Grand Challenges Explorations fosters creative projects that show great promise to improve the health of people in the developing world. Initial grants are awarded two times a year, and successful projects have the opportunity to receive additional funding of $1 million or more.

On October 21, 2009, the Gates Foundation announced that 76 new global health projects received Grand Challenges Explorations grants. Learn more about these new Round 3 grants below. To review all 262 Explorations projects, select "Show All Rounds" in the Round drop-down menu.