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.

Rapid-response call to fund research on the impacts of the pandemic on the Irish society.

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Projects should be based on interdisciplinary approaches to develop innovative solutions to tackle the different aspects of the crisis – or on repurposing existing approaches.

Amount
Awards depend on justification of need
Agency or Funder
Science Foundation Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland
Eligibility (if available)

Clients or employees of one of the following government agencies Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Údaras Na Gaeltachta or Local Enterprise Office (LEO)

Call for innovative health solutions with immediate benefit in the fight against COVID-19

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Solutions should address a real COVID-19 need, filling a gap or aiming to reduce the significant burden currently being felt across healthcare in Europe.

Amount
0
Agency or Funder
EIT Health
Eligibility (if available)

SMEs, Organisations.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes

Funds for projects based on African languages targeted at the semi-urban and rural population across Africa

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Projects should aim at educating the public, supporting the most vulnerable, the food value chain and the local production of essential medical supplies.

Amount
$5,000 per project (U.S dollars)
Agency or Funder
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) & Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB)

Maltese COVID-19 research fund

Date added:

Funding for projects started between 1 February 2020 and 31 December 2020 related to the COVID-19 pandemic and potential future disease outbreaks.

Amount
€5.3 M
Agency or Funder
The Malta Council for Science and Technology
Eligibility (if available)

Public, academic and private entities

Foreign participation? (where known)
No

A one-stop shop for defence industry, commercial companies and academia to share creative ideas with federal agencies to combat the virus

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The U.S. Air Force is accepting proposals for solutions to problems that government personnel are facing during the pandemic.

Agency or Funder
U.S. Air Force
Eligibility (if available)

Commercial companies and academia

2020 COVID-19 and Emerging Infectious Diseases Grant

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Research relating to COVID-19 that strengthens New Zealand’s research capacity and response to emerging infections disease threats. Must provide evidence within a short- to medium-term timeframe, with project durations up to 24 months.

Amount
$2M (NZ dollars)
Agency or Funder
New Zealand Health Research Council
Eligibility (if available)

Must be based in New Zealand and employed with a New Zealand host organisation. Collaborating researchers from outside New Zealand can, at the HRC’s discretion, be included as named investigators on an HRC contract. See project for details.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Projects in the Development, Piloting and Demonstration stages to cope with the Coronavirus

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Israeli technology companies are urged to submit R&D plans, including projects in the development, piloting and demonstration stages, to deal with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic

Amount
20% – 50% of approved R&D expenses
Agency or Funder
Israel Innovation Authority
Eligibility (if available)

Israeli technology companies

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Call for African startups and SMEs to tackle the COVID-19 in Africa

Date added:

Projects should aim at improving and accelerating African governments’ response to the challenges of the pandemic.

Amount
Not specified
Agency or Funder
Smart Africa Secretariat
Eligibility (if available)

African startups and innovative SMEs or other African entities

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

EIT calls for innovative proposals to address COVID-19

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The EIT partnership is looking to make an immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Topics such as vaccine and drug discovery/development will not be funded.)

Amount
€600,000
Agency or Funder
EIT Health
Eligibility (if available)

Projects led by EIT Health Core or Associate Partner, in a consortium with at least two partners

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Australasian Leadership Computing Grants

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The call will provide access to leadership-class computing resources for projects related to COVID-19.

Agency or Funder
National Research Infrastructure for Australia (NCRIS) & National Computational Infrastructure Australia (NCI)
Eligibility (if available)

Australian higher education institution or research institute, or publicly funded research agency based in Australia.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Call for proposals to accelerate solutions that minimize the impacts of COVID-19

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Solutions should aim at identifing risk areas, educating the population and preventing new contamination. Effective solutions should include educational and preventive measures against COVID-19.

Amount
$1M (U.S dollars)
Agency or Funder
Vale
Eligibility (if available)

Companies, startups, institutions, government, universities, and individuals

Date application deadline

Calling all startups

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Funding for startups working on tech-based solutions to problems created by COVID-19

Amount
$500,000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
Antler Innovation Pte Ltd
Eligibility (if available)

Open to startups from anywhere in the world.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Support Grants for COVID-19 proposals in South Asia

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Projects will examine problems that minorities are facing in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amount
€750-€1,000 per project
Agency or Funder
The South Asia Collective
Eligibility (if available)

Projects should held in the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Date application deadline

Redirect existing research towards the mitigation and prevention of the effects of the outbreak

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The goal of this call is to redirect projects funded by the Academy of Finland towards COVID-19 research.

Amount
€8.45M
Agency or Funder
Academy of Finland
Eligibility (if available)

Principal investigators must already have funding from the Academy of Finland. The funding cannot be used to launch entirely new research or new research consortia.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Call for students to join the fight against the spread of COVID-19

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Open call for students aged 13 to 17 from around the world to form virtual teams to develop technology-based solutions to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Amount
$500 travel scholarship (U.S dollars)
Agency or Funder
The New York Academy of Sciences
Eligibility (if available)

All countries except those subject to U.S. sanctions

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline