IKP Knowledge Park has announced Round 2 of the IKP-Grand Challenges Explorations (IKP-GCE) in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. IKP-GCE aims to identify, fund and nurture revolutionary ideas that address global health challenges, and is an India-only chapter of the larger Grand Challenges Explorations managed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The goal of the IKP-GCE programme is to empower ideas that will create new drugs, diagnostics, devices, vaccines, delivery systems and service models that can be made available to all socio-economic layers of the human population. Interested candidates having an innovation that will address developing world issues such as infectious diseases, child and maternal health, nutrition and family planning, can apply at www.ikp-gce.com. A two-page proposal needs to be submitted by November 30, 2012. 20-25 proposals will be shortlisted.
Winners of IKP-GCE will receive a grant of $100,000 from the Foundation. They will receive mentoring from IKP Knowledge Park for a period of 18 months, and gain access to technical consulting, networking opportunities, and lab facilities and will be eligible to apply for phase II funding of up to $1 million.
EP News Bureau