Grand Challenges to promote innovation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has allocated more than US $8 million in new grants through its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, a phased grant programme that funds innovative ideas to tackle key global health and development problems, and provides additional resources for projects that demonstrate promise. Fifty-eight projects from 18 countries will receive $100,000 grants that allow researchers to begin testing global health and development projects that could transform the lives of those most in need. Read more...