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THE NEED

THE NEED To achieve breakthroughs in global health, we must encourage risk-taking on creative, unorthodox ideas THE INITIATIVE US$100 million fast-track grants initiative of the Gates Foundation

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THE NEED

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  1. THE NEED • To achieve breakthroughs in global health, we must encourage risk-taking on creative, unorthodox ideas • THE INITIATIVE • US$100 million fast-track grants initiative of the Gates Foundation • Will support hundreds of early-stage research projects on creative concepts for new global health solutions • Initial grants of $100,000; opportunities for future funding

  2. KEY GOAL – PROMOTE GREATER DIVERSITY IN GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH The initiative aims to: • Support paradigm-changing ideas that have never before been tested, and that might not stand up to traditional peer review • Involve scientists around the world, including those who don’t typically work in global health • This includes innovators in the developing world, from complementary disciplines, and in the private sector, as well as young investigators

  3. FAST-TRACK GRANTS New fast-track grantmaking to make it easy for scientists to apply: • Relatively short funding proposals • Preliminary data not necessarily required • Fast proposal review (approximately three months) • Multiple calls for proposals on rolling basis • Each funding round will address a few specific topics or themes

  4. GETTING INVOLVED • Sign up at www.gcgh.org for email updates about Explorations funding opportunities • First call for grant proposals to be posted in early 2008 • Spread the word to colleagues, and encourage them to sign up on the website

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