Deadline: 28 February 2017
The Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (DBT), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as funding partners, IKP Knowledge Park (IKP), as an implementation partner, and the Program Management Unit at BIRAC (PMU-BIRAC) as the management partner is seeking proposals for its Grand Challenges Explorations India (GCE-India), an initiative to encourage and nurture innovation in areas that impact global health.
Focus Areas
- Maternal and Child Health
- Accelerate Development of New Therapies for Childhood Cryptosporidium Infection
- Addressing Newborn and Infant Gut Health Through Bacteriophage-Mediated Microbiome Engineering
- Explore New Ways to Measure Brain Development
- Explore New Ways to Measure Gestational Age
- Explore New Ways to predict and prevent Birth Asphyxia
- Family Planning
- Develop Novel Platforms to Accelerate Contraceptive Drug Discovery
- Develop the Next Generation of Condom
- Infectious Diseases
- Novel Approaches to Characterizing and Tracking the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance
- Explore New Solutions for Global Health Priority Areas – Develop malaria diagnostics to accelerate toward eradication
- Explore New Solutions for Global Health Priority Areas – Develop Point-of-care nucleic acid diagnostics $2 per test
- Explore New Solutions for Global Health Priority Areas – Enable self-testing for cervical cancer
- Novel Enabling Tools and Models Supporting Development of Interventions for Enteric Dysfunction
- Climate Change
- Clean energy solutions to combat climate change for better health
Award Information
For Every Winning Idea:
- INR 50 Lakh award from BIRAC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- INR 10 Lakh prize upon successful completion of milestones.
- Technical and business strategy advice, access to synergistic networks of DBT, BIRAC, BMGF, IKP & their partners.
- Opportunity for Phase II funding of up to USD 1 Million.
Eligibility Criteria
- This Call for Proposals is open to anyone from any discipline from India – from researchers and faculty in colleges/ universities/government laboratories/ institutions to startups and SMEs as well as non-profit organizations
- Indian Nationals can apply. Indian companies applying for the award should have Registration under Companies Act 1956, and must have 51% equity or shareholding by Indian Nationals only including NRIs.
- More than 49 % investments by OCI/PIO or any foreign entities will lead to ineligibility.
- NGOs/ Foundations/ Not-for-Profit Organizations/ Community bodies involved in social innovation or S&T activities must have active participation in India.
- They need to submit an illustration of their active programs in the country as well as their accomplishment when requested.
- The statutory recognition through Society Act or SIRO will add credentials when provided.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: India
For more information, please visit GCE-India Program.