Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Explorations program

Two-page grant proposals are being accepted online on the following topics:
* Labor Saving Innovations for Women Smallholder Farmers
* New Approaches in Model Systems, Diagnostics, and Drugs for Specific Neglected Tropical Diseases
* New Approaches for the Interrogation of Anti-malarial Compounds
* Aid is Working. Tell the World.
Funding: initial grant of $100K with possible additional funding up to $1M.
http://www.grandchallenges.org/explorations/Pages/introduction.aspx?extid=gce