Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/ApplicationInstructions.aspx
Sponsor/Award: GATES FOUNDATION - GRAND CHALLENGES EXPLORATIONS - DELIVERY & USE OF DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES DATA (ROUND 16)

Grant Amount: $100,000 FOR PHASE 1
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Nov 04, 2015
Sponsor's: Nov 11, 2015

Subject Areas: Financial Analysis, Global Finance
Description:

Grand Challenges Explorations fosters innovation in global health research.

This topic will Explore New Ways to Measure Delivery and Use of Digital Financial Services Data The challenge is to develop an innovative analytics or data capture solution to improve the delivery and use of digital financial services in developing countries. The focus of this call is on solutions that are relevant to commercial strategies and likely to make large improvements in performance outcomes for commercial deployments. Solutions should either create completely new approaches or create improvements an order of magnitude lower cost, faster, higher quality, less risky, greater transparency/auditability and/or more reliable than existing approaches. Please see the full description here: http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/explore-new-ways-measure-delivery-and-use-digital-financial-services-data-round-16

Application Details:

The initiative uses an agile, accelerated grant-making process with short two-page applications and no preliminary data required. Applications are submitted online, and winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from the submission deadline. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.

Please Download the application form for specific instructions on the format and content of your application. http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/application-instructions Please see the sponsor website for full details.

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT APPLICABLE

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Kilianski,Louise
Hancock,Jennifer Anne

Sponsor Contacts:

GCEXPLORATIONS@GATESFOUNDATION.ORG
PO BOX 23350
SEATTLE, Washington, United States
206 7093140