The goal of the 14th round of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges is to increase the value of mobile for poor and low-income people by enabling universal acceptance of mobile money among small merchants and service providers. Specifically, they are looking for your ideas on how to promote universal acceptance of mobile money.

To learn more and apply, please visit the Grand Challenges website. The application process is short and can be done electronically. Approved grants will be awarded $100,000, and successful projects can potentially receive a follow-up grant worth $1 million. Grants are open to anyone from any discipline and any organisation.

Application deadline: Wednesday, November 12, 2014