Resources

It is important that anyone submitting check with the  Office of Research  to ensure that any other internal requirements are met before submitting. Don’t forget to check with the  Office of Technology Management   to make sure your IP is suitably protected.

Health Resources in Action has recently launched the Odyssey Awards Program supported by the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation. We encourage you to disseminate this opportunity to eligible junior faculty at your institution.

• Basic biomedical researchers
• Based at a research institution in Massachusetts or at Brown University or Yale University
• 4-9 years from appointment to Assistant Professor and have not yet received tenure
• Receive less than $750,000 per year in external funding

Purpose: To fuel creativity and drive new directions in biomedical research. Applicants must propose lines of research that are distinct from current research directions. The preliminary proposal format is intended to give applicants the freedom to dream big and to be creative and ambitious. 

Please don’t hesitate to contact SmithOdyssey@hria.org if you have any questions about this program.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched four requests for proposals – all now open for applications – through the Grand Challenges Global Call-to-Action, inaugurating this new member of the Grand Challenges family of initiatives, and one request for proposals through Grand Challenges, building on an earlier program. Please check the website at the links below for the application deadlines and more information.

• Strengthening Data Science Capacity and the Ecosystem: Enabling Data-Centered Public Health Interventions (now open for applications)
• Building Malaria Modeling Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Digital Health Services for Pregnant Women to Support Antenatal Risk Stratification in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Innovations in Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing to Detect, Identify, and Characterize Pathogens