Proposals for Grand Challenges Explorations on Global Health

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is accepting grant proposals for its Grand Challenges Explorations online until May 30, 2008. The $100 million initiative involves awarding initial grants of $100,000 each, but potentially up to $1 million.
One of the primary objectives of Grand Challenges Explorations is to involve scientists around the world [...]

Business Incubation Grants - Call for Proposals from infoDev

infoDev is accepting proposals from organizations under an initiative titled “Promoting ICT-enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries through Business incubation.”
Throughout the developing world, innovative entrepreneurs are working to establish businesses that are “ICT-enabled”—offering ICT services or utilizing ICTs as a fundamental aspect of their business model. Business incubators focus on helping entrepreneurs to build [...]

Call for Papers and Special Issue on Entrepreneurship

Inderscience news posted on two things:
Call for papers: Realigning the Innovation-Entrepreneurship Interface
While this blend between entrepreneurship and innovation is achievable at both the corporate enterprise and the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) levels, there are some indications that the cocktail has become poisonous and too dangerous for consumption. This is largely based on the recent practices of [...]

Google SMEs: Internet search company to provide capital to small and medium size businesses in India

One of the ongoing issues that appears to be hindering development in countries like India is the lack of equity based funding for small and medium sized businesses. These entities, which usually are too large to be benefited from a microloan but too small to have the necessary financials to secure corporate debt or private [...]