Grand Challenges: Innovations in Low-Cost and Simplified Pathogen Sequencing Workflows Program

Grand Challenges, in partnership with the Gates Foundation, Temasek Foundation, and the United Nations Foundation, is inviting proposals for innovative, low-cost pathogen sequencing workflows that can be routinely used in public health laboratories in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Funding Organization: Gates Foundation, Temasek Foundation, and the United Nations Foundation

Eligibility: This opportunity is open globally to research institutes, nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, international organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions.

Awards:

• Early-stage feasibility awards: up to US$300,000 (grant term up to 24 months).

• Mid-stage development awards: up to US$600,000 (grant term up to 24 months).

• Advanced development and validation awards: up to US$800,000 (grant term up to 36 months).

Application Process: Applications must be submitted online through https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/innovations-low-cost-and-simplified-pathogen-sequencing-workflows

Application Deadline: 29 September 2026

Further information: https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/innovations-low-cost-and-simplified-pathogen-sequencing-workflows

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For more information, please contact

Ms. Panida Suwannatheerak and Ms. Mananchaya Pissaparn

Tel. 0 2470 9654

Email: researchfollowup@kmutt.ac.th