New round of Gates grants
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is taking applications for a new round of funding under its Grand Challenges Explorations grant program. The program, in its second year, aims to fund research that tackles developing world problems using innovative technologies and "unorthodox ideas." Since last fall, three rounds of grants have mainly funded research on infectious diseases, such as HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis, but this linkurl:fourth round;http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pa
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