The objective is to transform innovative ideas into solutions to serious world problems.
Applications for the Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) program are open until November 12, implemented in Brazil in partnership with Fundações de Amparo à Pesquisa (FAPs) in 17 states.
The objective is to transform innovative ideas into solutions to serious world problems. Six Brazilian projects have already been contemplated. In total, 1,070 researchers in 58 countries have received support since the program began in 2007.
The GCE funds technological, technical and scientific innovations in the areas of health, agriculture and development that can be developed and tested with US$ 100,000 over 18 months. Anyone can submit their projects.
The partnership with the FAPs also provides that those contemplated by the program will receive an additional US$ 50 thousand to US$ 100 thousand per project, to be granted by the Researcher's State Foundation.
For the 14th edition of the program, the following challenges were launched: “Facilitating the universal acceptance of mobile payment services (Mobile Money Payments)”; “Surveillance, diagnostics and artificial diet tools to support new approaches in vector control”; “New Approaches to Addressing Residual Malaria Transmission”; “New ways to reduce child deaths from pneumonia with effective and timely treatments”: “New ways to measure brain development and gestational age”; “New ways of working together: integrating community interventions in neglected tropical diseases”.
After receiving the US$ 100,000 to implement the projects, if the proposal is successful, it is possible to apply for additional funding of US$ 1 million from the GCE program.
More information at http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/PortGCEIntroduction.aspx
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