Research Innovation

The sustainability movement has reached the business models of nearly every industry in the United States, and many companies, municipalities and states have set aggressive sustainability goals that include how waste streams are being managed.  The EREF Board of Directors has set an initiative to ensure research funded reflects EREF’s long-term strategic plan to address all areas of integrated solid waste management, with a strong focus towards research that increased sustainable solid waste management practices.

Emily’s Entourage provides funding to support high-impact research led by top researchers around the world that have the greatest potential to reach patients quickly. The organization focuses on nonsense mutations of Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Learn about projects that have been funded.

This Grand Challenges (GC) award will support travel and accommodation of grantees to San Francisco for training at the CZ Biohub, and the following items: 1) a sequencer suitable for the global health environment[1], 2) a dedicated sequencing technician, and 3) sequencing reagents for the duration of the award. CZ Biohub and CZI training will include pilot analysis of samples from their home region during hands-on, intensive mentoring.

Gates Foundation has partnered with Kikundi, a community of practice for NTD program managers in Africa, to identify areas for transformational innovation in service of national NTD programs.

The Gates Foundation seeks patient-facing digital health services for pregnant women that have been developed and are actively being provided in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It will consider proposals for services that can support or contribute to our ARS vision via digital applications. Types of services that would be considered include:

This RFP seeks innovative approaches to building a stronger malaria mathematical modeling ecosystem in sub-Saharan Africa. We are looking for 1 to 3 years projects that will achieve one or more of the objectives below:

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) funds food and agriculture science that addresses large-scale challenges to develop actionable knowledge and solutions. It funds research focusing on our cross-cutting Challenge Areas. Another important aspect of its grants is the public-private partnerships. Some funding opportunities require applicants and grantees to secure matching funds. In other cases, it secures matching funds before announcing the opportunity. Please consider potential matching funders when proposing a research concept.

Applications for the 2022 Agricultural Greater Good Initiative grants are currently being accepted. The deadline for all 2022 applications is December 4, 2021.

The Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Initiative grants, launched in 2011, are awarded annually. This program spurs critically needed research that will increase the sustainability, productivity, and nutritional density of agriculturally important crop and livestock species. Grant recipients receive donations of Illumina products to support their projects.

Funder: Illumina

Funding for experienced conservationists and researchers, including existing National Geographic Explorers, who are seeking to undertake bold, innovative, and transformative projects based on research, conservation, education, storytelling and technology that address priority research topics of interest to the National Geographic Society.

The National Geographic Society Grants support bold, innovative, and transformative projects across various aspects of conservation, education, research, storytelling, and technology.

The ARUA Center of Excellence on Non-Communicable Diseases is seeking three research teams to carry out and prepare for journal publication, at least three positional literature reviews on non-communicable diseases (excluding cardiovascular diseases).

The reviews should be focused on either one of the two themes of prevention and multi-morbidity: