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This call aims to strengthen the evidence base to better prevent and control coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemics and to increase research and response capacity.
Amount
Up to £2M
Agency or Funder
Wellcome Trust & UK Department for International Development (DFID)
Eligibility (if available)
PhD plus significant postdoctoral experience in an academic research organisation, a not-for-profit or government body, a private sector organisation
UK researchers are invited to study cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 infection, their prevention, short and long-term impact, and why patients with heart and circulatory diseases are at greater risk of adverse outcomes.
Grants for developing mathematical models, biomedical/nano sensors, algorithms, security techniques and other technologies in preparation for future pandemics. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Cardiovascular-focused applications that will contribute to understanding the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, clinical manifestations, clinical management (including critical care management) and social beha
€7M are available for collaborative research projects lasting 12 months that can rapidly acquire knowledge about potential clinical and public health measures to be used immediately to improve patient health.
Amount
Up to €1M per project, €7M total
Agency or Funder
Ministero della Salute
Eligibility (if available)
Leading institutional applicant must be a designated Italian clinically oriented biomedical institute (IRCCS); collaborations must include a minimum of five and a maximum of seven partners
One postdoctoral position is available at the Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Microbial Pathogenesis, São Paulo, Brazil, for research into the role of inflammatory cytokines in COVID-19.
Amount
Up to 7.373 BRL
Agency or Funder
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Eligibility (if available)
PhD holders, preferably specialised in celular and molecular biology, biochemistry and epidemiology
Projects must advance the understanding of COVID-19 and the development of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. Multidisciplinary collaborations and use of international research networks are encouraged.
Amount
CHF 20M
Agency or Funder
Swiss National Science Foundation
Eligibility (if available)
Independent researchers holding a PhD or equivalent
Proposals may address the biology of respiratory viruses, epidemiological approaches to them, development of novel therapeutics and vaccines, deciding host factors and individual, regional, or social factors affecting community spread of COVID-19.
Amount
$100.000 (U.S. dollars) per year, for up to two years
Agency or Funder
American Lung Association
Eligibility (if available)
Applicants must hold a PhD and work in a non-profit academic institution
Projects lasting up to 9 months should collect data on the clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 in vulnerable populations, investigate long-term consequences of COVID-19 in patients, or test the safety and effectiveness of remdesivir in treatin
The research should determine how susceptible cystic fibrosis (CF) cells are to COVID-19, identify and evaluate responses to the virus in people with CF, and understand how commonly prescribed medications used in CF may alter responses to the viru
Competitive revisions to active grants in projects focusing on viral natural history, pathogenicity, transmission, as well as projects developing medical countermeasures and suitable animal models for pre-clinical testing of vaccines and therapeut
Amount
Not limited
Agency or Funder
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) - NIAID & NIGMS
Eligibility (if available)
Existing grantholders wishing to expand the scope of their research.
Competitive revisions to active grants in projects focusing on viral natural history, pathogenicity, transmission, as well as projects developing medical countermeasures and suitable animal models for pre-clinical testing of vaccines and therapeut
Agency or Funder
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
NIAID announces that a number of existing calls will particularly welcome research objectives related to pathogenicity, transmission, medical countermeasures, pre-clinical testing of vaccines and therapeutics.
Agency or Funder
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)