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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Innovations in Decentralized Pan-Orthoebolavirus Diagnostics

Funds up to 12 awards, $150K-800K each, for rapid Ebola diagnostic tools.

Budgets and durations differ by track: Biomarkers and Specimen Innovations each run 18-24 months at roughly $300-750K, Diagnostic Products and Surveillance run 24-36 months at $300-800K, and Quality and Implementation runs 18-24 months at $150-400K. Access requirements differ by track too: biomarker and specimen-validation proposals need documented, already-arranged access to BSL-4 containment and

A rapid-response call tied to the 2026 Bundibugyo virus (Ebola) outbreak in the DRC, seeking decentralized diagnostic tools -- biomarkers, rapid tests, postmortem and oral-swab tests, and similar approaches -- that work in low-resource, high-consequence outbreak settings.

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