Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity: Tuberculosis Biomarkers

StephenW

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.

Details and application instructions are available at http://www.grandchallenges.org/biomarkers/eb

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.

Please sign up at http://www.grandchallenges.org/about/Pages/StayUpdated.aspx?Source=ThankYou.aspx to receive future grant opportunity announcements.

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.

温暖的太阳

good news,but it's faraway

StephenW

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You don't have to go America, they send the money to you if you are successful.

温暖的太阳

if successful can get money? i thought that poor will be got the money

StephenW

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The grants are for doing research. The money will go to the researchers, the benefits, of course, will flow to everyone.

温暖的太阳

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i see~~~~
in china,The money will not flow to everyone, just only few can get, it's  chinese characteristics

StephenW

回复 温暖的太阳 的帖子

No. The money goes to you, the benefits of your research will go to everyone in the world, not just China.

温暖的太阳

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so that's ......i know~~