RESEARCHERS at the University of Melbourne, Australia have won a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) grant. The grant will be used to fund a research project aimed at relieving malnutrition among mothers and infants in developing countries.
GCE is an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). It is part of a family of initiatives which fosters innovation to solve key global health and development problems. GCE grants of US$100,000 are awarded twice a year and successful projects have the opportunity to receive follow-on grants of up to US$1m.
Ashokkumar said: “We are very grateful to the Gates Foundation for awarding us this grant funding, allowing us to take our work to the next stage.”
The research was published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journals Soft Matter and RSC Advances.