Funding opportunities

The GHDx Center catalyzes exploration and advancement of promising point-of-care diagnostic technologies appropriate for use in low-resource settings by providing targeted technical and financial support to technology developers. 

Opportunities for support are focused on two areas:

1. Exploratory technology projects to advance pre-prototype product development; and
2. Laboratory and field-based clinical testing of prototype point-of-care diagnostics.

Through competitive solicitation processes, the GHDx Center identifies, selects, and supports innovative and promising technologies that could have a significant positive impact on public health outcomes. Candidate technologies are assessed for anticipated health impact, relevance to the needs and realities of low-resource settings, and market-related issues that could affect the eventual products’ commercialization prospects.

Current funding opportunities

Exploratory technology projects to advance pre-prototype product development

Technologies to support low-cost quantitative HIV viral load testing in low-resource settings

Request for Letters of Interest

The GHDx Center is now seeking letters of interest from organizations who wish to be considered for funding to develop point-of-care diagnostic technologies.

Specifically, this opportunity seeks to fund technologies that facilitate quantitative HIV viral load testing for case management of patients on antiretroviral therapy in low-resource settings. Proposed technologies should either (1) perform or support viral load testing at point of care and/or secondary health care facilities and district hospitals or (2) extend the reach of current centralized quantitative HIV viral load testing to remote/rural populations. Component technologies as well as full solutions are considered responsive. For more details see Section II.C of the Solicitation description.

The letter of interest process is competitive. It includes a request for brief descriptions of your concept, capabilities, and proposed budget. For details on funding levels, see Section IV of the Solicitation description. From the submitted letters of interest, we will select approximately 10 candidates who will be invited to submit full applications. The applications of the 10 finalists will be reviewed by a team of external peer reviewers and 2 candidates are expected to receive funding to pursue the development of their technology. A schedule of this process is listed below. Please note that we will accept questions on this request for letters of interest up to the date noted below.

To begin a letter of interest, download and review the documents below, then complete and return the letter of interest form. Details of the funding opportunity can be found in the solicitation description. The solicitation description, full application form, and budget form are provided only for reference. We will only accept letters of interest at this time.

• Letter of interest form (141 KB DOC) (Due January 22, 2010).
• Letter of interest instructions (42 KB PDF)
• Solicitation description (81 KB PDF)
• Full application form (136 KB DOC)
• Budget form (128 KB DOC)
• Questions and answers for the letter of interest (32 KB PDF)

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For examples of projects previouisly funded by the GHDx Center, visit our Exploratory projects page.

Summary of Deadlines (All deadlines are 17:00 Pacific Daylight Time)

Previous funding opportunities

Laboratory and field evaluations of advanced technologies for diagnostics in low-resource settings

The GHDx Center is now accepting letters of intent for a new opportunity for diagnostics innovators to participate in laboratory and field evaluations of their point-of-care diagnostic tests. This opportunity seeks to support point-of-care diagnostic tests that are at an advanced stage of development and that target common causes of communicable and noncommunicable disease in low-resource settings.

To begin a letter of intent, download and complete the form below. Details of the funding opportunity can be found in the application instructions. The application and budget forms are also provided for reference; however, we will only accept letters of interest at this time.

• Letter of intent form (128 KB DOC)
• Application Instructions (128 KB PDF)
• Example application form (142 KB DOC)
• Example budget form (137 KB DOC)
• Answers to general questions (85 KB PDF)
• Answers to questions about the application (25 KB PDF)

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Summary of deadlines

Upcoming opportunities

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Other funding opportunities

Other centers in the Point-of-Care Technologies Research Network also issue solicitations periodically. The following call for white papers is currently open. Future opportunities will also be announced through our mailing list.