Gates Foundation Grand Challenges
Status
Always open
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Amount
$100,000
Grand Challenges Explorations-style awards commonly US$100,000 for phase 1, with follow-on funding up to around US$1m for successful projects
Funder
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
private · national
Deadline: cutoff — Multiple themed calls open through the year, each with its own deadline
Your odds
Not published
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Effort
quick
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health, agri, social
- Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
- R&D activity required
Open to for-profit companies, nonprofits and research institutions worldwide. Global health and development focus.
Source. https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenges — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked