Fogarty Framework grants to spur global health innovations

To encourage much-needed innovations in global health, Fogarty is awarding $8.5 million to support projects with five developing countries through the Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation (FRAME Innovation). The five-year grants will fund multidisciplinary training and collaborations to produce ground-breaking solutions to entrenched problems such as childhood diarrhea, malaria control and maternal deaths, among others.

2012 Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation Awards

• Innovative Interdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable Airborne Infection Control
  Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Edward Nardell

• Inter-American Training for Innovations in Emerging Infectious Diseases
  Tulane University
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Oberhelman

• Vanderbilt-Zambia Network for Innovation in Global Health Technologies
  Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  Principal Investigator: Dr. David Wright

• The Water and Health in Limpopo Innovations Fellowship Program
  University of Virginia
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Guerrant

• The Ghana-Michigan Postdoctoral and Research Trainee Network-Investing in Innovation
  University of Michigan
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Robins

More Information

• Grant [to Vanderbilt University] helps expand health care, education programs in Zambia - Vanderbilt University Medical Center News, October 4, 2012