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

Top-up funding for Smart Growth Operational Programme beneficiaries

Date added: 05 May 2020

Funding for new research tasks aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic within ongoing projects.

Amount
PLN 15M
Agency or Funder
The Foundation for Polish Science
Eligibility (if available)

Existing beneficiaries of the TEAM, TEAM-TECH, FIRST TEAM, HOMING and POWROTY/Reintegrations programmes

Date application deadline

Call for collaboration projects with University of California

Date added: 05 May 2020

Projects should be comprised of multidisciplinary teams, dealing with topics of strategic importance to the University of California or the state of California.

Amount
Not specified
Agency or Funder
University of California
Eligibility (if available)

Proposals require collaboration among at least three UC campuses and should address topics of strategic importance to UC and California

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Rapid response to the needs of the Portuguese national health service

Date added: 15 May 2020

The second funding package for a wide-range of research activities helping to improve Portugal’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Amount
Up to €40,000
Agency or Funder
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Eligibility (if available)

Universities, public research institutions, non-profit scientific associations, public and private non-profits. Companies can participate in partnership with research institutions.

Date application deadline

Rapid response call for COVID-19 research in Chile

Date added: 11 May 2020

Funding for COVID-19 research projects in any disciplinary field lasting up to 12 months.

Amount
Up to CLP 90M
Agency or Funder
La Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Chile
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers or groups of researchers from public or private universities, research units, and laboratories

Date application deadline

Interdisciplinary call for urgent research projects

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Projects must be aligned with WHO Bluebook (March 2020 version), with a particular interest in development and use of text and data mining techniques.

Amount
€50,000 per project
Agency or Funder
Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
Eligibility (if available)

Public research institutions , non-profit associations, societal impact companies (SIS), and foundations engaged in research in Luxembourg

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

The research will focus on genomic studies to prevent, diagnose and treat viral respiratory diseases.

Amount
$250.000 (U.S. dollars) per year
Agency or Funder
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Eligibility (if available)

Existing NHGRI grantholders

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

Microsoft AI tools for COVID-19 research

Date added: 11 May 2020

Microsoft will provide free access to its Azure cloud computing service to nonprofits, academics and governments demonstrating clearly defined potential to impact the COVID-10 response.

Amount
Azure cloud and High-Performance Computing capabilities
Agency or Funder
Microsoft
Eligibility (if available)

Nonprofits, academia, and governments

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Competitive revison for Common Fund grants and cooperative agreements

Date added: 29 Apr 2020

The Office of Strategic Coordination is offering additional funding to existing grantholders who revise their studies to incorporate innovative ways to prepare, prevent, and respond to the outbreak, domestically or internationally.

Amount
Not limited
Agency or Funder
NIH Office of Strategic Coordination
Eligibility (if available)

NIH grantees have to submit to PA-20-135 competitive revision

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Inaugural Elevate Prize to address health security and pandemics such as COVID-19

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Applications should focus on how can help communities around the world prepare for, detect, and respond to emerging pandemics and health security threats such as COVID-19

Amount
$300,000 (U.S dollars) per project
Agency or Funder
Elevate Prize Foundation
Eligibility (if available)

Individual applicants must be affiliated with a legally established entity

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Rapid-response proposals in any field of study

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability is calling for proposals for faculty research related to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Amount
$5,000 - $10,000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Eligibility (if available)

Full-time faculty members of the Cornell University

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

COVID-19 research in any scientific field by researchers from Switzerland and Asia

Date added: 03 Jul 2020

Funding for collaborative projects between researchers from Switzerland and China, Japan, South Korea or the ASEAN Region in any discipline.

Amount
Up to 25,000 CHF
Agency or Funder
ETH Zürich
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers from Switzerland and Asian countries

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Investigating COVID-19 to prepare Sweden for the next crisis

Date added: 19 Jun 2020

Funding for research, reviews of research, and preparatory projects that aim to increase society’s preparedness and resilience in order to address future crises.

Amount
SEK 500,000–1 M
Agency or Funder
Formas and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Eligibility (if available)

Lead applicant must hold a PhD. Grants must be administered by a Swedish institution

Date application deadline

Austrian funding for research on therapeutics, and on social, economic, and legal impacts of SARS-CoV-2

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

An interdisciplinary call for proposals for researchers based in Austria to address the prevention, early detection, containment, causes and effects of diseases such as SARS-CoV-2. Proposals from other disciplines are also welcome.

Agency or Funder
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Eligibility (if available)

Applicants based in Austria

Date application deadline

Funding for Spanish universities

Date added: 15 May 2020

Research must aim to minimise the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on healthcare, education, or society.

Amount
€8.5 M
Agency or Funder
Crue Spanish Universities, CSIC, Santander
Eligibility (if available)

Universities and research centres based in Spain and affiliated with the fund.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Calling all Lithuanian researchers

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Use open-access data to produce recommendations on how to minimise or halt the spread of the coronavirus.

Amount
€700,000
Agency or Funder
Research Council of Lithuania
Eligibility (if available)

Lithuanian institution included in the Register of Education and Science Institutions or the Academy of Science.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline