E-DRUG: Grand Challenges - Exploration for Ensuring Effective Health Supply Chains
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Dear colleagues,
Gates and USAID are excited to announce a new Grand Challenges Exploration
for Health Supply Chains. Grand Challenges Explorations fosters early-stage
discovery research to expand the pipeline of ideas for solving our greatest
global health and development challenges. Launched in 2008 with an initial
$100 million commitment from the foundation, Grand Challenges Explorations
grants have already been awarded to more than 1200 researchers in more than
65 countries.
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.
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.
We are accepting applications on the following four topics until May 3,
2017:
- Health Systems Strengthening: Ensuring Effective Health Supply Chains;
<http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/health-systems-strengthening-ensuring-effective-health-supply-chains-round-19>
- USAID BAA Health Supply Chain announcements Grants.gov
<https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=292295> or
FBO.gov
<https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=24b15e254dcb934d9b5889cbfa9e8500&tab=core&_cview=0>
- New Approaches for Improving Timeliness of Routine Immunizations in Low-Resource Settings;
- Wearables and Technology for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Behavior Change;
- Innovations for Integrated Diagnostics Systems;
Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions in
English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese and Spanish will be available
very soon. For details and application instructions, please visit the Grand Challenges website.
We also invite you to check this blogs: Ensuring Effective Health Supply Chains
<http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2017/03/Challenge-Ensuring-Effective-Health-Supply-Chains>
or USAID's joint announcement on the Grand Challenges Exploration
<https://www.usaid.gov/grandchallenges/supplies>
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 else who may have a great idea, please forward this message. We
want to encourage new partners and ideas and ask for you to share through
your networks.
Thank you for your commitment to solving the world's greatest health and
development challenges.
Best Regards,
Kaleb, Kevin and Marissa
Health Supply Chains
Kaleb Brownlow <kaleb.c.brownlow@gmail.com>