The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced 88 grants to explore
bold and largely unproven ways to improve global health. The grants of
US$100,000 each will be made to researchers from 25 countries. This marks
the sixth round of funding from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative
to help lower the barriers for testing innovative ideas in global health.

Projects selected for funding focused on polio eradication and vaccines,
cell-phone applications for global health, new approaches to cure HIV,
sanitation technologies, and new ideas to improve the health of mothers and
newborns. To read more about the new grants please visit http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/GrantsAwarded.aspx.

Winners were selected from more than 2,500 proposals and approximately 100
countries. They represent a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines,
including health researchers, computer and electronic engineers, and
entrepreneurs.

"One bold idea is all it takes to catalyze new approaches to global health
and development," said Dr. Tachi Yamada, president of Global Health at the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  "Despite the progress in global health and
development, we vitally need creative ideas to discover and deliver
life-saving vaccines, eradicate the next disease or slow the spread of
preventable diseases."

The foundation is currently accepting proposals for Round 7 of Grand
Challenges Explorations until May 19, 2011 on the following topics, the first two of which are new:

* Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children
* Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges
* The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Innovative Ways to Accelerate, Sustain, and
Monitor Eradication
* Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
* Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
* Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Solutions for Improved Uptake and
Coverage of Childhood Vaccinations

Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any
organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories,
research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies. Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will
have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.

Full descriptions of the topics and application instructions are available at: www.grandchallenges.org/gce.

To view a video featuring past grant winners and their projects, click here: http://www.grandchallenges.org/Pages/VideoGalleries.aspx.

We are looking forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the world and from all disciplines. If you have a great idea, apply. If you know someone else who may have a great idea, please forward this message.

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 improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people - especially those with the fewest resources - have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

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