Kenny Slaught has stated that the Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) awards funding to worldwide citizens with the goal of exploring ideas that can evolve how humanity approaches persistent global health and development challenges. GCE is a $100 million campaign funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and was launched in 2008. Over 1,186 projects in above 61 countries have received GCE grants. All people from any organization can put in an application for the GCE grant program. There is a brief two-page online application and no preliminary data is required up front. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded twice per year. Successful applicants will have the chance to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.

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