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.

Top-up award for existing PCORI-funded Engagement Award projects

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Funding for existing PCORI-funded projects that wish to adapt or alter their original aims to produce useful knowledge or research related to COVID-19.

Amount
Up to $150.000 (U.S.)
Agency or Funder
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Eligibility (if available)

Only PCORI-funded project leads with active Engagement Award contracts are eligible

Emergency response to COVID-19 in Peru (CLOSED)

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Funding for innovative and low-cost solutions focused on COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, PEE, and telehealth.

Amount
Up to PEN 350,000
Agency or Funder
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Peru
Eligibility (if available)

Public and private Peruvian institutions, non-profits, universities, and international and foreign centres based in Peru

Foreign participation? (where known)
No

CITRIS Seed funding for transformative technology and policy solutions

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Proposals should focus on how information technology can change the way the pandemic is handled. Projects should be able to be rapidly implemented through public and private channels, with large scaling possibilities and technology transfer.

Amount
Up to $50,000 per project
Agency or Funder
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers with Principal Investigator status at UC Berkeley, UC Davis (including UC Davis Health), UC Merced, and UC Santa Cruz.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Psychological research to support mental health

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A call for insights that will help psychologists to work with individuals, families and groups who are struggling to cope.

Amount
Up to 20,000 USD
Agency or Funder
American Psychological Foundation
Eligibility (if available)

Applicants must be be affiliated with a nonprofit charitable, educational or scientific institution, or governmental entity operating exclusively for charitable and educational purposes

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Grants for rural tribes and tribal organisations at risk of COVID-19.

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The funding will assist tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian health organisations, and health service providers to tribes to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19.

Amount
$15,000,000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration
Eligibility (if available)

Tribes, tribal organisations, urban Indian health organisations, and health service providers to tribes serving rural communities

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Preventing and managing epidemics in Brazil

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Funding for Brazilian research and doctoral studies in epidemiology, immunology, pharmaceuticals sciences, telemedicine, and medical data analysis.

Amount
Up to 345.000 BRL with total funding of 70M BRL
Agency or Funder
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Eligibility (if available)

Masters and doctoral students

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Internet-based solutions for responses to COVID-19

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Proposals should rework known Internet-based technical solutions and apply them to COVID-19 in areas such as humanitarian aid, education, disinformation, and pandemic preparedness.

Amount
$250.000 - $500.000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
Internet Society Foundation
Eligibility (if available)

United States public charity or equivalent

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Medical, digital and AI tools for pandemic response

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Horizon 2020 funding for fast and easily deployable medical devices, environmental surveillance systems tracking COVID-19 spread, telehealth and data analysis tools.

Amount
€2M to €10M
Agency or Funder
European Commission
Eligibility (if available)

At least 3 legal entities from 3 different Horizon 2020 countries

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Distance Learning and Telemedicine program for rural communities

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The Distance Learning and Telemedicine program will assist rural communities in the use of modern telecommunications and the Internet for education and health care

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

Legal entity, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, a state or local unit of government, a consortium

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline