Deadline: 22 May 2015 Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Competition (Round 3) designed to address barriers to enable the production of more food with less water and/or make more water available for food production, processing, and distribution, is now open for applications. … [Read more...] about Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Round Three Open for Applications
Support for NGOs and individuals
Various types of support for NGOs and individuals in form of funding, grants, scholarships, trainings and other useful resources.
Cities Alliance Calls Proposals for 2015 Catalytic Fund
Deadline: 8 May 2015 The Cities Alliance invites proposals promoting innovation and catalytic impact to stimulate transformational change in cities, for its 2015 Catalytic Fund with the theme "Migration and the Inclusive City". Through this call, the Cities Alliance seeks innovation in policy … [Read more...] about Cities Alliance Calls Proposals for 2015 Catalytic Fund
GCE Round 2015- Enable Merchant Acceptance of Mobile Money Payments
Deadline: 13 May 2015 Grand Challenges in Global Health is seeking novel solutions that promote adoption and use of mobile payments (or digital transactions) by merchants that serve those living on less than $2 USD a day in developing regions. Examples of merchants include: Individual … [Read more...] about GCE Round 2015- Enable Merchant Acceptance of Mobile Money Payments
GCE 2015: New Ways to Reduce Childhood Pneumonia Deaths through Delivery of Timely Effective
Deadline: 13 May 2015 Pneumonia is the second leading cause of death amongst children globally, accounting for approximately 1 million deaths per year. There is an urgent need for new and better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat childhood pneumonia. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through … [Read more...] about GCE 2015: New Ways to Reduce Childhood Pneumonia Deaths through Delivery of Timely Effective
GCE 2015: New Approaches for Addressing Outdoor/Residual Malaria Transmission
Deadline: 13 May 2015 Challenge: To Develop new or improved Approaches for Addressing Outdoor/Residual Malaria Transmission & vector control methods that: Extend coverage of vector control measures to kill or repel adult mosquitoes when they bite people outdoors; Enhance measures that … [Read more...] about GCE 2015: New Approaches for Addressing Outdoor/Residual Malaria Transmission
GCE 2015: Surveillance Tools, Diagnostics and an Artificial Diet to Support New Approaches to Vector Control
Deadline: 13 May 2015This call for proposals is divided into three sections of which applicants can address as few or as many as they can tackle within the scope of an 18-month duration, $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations award. Applicants must incorporate into their proposal a plan for proof … [Read more...] about GCE 2015: Surveillance Tools, Diagnostics and an Artificial Diet to Support New Approaches to Vector Control
GCE 2015: Addressing Newborn and Infant Gut Health Through Bacteriophage-Mediated Microbiome Engineering
Deadline: 13 May 2015 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting new ideas/proposals that addresses Newborn and Infant Gut Health through Bacteriophage-Mediated Microbiome Engineering. The Challenge is an opportunity to leverage decades worth of progress in biotechnology, including … [Read more...] about GCE 2015: Addressing Newborn and Infant Gut Health Through Bacteriophage-Mediated Microbiome Engineering
GCE Round 2015: Explore New Ways to Measure Delivery and Use of Digital Financial Services Data
Deadline: 13 May 2015 Ideas are invited for the challenge- To develop a low cost and reliable technological solution to capture relevant data relating to the delivery and use of digital financial services in developing countries that is an order of magnitude lower cost, faster, higher quality, … [Read more...] about GCE Round 2015: Explore New Ways to Measure Delivery and Use of Digital Financial Services Data
Grand Challenges Exploration Round 2015: Rewarding Innovative Ideas through US$ 1 million Support
Deadline: Different for different topics The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting ideas/proposals for its Grand Challenges Round 2015 in different topics. Anyone from any country and in any discipline, from student to tenured professor, and from any organization – colleges … [Read more...] about Grand Challenges Exploration Round 2015: Rewarding Innovative Ideas through US$ 1 million Support
EIDHR-CBSS Call for Proposals: Promoting Fundamental Rights & Freedoms in Lao PDR
Deadline: 31 March 2015 The European Union is seeking proposals from non-profit/civil society organizations in Lao PDR or outside for its European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) programme under its Country-Based Support Scheme (CBSS) to contribute to the development and … [Read more...] about EIDHR-CBSS Call for Proposals: Promoting Fundamental Rights & Freedoms in Lao PDR
