Science|Business Database: Coronavirus Funding Opportunities

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As a service to the global R&D community, Science|Business has compiled this database of funding opportunities. Users are encouraged to let us know of funding calls that could be incorporated into the database. Please email all suggestions to [email protected]. The database will be updated daily. For rapid news about COVID-19, see our live blog.

Non-vaccine clinical trials and other applied research

Date added: 08 May 2020

Funding for a wide array of COVID-19 research and clinical trials of new drugs and near-market tests.

Amount
Up to €2 million
Agency or Funder
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Eligibility (if available)

Individual projects and research consortia of up to 3 partners

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

German COVID-19 research in any discipline

Date added: 15 Jun 2020

Grants for individuals or teams of up to three researchers, especially those specialising in life sciences, natural sciences, technology, and humanities and social sciences.

Amount
Up to €120,000
Agency or Funder
Volkswagenstiftung
Eligibility (if available)

Principal investigator must have earned a PhD in Germany. Up to 3 partners, international cooperation allowed

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Coronavirus: DFG Launches Call for Multidisciplinary Research into Epidemics and Pandemics

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Multidisciplinary projects addressing the prevention, early detection, containment and investigation of the causes, impacts and management of epidemics and pandemics, taking the example of SARS-CoV-2 and other microorganisms and viruses pathogenic

Agency or Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers who have completed their academic training (a doctorate as a rule)

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Call for funding to research COVID-19

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

The biology of the virus and its transmission, animal and environmental research on the origin of the virus, including control measures at the human-animal interface, epidemiological studies, clinical characterization and clinical management, infe

Amount
€10M
Agency or Funder
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Eligibility (if available)

Must comply with uniform standards for quality assurance of biomaterial banks, patient registers,
IT networking, animal studies, including ARRIVE guidelines

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline