The foundation's malaria grantmaking focuses on the following areas:

• Preventing malaria with new vaccines and drugs: The foundation supports research to discover, develop, and clinically test malaria vaccines, which would have the greatest impact on the health of infants, children and pregnant women, who are at highest risk of malaria illness and death in malaria-endemic countries. The foundation also supports the discovery, development, and clinical testing of new and improved chemoprevention tools and strategies, such as Intermittent Preventive Treatment for infants (IPTi).
  
  
• Preventing transmission of malaria through improved mosquito control, by developing and delivering new tools and approaches, such as alternative pesticides that would prevent mosquitoes from transmitting malaria from human to human, new forms of residual pesticide spraying and strategies for monitoring their use, and improved barrier methods such as bed nets.
  
  
• Improving malaria treatment through the discovery, development, and clinical testing of more effective and affordable malaria drugs, as well as drugs that can be used safely to treat malaria during pregnancy. This is important given the risk of emerging resistance to the newest malaria drugs.
  
  
• Controlling malaria by developing replicable models and demonstrating the feasibility and impact of scaling up the package of effective malaria control and prevention approaches, including insecticide-treated bed nets, intermittent preventive treatment in pregnant women (IPTp), and implementation of effective treatment.
  
  
• Accelerating access to new drugs and vaccines by developing innovative financing mechanisms for product introduction and adoption, and addressing obstacles to product procurement and distribution.
  
  
• Advocating to increase financial support and build commitment and awareness among decision makers and the public for effective malaria research and control. (See also the Advocacy section of Critical Enabling Strategies.)

How To Apply for a Grant

• Understand Our Program Strategy
  Before applying for a grant, please read about our overall global health strategy.
  
  
  
• Respond to a Request for Proposal
  Find out if any requests for proposals have been issued in your field of interest.
  
  
  
• Submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) 
  If your project aligns with our grantmaking priorities and does not fall under one of our current RFPs, please submit an LOI. Click on the link below to learn more about the LOI process.