American Leprosy Missions NTD Innovation Prize

American Leprosy Missions (d/b/a Hope Rises International), partnering with Novartis, runs the annual NTD Innovation Prize supporting creativity in the neglected-tropical-disease sector (data/analytics and diagnostics domains). FIA: Fact — press releases document ~$40,000 awarded annually (two $20,000 awards) plus a $1,000 Popular Choice, $180,000+ total since the 2019 launch, with applications accepted at ntdinnovation.org each spring. Assumption — the prize recurs annually; the scraped pages are past-year announcements, so the current cycle's exact deadline was not confirmed — flag for re-scrape of the live prize page. NOTE — USAID ASHA / COR-NTD grants mentioned on the site are funds American Leprosy Missions RECEIVED, not grants it awards (excluded).