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Grand Challenges (Gates Foundation) – Nutrition: 3 open RFPs on fortification and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) cost reduction


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Entitat convocant:
Gates Foundation
Àmbit:
Internacional
Inici:
Termini intern:
Termini real:
Quantia:
up to $1,500,000
Descripció:

Global Grand Challenges (Gates Foundation) has three Nutrition calls open in parallel (same deadline) to fund innovative, proof-of-concept projects improving the effectiveness and affordability of nutrition interventions in high-burden settings.

  • Call 1 - Addressing Physiological Barriers to Micronutrient Absorption from Fortified Foods: projects to better understand/measure/mitigate infection-, inflammation- and microbiome-mediated constraints that reduce micronutrient absorption (e.g., biomarkers, optimized fortificants for inflammatory states, adjunct strategies to restore gut function, integrated approaches). Funding up to $250,000 for 18 months.

  • Call 2 - Cost-Disrupting Innovations to Reduce the Cost of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF): innovations targeting ≥30% reduction in ex-factory unit cost of RUTF (Sub-Saharan Africa & South Asia), focused on formulation/ingredients, manufacturing, packaging, and factory-level economics (not delivery-only approaches). Funding options up to $500,000 (18 months) or $1,500,000 (36 months).

  • Call 3 - Breakthrough Innovations to Significantly Reduce the Cost of SAM Treatment: system-level innovations achieving 20-30%+ reduction in total cost per child successfully treated (Sub-Saharan Africa & South Asia) without changing the ex-factory price of RUTF or substituting it, e.g., logistics, protocols/regimens, delivery models, inpatient care optimization. Funding options up to $500,000 (18 months) or $1,500,000 (36 months).

Objective: to generate scalable, durable innovations that measurably improve nutrition impact and cost-effectiveness (fortification effectiveness and/or SAM treatment economics).

Requisits

Requirements / Eligibility criteria

  • Open globally (organizations). Individuals (and entities classified as individuals for U.S. tax purposes) are not eligible.

  • Typical eligible applicants include (depending on the call): academic institutions, nonprofits/NGOs with strong technical capacity, for-profit companies/private sector (subject to Gates Foundation global access requirements), government/international organizations; LMIC-led or LMIC-including consortia are strongly encouraged (Calls 2-3 explicitly).

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Call 1: Addressing Physiological Barriers to Micronutrient Absorption from Fortified Foods Call 2: Cost-Disrupting Innovations to Reduce the Cost of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Call 3: Breakthrough Innovations to Significantly Reduce the Cost of Severe Acute Malnutrition Treatmeny