The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative recently sought innovative ideas for diagnostics in the developing world. $30 million in funding will be available for Phase I of a new grant program to create technologies and components to assess conditions and pathogens at the point-of-care in a variety of settings.

Specifically, we seek to create point-of-care (POC) diagnostics that will be easy to use, low cost and otherwise appropriate so that they achieve significant impact and rapid uptake in resource-poor settings.

This grant opportunity is now closed to general submissions.  

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invited applicants who are eligible and have projects of further interest to the foundation to submit full proposals.