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 funding for research on therapeutic strategies and diagnostic methods for COVID-19

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Polish investigators already working on COVID-19 are offered rapid, flexible and additional funding to allow them to intensify their research.

Amount
PLN 10M
Agency or Funder
National Science Center
Eligibility (if available)

Must hold a PhD

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Rapid research on the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Projects should focus on detection, treatment, support crisis management capabilities, enhanced resilience and recovery of India's workers, and small businesses during the pandemic.

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

NGOs, research organisations, social entrepreneurs, and for-profit businesses, and partner organisations

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Call for proposals from businesses to make UK more resilient to COVID-19 pandemic

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Support for UK businesses to focus on emerging or increasing social and industrial needs during and following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Amount
£20M
Agency or Funder
Innovate UK
Eligibility (if available)

UK registered businesses (sole traders are not eligible to apply)

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Enlisting space-based technologies in the fight against COVID-19

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Companies are invited to propose projects using at least one space-based technology to improve the management of COVID-19 in diagnostics, therapeutics, mental health and education (e-learning)

Amount
50% of the acceptable cost (up to €1M per project)
Agency or Funder
European Space Agency (ESA)
Eligibility (if available)

Candidates from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Personal protection: innovative products and technological solutions

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Solutions will aim to protect service providers and caregivers from COVID-19 and to minimize the risk of transmission with personal protective and medical equipment.

Amount
Not specified yet
Agency or Funder
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Serbia
Eligibility (if available)

Public companies, commercial organisations/businesses, research institutions registered in Serbia

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

An opportunity for local women’s organisations to respond to COVID-19 in crisis settings

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Funding for projects that focus on working on women, peace and security and humanitarian issues; and on providing gender-responsive responses to the COVID19 crisis.

Amount
$200,000 (U.S dollars)
Agency or Funder
Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF)
Eligibility (if available)

Civil-society organizations in all 25 WPHF eligible countries

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Startups vs COVID-19

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Developing technological solutions, products or services to tackle the economic, societal and health impact of the pandemic.

Amount
€150,000 per project
Agency or Funder
Ministry of the Economy
Eligibility (if available)

All types of young companies with less than 5 years of existence, established in Luxembourg

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Mitigating risk in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

The AXA Research Fund is earmarking a total of €5M of its project funding budget to develop responses to infectious diseases and COVID-19, including post-crisis solution building.

Amount
€250 000 per project
Agency or Funder
AXA Research Fund
Eligibility (if available)

PhD holders from AXA Research Fund academic institutions.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

COVID-19's impact on women and domestic violence

Date added: 06 May 2020

Support for early-stage research projects exploring women, victimisation, and domestic violence in the COVID-19 crisis. Research projects that focus on developing and developed nations are welcome.

Amount
$20.000 (USD)
Agency or Funder
The National Bureau of Economic Research
Eligibility (if available)

Applicants must be current affiliates of an academic institution

Date application deadline

Canadian researchers called to contribute to the national and global COVID-19 response

Date added: 05 May 2020

The funding for rapid research in a variety of fields responding to the current phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and around the globe, which is focused on slowing and stopping the spread of the virus.

Amount
C$107.9M
Agency or Funder
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Eligibility (if available)

The principal applicant must be an independent researcher appointed at a CIHR eligible institution. Some projects require collaboration with an institution in a low- to middle-income country.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Research into the impact of COVID-19 on social and living conditions in U.S.

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

The research will analyse social, political, economic, or psychological effects of COVID-19 on social and living conditions in the U.S.

Amount
$175.000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
Russell Sage Foundation
Eligibility (if available)

All nationalities are eligible to apply and applicants do not have to reside in the U.S.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Insights from humanities and social sciences into the impact of COVID-19

Date added: 05 May 2020

Primary or secondary research projects should draw on humanities and social sciences to contribute to the understanding of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

Amount
£10,000
Agency or Funder
The British Academy
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers of postdoctoral or equivalent level in humanities and social sciences

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Binational projects based in the University of Mexico or the University of California

Date added: 27 Apr 2020

A call for binational collaborative innovation, product development, and applied research that aims to mitigate the health, social, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding available in two stages: $10,000 and $25,000.

Amount
$35.000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
National Autonomous University of Mexico, University of California, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Eligibility (if available)

Any active member of UC or UNAM (faculty, students, staff, visiting scholars, fellows, etc). Non-faculty researchers must identify a faculty mentor from their institution.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Social science studies on the impact of the outbreak

Date added: 18 May 2020

Projects must be carried out by PhD holders on topics such as social, economic, cultural, psychological, and political impact of Covid-19 in the United States and globally.

Amount
$5,000 USD per project
Agency or Funder
Henry Luce Foundation and the Social Science Research Council
Eligibility (if available)

PhD holders in any social science disciplines or related interdisciplinary fields

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Understanding the behavioural, social and economic impact of the outbreak response

Date added: 20 May 2020

Projects should address the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and the response to it on human behaviour, social dynamics, and mental health and health inequalities.

Amount
€4M 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

Basic research and COVID-19

Date added: 15 May 2020

Projects must cover relate to medical and biological problems or economic and educational aspects of the pandemic.

Amount
BGN1.8M
Agency or Funder
Bulgarian National Science Fund
Eligibility (if available)

Scientific organisations and higher education institutions

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Support for projects seeking to mitigate the health consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Denmark

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Support for projects seeking to mitigate the health consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Denmark

Amount
DKK 50M
Agency or Funder
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Eligibility (if available)

Public institutions / authorities or private non-profit organizations (eg NGOs) in Denmark participating in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Crisis prepardness and response in education across the world

Date added: 24 Jun 2020

Projects should address the shortcomings of education highlighted during the pandemic and propose preventative solutions and immediate responses to education needs during large-scale disruptions.

Amount
$100,000 to $1M USD
Agency or Funder
The Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies and Dubai Cares
Eligibility (if available)

Academic and research institutions, private companies, non-profits, government and UN agencies

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

How has COVID-19 affected healthy ageing?

Date added: 19 Jun 2020

Research should enhance the understanding of the needs and aspirations of older people, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social, behavioural and design aspects of healthy ageing.

Amount
Up to £2M
Agency or Funder
UK Research and Innovation
Eligibility (if available)

Principal investigator must be based in a UK research organisation. Foreign researchers are welcome as co-investigators

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline