Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Explorations Program

Two-page grant proposals are being accepted online on the following topics:
-Surveillance Tools, Diagnostics and an Artificial Diet to Support New Approaches to Vector Control.
-New Approaches for Addressing Outdoor/Residual Malaria Transmission
-New Ways to Reduce Pneumonia Fatalities through Timely, Effective Treatment of Children
-Enable Universal Acceptance of Mobile Money Payments to Create an Economic Ecosystem that Will Help Lift the Poorest Out of Poverty
-Explore New Ways to Measure Brain Development and Gestational Age
-New Ways of Working Together: Integrating Community-Based Interventions
Funding: initial grant of $100K with possible additional funding up to $1M.
http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/TopicsOverview.aspx