标题: Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity: Tuberculosis Biomarkers [打印本页] 作者: StephenW 时间: 2011-2-11 04:41 标题: Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity: Tuberculosis Biomarkers
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting letters ofinquiry for the new grant program Biomarkers for the Diagnosis ofTuberculosis.
This grant program is part of the Grand Challenges in Global Healthinitiative. With up to $12 million of funding, the program seeks tovalidate biomarkers for use in developing a low cost, simple to usetest that can quickly and accurately diagnose tuberculosis inlow-resource settings. The term biomarker is intended to include alltypes of markers that have potential utility for tuberculosis diagnosisand can include markers associated with either host or pathogen biology.
Letters of inquiry are being accepted online until March 31, 2011 10:00 am PT.
After a review of submitted letters of inquiry, the foundation will invite full grant proposals from selected applicants.
We look forward to receiving innovative ideas from scientists aroundthe world. Please help us to notify a broad audience of researchers byforwarding this message to others who might be interested in applying.
Thank you for your commitment to solving the world's greatest health challenges.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy,productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improvingpeople's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out ofhunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensurethat all people - especially those with the fewest resources - haveaccess to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chairWilliam H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates andWarren Buffett.作者: 温暖的太阳 时间: 2011-2-11 11:15
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