Re: Pass this on to all our Professionals

[Guest guest]

Below is the link to the Bill Gates Foundation. There is nothing yet, on their

website, about the news item I just posted, as it is too new a development. He

is one of my " heros " . It's rare to find a wealthy person who is doing good for

others, simply because he feels that it's the " right thing to do " .

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>Bill Gates foundation seeking 'unorthodox' health ideas >World's wealthiest

charity allocates $100 million US for novel concepts in health >research

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default

[Guest guest]

Thank you...it's nice to see something so positivel.

--- In , Joe Salowitz <josephsalowitz@...>

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> Remember, Mold and Fungal reactions, in the body, are as much an

" infectious disease " as bacterial reactions are. -JOE

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> Bill Gates foundation seeking 'unorthodox' health ideas World's

wealthiest charity allocates $100 million US for novel concepts in

health research Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2008 | 10:40 AM ET The

Associated Press

> If you have an unorthodox, unproven idea that can prevent HIV

infection or help protect against infectious diseases, one of the

richest men in the world wants to hear from you.

> The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has set aside $100 million US to

encourage innovation in global health research, offering grants to those

with innovative ideas on four topics: tuberculosis, HIV, infectious

diseases and drug resistance.

> The foundation's new Grand Challenges Explorations program plans to

give $100,000 US each to about 60 projects in the first round of what is

expected to be a five-year program.

> Proposal applications are short — only about two pages long —

and preliminary data is not required for the submissions, due at the end

of May. They'll be accepted beginning March 31.

> Of course, each applicant will need to be a scientist and have a lab

in which to do the work, foundation officials said. But there won't be

many more restrictions.

> Foundation officials say it's one of the most open-ended requests for

proposals they've ever issued, but it fits well with the organization's

quest to be innovative.

> " We push ourselves to be as creative as we can, " said Martha Choe, who

is slated to become the foundation's new chief administrative officer.

> The foundation has no plans to open the door to unorthodox ideas for

its other focus areas — global development, libraries, education,

and support for children and families in the Pacific Northwest —

although unsolicited grant requests arrive in the mail daily.

> The world's largest philanthropy, which was established by Bill Gates,

the co-founder of Microsoft Corp., paid out 1,322 grants totalling more

than $2 billion US in 2007, compared with 1,283 grants totalling more

than $1.54 billion US in 2006.

> The Grand Challenges Explorations program is an outgrowth of an effort

launched by the foundation in 2003 to help foster innovation in global

health.

> The foundation is already spending about $450 million US to support 40

bigger projects focused on preventing infectious diseases, creating

drugs or delivery systems that limit resistance, creating new ways to

prevent or cure HIV infection, and understanding latent TB infection.

> The smaller grants announced this week will focus on the same research

areas. The foundation expects to make several requests for proposals

each year, officials said.

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> http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/03/07/gates-ideas.html

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