*New* Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity: RCTs on STIs and Reproductive Tract Sequelae in Non-Pregnant Women (7/7/25)

Posted: 6/5/2025 ()

The Gates Foundation recently announced a Grand Challenges request for proposals for a Randomized Controlled Trial on Sexual Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Reproductive Tract Sequelae in Non-Pregnant Women. The goal is to support rigorous clinical research to evaluate the prevention, diagnosis, and management of STIs and their long-term reproductive consequences, such as pelvic inflammatory disease. The submission deadline is Monday, July 7, at 11:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time.

This Grand Challenge is part of our ongoing effort to address the problem of neglect in women’s health research and development, as highlighted by Anita Zaidi, the Gates Foundation’s President of Gender Equality Division, in her keynote speech on the second day of this year’s Grand Challenges Annual Meeting. The annual meeting was held virtually this week, and if you were unable to attend in real time, we encourage you to view videos from the plenary sessions focused on clinical research and trials, women’s health, and regulatory harmonization.

Please review the full details for this opportunity on our Grand Challenges website. We are planning a webinar to provide more information and answer your questions on June 17 from 7:00-8:00 AM Pacific Time. To participate, please register and submit your questions ahead of time.

We are eager to hear from experts around the world. Please forward this email to colleagues who may be interested in applying. If you were forwarded this message, please sign up on the Grand Challenges website to receive emails announcing grant opportunities.

As always, we invite you to read summaries of selected Grand Challenges grants. They are sortable by dropdown menus, so you can quickly find, for example, the 23 awards related to women’s health. You can also explore Grand Challenges projects using this interactive world map.