Small Grants Aim for Big Results The Population Council is collaborating with the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health of Johns Hopkins University in awarding grants for small-scale, innovative projects in Pakistan. Experienced researchers are teamed with investigators just entering the field on projects that address key reproductive health issues, with the aim of building research capacity and filling knowledge gaps. In India, the Council is administering the Health and Population Innovation Fellowship program (formerly the MacArthur Fund for Leadership Development) with the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The program is open to mid-career professionals who have leadership potential and the capacity to help shape policy and public debate in the fields of population and reproductive health. The program is focused in particular on maternal mortality and morbidity and the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. Twelve grants have been awarded since 2004. (Return to issue contents)
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