La Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates tiene abierta la convocatoria Grand Challenges Exploration, cuyo objetivo principal es fomentar la innovación en la investigación en salud a nivel mundial. La fecha de cierre es el 12 de noviembre de 2014, 11:30 am PST.

El apoyo comprende una asignación máxima de 100,000 dólares estadounidenses en la primera fase del proceso, y hasta 1, 000,000 de dólares estadounidenses en la segunda fase. Se priorizarán aquellos proyectos de investigación que estén enmarcados en las siguientes temáticas: Enfoques nuevos para luchar contra la transmisión de malaria; Enfoques nuevos para reducir las victimas de neumonía a través del tratamiento efectivo de niños; Nuevas técnicas para medir el desarrollo del cerebro y la edad gestacional; Nuevos instrumentos de vigilancia, diagnósticos y dieta artificial para el control de insectos; Nuevas técnicas de trabajo en conjunto para integrar las intervenciones en comunidades de base.

Para ser admitidos, los solicitantes deberán reunir los siguientes requisitos: ser organizaciones sin fines de lucro, exentas de impuestos (ONG, instituciones académicas, organizaciones internacionales etc.). La propuesta debe ser escrita en inglés y no debe incluir información personal u organizacional.

Para inscribirse, los participantes deben guiarse on el formulario de aplicación, registrarse online, inscribirse en una temática determinada y subir su propuesta de proyecto. Para consultas sobre la postulación visitar las preguntas frecuenteso escribir a GCEhelp@gatesfoundation.org.

Para mayor información, visitar Grand Challenges Exploration

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Grantmaking Areas

• Global Development Program
• Global Health Program
• United States Program

We also have a small Charitable Sector Support initiative.

Locations

• Headquarters – Seattle, Washington
• East Coast Office – Washington, D.C.
• India Office – Delhi, India
• China Office – Beijing, China
• Europe and Middle East Office – London, United Kingdom

Leadership

• Bill Gates, Co-chair
• Melinda Gates, Co-chair
• William H. Gates Sr., Co-chair
• Susan Desmond Hellman, Chief Executive Officer
• Warren Buffett, Trustee
• Allan C. Golston, President, United States Program
• Chris Elias, President, Global Development
• Trevor Mundel, President, Global Health Program
• Richard Henriques, Chief Financial Officer, Operations
• Connie Collingsworth, General Counsel
• Martha Choe, Chief Administrative Officer
• Mark Suzman, President, Global Policy & Advocacy
• Susan Byrnes, Interim Chief Communications Officer
• Dale Christian, Chief Information Officer
• Kurt Fischer, Chief Human Resources Officer
• Patty Stonesifer, Senior Advisor to the Trustees
• Global Development Program Team
• Global Health Program Team
• United States Program Team
• Global Policy & Advocacy Team
• Operations Team

Statistics

Current number of foundation employees: 1,194⁽¹⁾
Asset Trust Endowment: $40.2 billion(2)⁽¹⁾
Total grant payments since inception: $28.3 billion ⁽¹⁾
Total 2011 grant payments: $3.4 billion⁽³⁾
Total 2012 grant payments: $3.4 billion⁽⁴⁾

Geographic Reach

The foundation supports grantees in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Internationally, we support work in more than 100 countries.

Illustrative Grant Commitments

• GAVI Alliance, expanding childhood immunization: $1.5 billion
• United Negro College Fund, Gates Millennium Scholars Program: $1.37 billion
• PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI): $456 million
• Rotary International, supporting polio eradication: $355 million
• Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching, supporting plans to transform how teachers are recruited, developed, rewarded, and retained: $290 million
  • Hillsborough County Public Schools: $100 million
  • Memphis City Schools: $90 million
  • The College-Ready Promise, Los Angeles: $60 million
  • Pittsburgh Public Schools: $40 million
• Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), improving seeds and soil for African farmers: $264.5 million
• Save the Children, saving newborn lives: $112 million
• United Way of King County: $85 million
• World Food Programme increasing small farmer income: $66 million
• TechnoServe, helping small coffee farmers improve crops and fetch higher prices: $46.9 million
• Heifer International, helping small farmers grow local and regional dairy markets: $43 million
• Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), a coalition of countries from the developing world making savings accounts, insurance, and other financial services available to people living on less than $2 a day: $35 million
• Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), testing and promoting the use of information and communications technologies to deliver microfinance products: $24 million
• Achieve, Inc. and the American Diploma Project Network, assisting states in aligning high school standards with the expectations of college and career: $23 million
• Opportunity Online Program, multiple library systems: $22.9 million
• Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, supporting the installation of public computers with Internet access, training for staff, and implementation support for public libraries: $19.8 million
• Opportunity International Inc. , developing and expanding a network of commercial banks in Africa: $15.4 million
• Gateway to College, expanding a program that enables colleges to serve students who need remedial academic help: $7.28 million
• Building Changes, helping create the Washington Families Fund and supporting efforts in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties to reduce family homelessness: $17.5 million

⁽¹⁾ As of September 30, 2013
⁽²⁾ Endowment includes $1.6 billion from the first installment of the gift from Warren Buffett recorded August 24, 2006, the second installment of $1.76 billion recorded on July 11, 2007, the third installment of $1.8 billion recorded on July 1, 2008, the fourth installment of $1.25 billion recorded on July 1, 2009, the fifth installment of $1.6 billion recorded on July 1, 2010, the sixth installment of $1.5 billion recorded on July 7, 2011, the seventh installment of $1.5 billion recorded on July 6, 2012, and the eighth installment of $2.0 billion recorded on July 8, 2013.
⁽³⁾ Figure includes other direct charitable contributions of $170 million.
⁽⁴⁾ Figure includes other direct charitable contributions of $230 million.