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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations program is seeking innovative global health and development solutions, and is now accepting proposals for its latest application round.

Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.

Applications are only two pages, and no preliminary data is required. 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.

The Foundation is accepting applications on the following six topics:

• Increasing Demand for Vaccination Services
• New Approaches for Manufacturing Gut Microbial Biotherapeutics
• Innovation for WASH in Urban Settings
• New Approaches for Strategic Prioritization of Agricultural Development Policies
• Tools and Technologies for Broad-Scale Pest and Disease Surveillance of Crop Plants in Low-Income Countries
• Innovations Driving Programmatic Performance in Immunization: Service Experience and Data Use + Measurement

Any Dalhousie faculty member interested in this opportunity is asked to contact the International Research Manager (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) in the Office of Research Services for more information and support in preparing an application.

Deadline: November 14, 2018