Funding Opportunities from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Funding Opportunities from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation


The Bill & Melinda GATES FOUNDATION is now accepting grant proposals for Round 8 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions. 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.
Grant proposals are being accepted online until November 17, 2011 on the following topics:
 
Protect Crop Plants from Biotic Stresses From Field to Market 
Design New Approaches to Optimize Immunization Systems 
Explore New Solutions for Global Health Priority Areas 
Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children 
Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges

For more information:  http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/TopicsOverview.aspx




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