BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//University of Manitoba//UMFOD Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a88e12a82c1f@umanitoba.ca SUMMARY:Multiplex Platforms to Assess Indicators of Micronutrient Status, Inflammation and Infectious Disease - Internal Deadline DESCRIPTION:Multiplex Platforms to Assess Indicators of Micronutrient Status, Inflammation and Infectious Disease\n\nThe objectives of this challenge are to:\n\n\n Improve the current multiplex test for immunological determination of nutritional-status analytes, overcoming standard heterogeneity, widening the functional analytical range to the expected physiological values, and maintaining simplicity and low cost (Alternatives A and B).\n Extend the panel to bioindicators of vitamins B9 and B12 by introducing novel binding molecules (Alternatives A and B).\n Measure the nutritional status of vitamins B1 and B2 using metabolites or proteins associated with their deficiency (Alternative B).\n Develop an immunological or other binding-based test for total folate in red blood cells that gives results comparable to the microbiological assay, and maintain accuracy and precision from small plasma/serum volumes to enable later application to dried blood spots (Alternative B).\n Maintain accuracy and precision using small plasma or serum volumes in order to enable later application to dried blood spots.\n\n\nAwards depend on the alternative proposed:\n\n\n Alternative A (minimum scope): awards up to US$200,000 per project, with a grant term of up to 12 months.\n Alternative B (optimistic scope): awards up to US$800,000 per project, with a grant term of up to 24 months, evaluated per project.\n\n\n\nInternal Application Deadline: Aug 18, 2026 \n\nUMFOD Details: https://research.ad.umanitoba.ca/mrt/pubapp/umfo_view.php?id=4383\n\nProgram URL: https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/multiplex-platforms-assess-indicators-micronutrient-status-and-infection-and-inflammation\nInternal Deadline X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Multiplex Platforms to Assess Indicators of Micronutrient Status\, Inflammation and Infectious Disease

The objectives of this challenge are to:

Improve the current multiplex test for immunological determination of nutritional-status analytes\, overcoming standard heterogeneity\, widening the functional analytical range to the expected physiological values\, and maintaining simplicity and low cost (Alternatives A and B).
Extend the panel to bioindicators of vitamins B9 and B12 by introducing novel binding molecules (Alternatives A and B).
Measure the nutritional status of vitamins B1 and B2 using metabolites or proteins associated with their deficiency (Alternative B).
Develop an immunological or other binding-based test for total folate in red blood cells that gives results comparable to the microbiological assay\, and maintain accuracy and precision from small plasma/serum volumes to enable later application to dried blood spots (Alternative B).
Maintain accuracy and precision using small plasma or serum volumes in order to enable later application to dried blood spots.

Awards depend on the alternative proposed:

Alternative A (minimum scope): awards up to US$200\,000 per project\, with a grant term of up to 12 months.
Alternative B (optimistic scope): awards up to US$800\,000 per project\, with a grant term of up to 24 months\, evaluated per project.

Internal Application Deadline: Aug 18\, 2026

UMFOD Details: https://research.ad.umanitoba.ca/mrt/pubapp/umfo_view.php?id=4383

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