Grand Challenges in TB Control – Innovate to Alleviate

Last date : June 30, 2015

The IKP Knowledge Park in partnership with USAID, BIRAC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has issued call for applications for the Grand Challenges in TB Control (GC-TBC). The initiative is to encourage and nurture innovations that will help alleviate the problem of TB in India.
Every winning idea is entitled to:

• Phase I – Funding of INR 50,00,000 for a period of 12 months to develop a prototype of your TB screening, detection and diagnostics system
• Technical and business strategy advice, access to synergistic networks of IKP and its partners
• Opportunity to participate in Phase II funding of up to INR 1,50,00,000 to integrate your system(s) into the fabric of healthcare service providers in India.

IKP is a not-for-profit, 200 acre Research Park and Incubator with over 14 years of promoting research-based companies with a mission to create a world class ecosystem for fostering leading edge innovation.
Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants only from India are eligible to apply.
• Eligible participants are students, researchers, faculty in colleges and universities, government laboratories, institutions, start-ups, SMEs, not-for-profit organizations and for-profit organizations.

Application Process
Applicants need to register on the program website, fill an online form at www.gctbc.com, and submit a ten-page description of the innovation (including diagrams, figures and references).
For more information : http://www.gc-tbc.com/

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