The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded 104 grants to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve global health. The grants of US$100,000 each, announced in Bangkok this week, will be made to scientists from 22 countries and five continents. They mark the first round of funding from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to help lower the barriers for testing innovative ideas in global health.
The initial set of grants will inject fresh perspective into research for preventing or curing infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and TB, and limiting the emergence of drug resistance. Successful applicants showed how their project falls outside current scientific paradigms and could lead to significant advances if successful — in just two pages.
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