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.

Urgent request for expressions of interest for extraordinary financing of research projects on sars-voc-2 and covid19 disease

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Proposals must be appropriate to the emergency situation and, therefore, allow immediate implementation and start-up in the National Health System, with concrete, early results applicable to the current situation.

Amount
€24M
Agency or Funder
Carlos III Health Institute

Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in Bolivia

Date added: 11 May 2020

An invitation to contribute to the understanding of the COVID-19 epidemic in Bolivia and its impact on mental health, food security, the economy, and education.

Amount
Decided on a case by case basis
Agency or Funder
Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers at the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno

Foreign participation? (where known)
No

COVID-19 public health emergency - response, governance and impact

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Foresighted, basic, retrospective and evidence-based joint research surrounding four aspects in the epidemic prevention and control in terms of responses and management, governance mechanism, economic impact and countermeasures, and social governa

Amount
¥ 500,000 - ¥ 800,000 per project
Agency or Funder
National Science Foundation of China
Eligibility (if available)

2020 NSDC application guidelines

Date application deadline

A call to focus on lessons from the impacts of COVID-19 on marginalised populations

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

The AHW is interested in understanding and mitigating the health equity and
social justice dimensions of the pandemic.

Amount
up to $25,000 per award
Agency or Funder
Alliance for a Healthier World (AHW)
Eligibility (if available)

Full-time faculty or staff from Johns Hopkins University

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

CITRIS Seed funding for transformative technology and policy solutions

Date added: 05 May 2020

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

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

Grants available for researchers in Belgium

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Funding to support reasearchers from FNRS and universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Priorities lie on epidemiological and translational studies, immunology and prevention of the virus.

Amount
€60,000
Agency or Funder
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers from FNRS or the six universities part of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (ULB, UCLouvain, ULiege, UMons, UNamur, USL)

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
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

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

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

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

COVID-19 humanities and social sciences research in Canada

Date added: 13 May 2020

Projects should aim to understand the impact of the pandemic, design and implement recovery measures, or build long-term disaster preparedness plans.

Amount
$7,000 - $25,000 (CAD)
Agency or Funder
The Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers or teams of researchers affiliated with a Canadian university. Foreign universities can be co-applicants

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Czech support for applied social sciences and humanities

Date added: 08 May 2020

Support for research aimed at mitigating negative societal impacts and seizing new opportunities in response to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, especially in social, educational, economic and cultural fields, and the media.

Amount
Up to CZK4M with total funding of CZK100M
Agency or Funder
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Eligibility (if available)

Companies, research organisations and non-profit organisations.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline