Polio virus endgame... Maybe there is a discrimination-based solution for India?
On 3/15/11 11:50 AM, "Brian DeRenzi" <bderenzi at cs.washington.edu> wrote: >The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals >for Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to >encourage innovative and unconventional global health 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 May 19, 2011 on the >following topics: > >* Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children >* Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges >* The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Innovative Ways to Accelerate, >Sustain, and Monitor Eradication >* Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies >* Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection >* Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Solutions for Improved Uptake and >Coverage of Childhood Vaccinations > >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: www.grandchallenges.org/gce/ > >We are looking forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the >world and from all disciplines. If you have a great idea, apply. If >you know someone else who may have a great idea, please forward this >message. > >Thank you for your commitment to solving the world's greatest health >challenges. >_______________________________________________ >change mailing list >change at change.washington.edu >http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
