Melba Gomes
Melba Gomes is a scientist at the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) at the World Health Organization in Geneva and a recipient of a grant from Grand Challenges Canada’s Saving Brains program.
In this video, Melba says, “Don’t be shy: seek advice on your grant proposal from experts in the field.”
Aisha Yousafzai
Aisha Yousafzai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, whose work is supported by Grand Challenges Canada’s Saving Brains program.
In this video, Aisha advises that grant writers seek feedback on their ideas and proposal from every available source, including fieldworkers and the funder themselves.
Fredros Okumu
Fredros Okumu is a researcher at the Ifakara Health Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and the recipient of an award from Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations program.
At a March 2012 Proposal Development Workshop in Dar es Salaam, which was designed to help applicants improve their full grant proposals, Fredros shares lessons from his team’s successful grant proposal.
Tim Geary and Eliane Ubalijoro
At a October 2011 Proposal Development Workshop in Ottawa, which was designed to help applicants to Grand Challenges Canada’s Saving Brains initiatives improve their full grant proposals, Tim and Eliane discussed how they developed their project plan and chose which material to include in their grant.
Tim Geary is Canada Research Chair in parasite biotechnology and Director of McGill University’s Institute of Parasitology in Montreal, Canada. Eliane Ubalijoro is an Adjunct Professor at McGill’s Institute for the Study of International Development. They are the recipients of a grant jointly awarded by Grand Challenges Canada, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Keith Jerome
Keith Jerome is Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington, in Seattle, U.S.A., and a member of the Vaccine Infectious Disease Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. He is a recipient of an award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations program.
At an April 2011 Proposal Development Workshop in Delhi, which was designed to help prospective applicants to Phase 2 of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations program, Keith discussed his view of the most critical aspects of grant writing, based on his 20 years of experience in writing funding proposals.
Pradip Rathod
Pradip Rathod is Professor of Chemistry and an Adjunct Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington, in Seattle, U.S.A. He is a recipient of an award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations program.
At a September 2010 Proposal Development Workshop in Toronto for Grand Challenge Canada’s Point-of-Care Diagnostics joint initiative with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Phase 2 of the Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations program, Pradip discussed how his team developed their project plan and put together their successful application.