New Grant Programs

Grant maker:

Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Program: Intel Teach
Purpose: To expand its online training for teachers worldwide to help bring technology into their classrooms
Amount available: $300-million over four years
Web site: http://www.intel.com/education/teach/index.htm

Grant maker: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York)
Program: African Health Initiative
Purpose: To create Population Health Implementation and Training Partnerships, which seek to improve health systems and reduce morbidity throughout Africa
Amount available: $100-million over up to seven years
Web site: http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=720

Grant maker: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)
Program: Grand Challenges Explorations
Purpose: To support early-stage research by scientists from a wide range of health-related disciplines to improve health in developing countries
Amount available: $100-million over five years
Web site: http://www.gcgh.org

Grant maker: Sea Studios Foundation (Monterey, Calif.)
Program: Strange Days on Planet Earth: the 2020 Initiative
Purpose: To produce television and Internet media projects about climate change, conservation and the environment, global health, and poverty
Amount available: $16-million over two years
Web site: http://www.seastudios.com