Science and Global Health R&D
Coefficient Giving's Science and Global Health R&D grant funds high-impact, innovative biomedical research targeting neglected global health challenges with transformative potential.
Funder: Coefficient Giving
Due Dates: Rolling
Funding Amounts: No fixed limits; past awards range from under $100k to over $1M; duration and size vary by project scope.
Summary: Supports neglected, high-impact biomedical and global health research projects that address important health challenges where investment is low relative to disease burden.
Key Information: Highly competitive (1–2% of unsolicited proposals funded); focus on global health, not well-funded or high-income country diseases.
Description
This opportunity from Coefficient Giving provides funding for innovative biomedical and global health R&D projects targeting important, neglected, and tractable health challenges globally. The fund aims to catalyze progress in areas where public and private investment is disproportionately low relative to the scale of the problem (often measured in DALYs). Projects funded span a broad range, including basic science, clinical trials, diagnostics, and implementation research, unified by a focus on cost-effectiveness and transformative potential for global health.
The program is open to a wide array of project types and stages, from early-stage proof-of-concept research to late-stage clinical and implementation work. Previous grants have supported fields like computational protein design, malaria vaccine trials, affordable diagnostics, and water purification technologies. The fund’s strategic approach is to identify and support opportunities that are overlooked by traditional funders but have potential for outsized impact.
