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Showing posts with label health research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health research. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Call for Proposals

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 11:30 AM PDT 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/gcc

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.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Community-Based Health Research Summer Institute: Weaving the Tapestry

June 19-24, 2011

Registration opens online February 28, 2011!

Join researchers, academics, policymakers, community practitioners and graduate students for the Community-Based Health Research Summer Institute: Weaving the Tapestry on June 19-24, 2011 at the University of Regina. The objective of the summer institute is to provide knowledge and applied training in community-based research using a population health approach. Registration opens on February 28, 2011 online at  http://www.uregina.ca/spheru/cbrsi/.  Please view the attachment for more information and feel free forward this email to anyone who may be interested in attending. For questions, please contact  CBHRSI@UREGINA.CA.