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Call for Proposals: 4W faculty innovation grants and graduate student engagement grants

The 4W Initiative awards grants to faculty and graduate students who wish to develop a project related to gender and wellbeing. Projects should have a research-to-action focus aimed at enhancing gender equity locally and/or globally. These grants are made possible by the generosity of the Women’s Philanthropy Council. There are two grant opportunities: 4W Innovation Grant for …

NPR: How much should the public be told about research into risk viruses?

Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee and UW-Madison researcher, shared with NPR that when it comes to research into viruses, “NIH should be transparent in announcing funding of the work, and disclosing the review process. But, that information should be balanced to ensure security measures of the work and the safety of research personnel are not compromised.”

GHI, Nelson support Global Climate and Health Summit at COP 25

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are key supporters of the Global Climate and Health Summit taking place Saturday, December 7, at United Nations COP 25 climate change conference in Madrid. The one-day summit, convened by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) in collaboration with the World …