in starting a Woman to Woman program can apply for a grant during the first 2013 funding cycle, which is currently open. Applications are due by May 1, 2013.
For questions about Woman to Woman, please email Julia Volpin at womantowoman@ocrf.org
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Ovarian Cancer Research Fund is requesting proposals for its Woman to Woman grant program. This one-year grant provides institutions with $50,000 to start a Woman to Woman peer support program.
Now Accepting Applications for New Programs! Applications Due May 1, 2013.
Woman to Woman is OCRF’s signature patient program--a professionally led volunteer support, education and advocacy model for women undergoing treatment for gynecologic cancer. Started in 2003 at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, OCRF is now expanding Woman to Woman nationally to other hospitals throughout the country with support from QVC, our long-time partner.
Woman to Woman improves the quality of care for women with gynecologic cancer by fostering a patient-to-patient connection within a structured program. Woman to Woman volunteers—themselves survivors of gynecologic cancers-- offer emotional support and mentoring while encouraging and empowering women; share information and resources about gynecologic cancer; and help empower women to advocate for themselves. The program supports women and families through all phases of treatment, recurrence, and recovery.
Each woman participating in the program receives materials designed by OCRF specifically for Woman to Woman. These materials, which are provided to programs free of charge by OCRF, include comprehensive information about gynecologic treatment and survivorship, as well as a “comfort bag” of items that will be useful to them during treatment.
In 2011, OCRF launched the national expansion of Woman to Woman by funding a new program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Two additional sites, at Duke Cancer Institute and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, were awarded in late 2012.
2013 Funding Opportunities
Institutions interesting in starting a Woman to Woman program can apply for a grant during the first 2013 funding cycle, which is currently open. Applications are due by May 1, 2013.
For questions about Woman to Woman, please email Julia Volpin at womantowoman@ocrf.org
