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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is looking for unorthodox, unproven ideas for fighting diseases like AIDS, malaria and pneumonia.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is looking for unorthodox, unproven ideas for fighting diseases like AIDS, malaria and pneumonia.
The second round of the foundation's Grand Challenges Explorations grants will give $100,000 each to projects with potential. The ideas are welcomed from all kinds of scientists, not just those who already work in global health.
The last round of unorthodox grant requests generated nearly 4,000 applications from around the world. Proposals for this round of grants will be accepted online until Nov. 2.
The proposals must focus on six topics, including new vaccines for five diseases, new tools to eradicate malaria, alternative vaccination methods, and AID prevention.
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Grand Challenges: http://www.gcgh.org/explorations
Gates Foundation: http://www.gatesfoundation.org
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