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Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://savinglivesatbirth.net/sites/default/files/round_4_saving_lives_at_birth_grand_challenge_rfa.pdf
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Sponsor/Award: |
GRAND CHALLENGES CANADA - SAVING LIVES AT BIRTH - 2014 CALL FOR PROPOSALS |
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Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Mar 20, 2014
Sponsor's: Mar 27, 2014
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Description: |
This Grand Challenge for Development calls for groundbreaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the time of childbirth. Innovative ideas that can leapfrog conventional approaches are critical in this area. We are particularly interested in investing in approaches that integrate the latest scientific, technological, behavior change, and information and communication advances into radical solutions for impact on maternal and newborn health. Applicants are encouraged to access Grand Challenge Canada?s Online Proposal Development Resource at www.grandchallenges.ca/proposaldevelopment, which is updated regularly and contains material to help researchers and innovators around the world develop their project proposals and plan for how their innovation will go to scale, be sustained and have impact globally. |
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Application Details: |
We welcome and encourage applications from all types of organizations including foreign and domestic for-profit companies, non-profit organizations, faith-based organizations, foundations, academic institutions, civic groups and regional organizations. Individuals and governments are not eligible to apply. For the purposes of this RFA, publicly-funded universities or universities with government affiliations are not considered governments. Please see sponsor website for detailed submission informationINDIRECT COSTS MAY NOT EXCEED 12 PERCENT OF DIRECT COSTS |
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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. |
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Western Contacts: |
Pickard,Bryce
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Sponsor Contacts: |
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health
MaRS Centre South Tower
101 College Street, Suite 406
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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