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Dear all,<br>
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Please find below per your information.<br>
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Best,<br>
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Patricia<br>
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<td>Fwd: Grant opportunities from the Bill & Melinda
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<td>Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi
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From: <b class="yiv6304598769gmail_sendername">Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:gcmedia@gatesfoundation.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:gcmedia@gatesfoundation.org">gcmedia@gatesfoundation.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:56 AM<br>
Subject: Grant opportunities from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation<br>
To: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:publisher@nigeriansreport.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:publisher@nigeriansreport.com">publisher@nigeriansreport.com</a><br>
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<div class="yiv6304598769MsoNormal"> Dear Colleagues,<br>
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now inviting
applications to Grand Challenges Explorations, which has
awarded over 1070 grants in over 58 countries to date.</div>
<div class="yiv6304598769MsoNormal"> Grand Challenges Explorations seeks
innovative global health and development solutions.
Applicants can be at any experience level; in any
discipline; and from any organization,
including universities, government laboratories,
research institutions, non-profit organizations as well
as for-profit companies.</div>
<div class="yiv6304598769MsoNormal"> Two-page proposals are being
accepted online from September 4, 2014 until November
12, 2014 on the following topics:<br>
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- <span lang="EN-US">Surveillance Tools, Diagnostics
and an Artificial Diet to Support New Approaches to
Vector Control.</span><br>
<span lang="EN-US">-<span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">New Approaches for Addressing
Outdoor/Residual Malaria Transmission</span><br>
<span lang="EN-US">-<span> </span></span>New <span lang="EN-US">Ways to Reduce Pneumonia Fatalities
through Timely, Effective Treatment of Children</span><br>
<span lang="EN-US">-<span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Enable Universal Acceptance of Mobile
Money Payments to Create an Economic Ecosystem that
Will Help Lift the Poorest Out of Poverty</span><br>
<span lang="EN-US">-<span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Explore New Ways to Measure Brain
Development and Gestational Age</span><br>
<span lang="EN-US">-<span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">New Ways of Working Together: Integrating
Community-Based Interventions</span></div>
<div class="yiv6304598769MsoNormal"> 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. Full descriptions of the new topics and
application instructions are available at: <span lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://response.notifications.gatesfoundation.org/t?r=198&c=3857563&l=177714&ctl=4C21970:8FEAF33DEF50984F4BBF55D9A3C11B7CDDB7C1C9D7766699&"><span lang="EN-AU">www.grandchallenges.org/explorations</span></a></span>.</div>
<div class="yiv6304598769MsoNormal"> We look forward to receiving
innovative ideas from around the world and from all
disciplines. If you have a great idea, please apply. If
you know someone who may have a great idea, please
forward this message.</div>
<div class="yiv6304598769MsoNormal"> Please also note our <span lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://response.notifications.gatesfoundation.org/t?r=198&c=3857563&l=177714&ctl=4C21971:8FEAF33DEF50984F4BBF55D9A3C11B7CDDB7C1C9D7766699&"><span lang="EN-AU">Global Health
Innovation Group on LinkedIn</span></a></span>.
Developed in collaboration with <span lang="EN-US">Grand
Challenges Canada, this group offers a platform to
connect and communicate with innovators from around
the world. Anyone with a LinkedIn account can join and
make use of this forum.</span></div>
<div class="yiv6304598769MsoNormal"> Thank you for your commitment to
solving the world's greatest health and development
challenges.<br>
<br>
The Grand Challenges Team<br>
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