grand challenges

Gates Foundation Awards $9 Million in Global Health Grants

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 10/28/2010 - 23:20

Through the foundation's Grand Challenges Explorations program, which supports bold and unconventional ideas related to global health, nine researchers were awarded up to $1 million each to continue work on their innovations....


 

Gates Foundation Awards $7.6 Million to Fund Novel Ideas to Impr...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 10/22/2009 - 22:20

The foundation awarded grants of $100,000 to 76 researchers through its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, which is designed to encourage scientists to pursue bold ideas that lead to breakthroughs in global public health....