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Toronto, Canada, January 22, 2025 – A newly published comment* in The Lancet Global Health, titled The climate crisis and human health: identifying grand challenges through participatory research, emphasizes the urgent need for innovative, community-driven solutions to address the profound health impacts of the climate crisis.. Authored by a team of experts from Grand Challenges Canada ...

1. Learn across portfolios, areas of impact, and partners 2. Convene for action, informed by evidence and policy analysis 3. Build partnerships for co-investment, co-financing, and direct support to accelerate market-

Update as of October 9, 2024: Please note that we are currently pausing the application intake for Proof-of-Concept funding. 1. Transition-to-Scale (TTS) Funding . TTS funding between $300,000 CAD and $1,500,000 CAD over 12-48 months will be awarded to support organizations that align with country-specific priorities along their scaling journey to …

Global Health is a priority for Grand Challenges Canada because we believe improving and ensuring equal access to health for all people worldwide will improve and save lives, and transform communities. Our focus is to empower innovators who are closest to the world’s health challenges because they ...

Grand Challenges Canada is a not-for-profit organization created, in part, with funding from the Government of Canada. We adhere to strict controls and oversight. We fund and provide support to not-for-profit and charitable organizations, academic institutions and socially-minded small- and medium-sized businesses in Canada and low- and middle-income countries.

Pulkit Aggrwal is a Portfolio Manager on Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Health Innovation team. In this role he focuses on conducting due diligence on investments, negotiating funding agreements, and supporting innovators in low resource settings. Pulkit has worked in management consulting, health, and social impact. He has international experience, working across academic institutes ...

2024 SUMMER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM JOB DESCRIPTIONS. ABOUT GRAND CHALLENGES CANADA. Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impact®.

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