The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award
will celebrate revolutionary ways children in the poorest parts of the
world are immunized. The winning innovation will be recognized with a US
$250,000 prize.
The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award is
open to individuals from any discipline. Candidates from academic
institutions, governments,
health care facilities,
research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies may be nominated.
Criteria
We recognize that innovation in the delivery of vaccines can take many
shapes. We are looking for ideas big or small that have resulted in
tangible improvements in immunization coverage in developing country
communities.
Nominees will be assessed on three broad criteria:
- Developing country impact
– The nominee should have contributed to the prevention, control, or
elimination of vaccine-preventable disease through significant
improvements in immunization quality and coverage among mothers and
children in developing countries.
- Innovation and creativity
– The nominee should have applied imaginative and pioneering approaches
to overcome difficult challeges to immunizing children and achieving
impact. Innovation is not the same as invention. Even simple ideas applied in creative ways to overcome real-world challenges can be considered innovative.
- Scale
– The nominee’s innovation should be at scale or suitable to be
implemented at scale within the nominee’s country and around the world.
If you are unable to complete the online nomination form, please download and complete this
form. Please submit downloaded nominations via email to
vaccine-innovation-award@gatesfoundation.org, or via fax to +1-206-494-7042.
Nominations will be accepted through 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time on August 31, 2012
Qualifications In order to qualify for consideration:
- Nominations must be related to vaccine delivery and meet the criteria above
- Nomination forms must be completed in English
- The three essay questions should be answered within the font and word-limit requirements
Please note that nominations focused on innovation in research &
development
are not eligible for consideration. This award is focused only on
achieving impact through innovative systems, processes, tools, and
technologies leading to better immunization.
Tips for Nominators Following are some tips for those wishing to submit nominations:
- Nominations must represent an innovative approach to vaccine delivery work that has demonstrated impact. Note: There are other avenues of funding for equally important research.
- Nominations
will be reviewed by a panel with broad expertise and a track record in
identifying innovations. These reviewers may not be deep experts in your
field. Ideas should be described in clear language without the use of technical jargon unique to a particular field.
- Documentation
of the innovation does not need to be sent with the initial nomination
form. However, credible evidence supporting the validity of a project or
sufficient proof of innovation may be requested at a later date. We
will need to contact the nominee prior to the prize being issued.
- Nominators should review the policies, guidelines, terms, and conditions associated with this award.
Please contact:
vaccine-innovation-award@gatesfoundation.org for additional information.
For more information, please visit official website:
www.gatesfoundation.org
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