Grand Challenges Canada - Rising Stars in Global Health
A funding program targeted at innovators in low- and lower-middle-income countries
Grand Challenges Canada seeks proposals for innovative solutions integrated with delivery mechanisms that could be easily implemented in developing countries to improve global health. Grand Challenges Canada is looking for ideas that are bold and creative, and that have the potential to make a substantial impact on a global health problem. Ideas should address complex real-world challenges that involve a scientific or technological solution (new or existing) alone or in combination with social and/or business innovations.
Application deadline: 23 March 2012
NIH/NIAID Grant - Partnerships for Development of Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Biodefense (R01)
This initiative will support development of diagnostics to rapidly identify NIAID Category A, B or C agents and their resistance profiles. Diagnostics are needed to identify infectious agents or toxins in diverse clinical samples (swabs, sputum, blood, serum, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, stool, etc.) from individuals at multiple stages of infection/intoxication. Thus, diagnostics applications must focus on detection and identification of biological threat agents in human clinical samples.
Letter of Intent submission deadline: 24 March 2012
Application deadline: 24 May 2012