The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is offering a number of grant opportunities focused on solving the world’s greatest health and development challenges! Check out the links below to see how you can be a part of the Grand Challenge Team, and make a difference in our world.
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Health/Biomedical Research
Plastic Surgery Foundation; Pilot Research Grant
Deadline: December 1, 2015
The Pilot Research Grant is intended to support the research efforts of residents and junior faculty in order to address focused research questions, obtain preliminary data to support larger grant proposals in the future, and develop a line of research that can be carried forward into an academic career.
Technologies for Healthy Independent Living
Deadline: December 7, 2015
National Institutes of Health (NIH) participating Institutes and Centers invite applications for research and development of technologies that monitor health or deliver care in a real-time, accessible, effective, and minimally obtrusive way. These systems are expected to integrate, process, analyze, communicate, and present data so that the individuals are engaged and empowered in their own healthcare with reduced burden to care providers.
Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Solid Organ Donation
Deadline: December 15, 2015
The purpose of this grant program is to reduce the gap between the demand for organ transplants and the supply of organs from deceased donors by identifying successful strategies that can serve as model interventions to increase deceased organ donation registration or family consent.
Biomedical Research Grants; American Lung Association
Deadline: December 16, 2015
The American Lung Association is particularly interested in receiving meritorious applications from individuals working in areas that are aligned with the following mission-related Strategic Planning Goals: Eliminate tobacco use and tobacco-related lung diseases; Improve the air we breathe so it will not cause or worsen lung disease; Reduce the burden of asthma, COPD and lung cancer on patients and their families.
Social Behavioral Research Grant; American Lung Association
Deadline: December 16, 2015
The sponsor provides seed monies for junior investigators working on epidemiological and behavioral studies examining risk factors affecting lung health. This grant includes studies concerning the ethical, legal and economic aspects of health services and policies.
Math & Science
Computational Mathematics
Deadline: December 1, 2015
The sponsor supports mathematical research in areas of science where computation plays a central and essential role, emphasizing analysis, development and implementation of numerical methods and algorithms, and symbolic methods. The prominence of computation with analysis and ultimate implementation efficiency of the computational methods in the research is a hallmark of the program.
Computational Physics
Deadline: December 3, 2015
Computational Physics (CP) supports research for computational and data-enabled science. The program emphasizes novel methods for high-performance computing that require significant code development. Priority will be given to proposals that, in addition to compelling scientific goals, have a computational advance or new enabling capability. Proposals should include either innovation in computing, such as algorithm development and efficient use of novel architectures, or provide significant improvement to community codes.
Quantum Information Science
Deadline: December 3, 2015
Quantum Information Science (QIS) supports theoretical and experimental proposals that explore quantum applications to new computing paradigms or that foster interactions between physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists that push the frontiers of quantum-based information, transmission, and manipulation.
Check out other research opportunities by searching the SPIN Database!
Social Sciences & Humanities
Outstanding Public History Project Award
Deadline: December 1, 2015
The Outstanding Public History Project Award recognizes excellence in work completed within the previous two calendar years (2014 and 2015) that contributes to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past or that serves as a model of professional public history practice. Projects–from digital to print, and from exhibits to brochures to films–by individuals, groups, community organizations, businesses, or other organizations or work done in support of such projects may be nominated.
Davis (Shelby Cullom) Center for Historical Studies; Research Fellowships
Deadline: December 1, 2015
The Davis Center welcomes applications for Fellowships from scholars whose research engages broadly and imaginatively with the theme that the Center sets each year. The aim is to bring to five to six Fellows per semester to the Center where they pursue their own scholarly projects and contribute to the intellectual community of the Center and the university. During the academic years 2016/17 and 2017/18, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies will focus on the topic of “Risk and Fortune.”
American Lung Association; Social Behavioral Research Grant
Deadline: December 16, 2015
The sponsor provides seed monies for junior investigators working on epidemiological and behavioral studies examining risk factors affecting lung health. This grant includes studies concerning the ethical, legal and economic aspects of health services and policies.
The Arts
Building Cultural Diversity Initiative
Deadline: December 1, 2015
The Building Cultural Diversity (BCD) program provides support to arts and community organizations whose mission, programs, staff and board are rooted in culturally specific communities and that offer Ohio citizens the opportunity to experience a full and vibrant cultural life. Organizations must provide artistic, educational and cultural value that is responsive to the needs of their community and has identified strategies for planning, evaluation and management.
ACMP Grants – Chamber Music Workshops
Deadline: December 31, 2015
The sponsor provides support to subsidize coaches’ salaries, to reduce registration fees, and to provide scholarships. In addition, technical support is available for those wishing to organize their own event.