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.

Innovative approaches to reporting on the novel coronavirus crisis

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Proposals will involve a strategic and concerted effort by multiple journalists and/or newsrooms to pursue a reporting project together, leveraging resources, expertise, and publication platforms.

Amount
$5,000 - $10,000 (U.S dollars)
Agency or Funder
Pulitzer Center
Eligibility (if available)

Newsrooms and independent journalists

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes

Short-term solutions for the COVID-19 emergency in Paraguay

Date added: 11 May 2020

Funding for public and private research into COVID-19 in the areas of epidemiological studies, diagnostics, therapeutics, behavioural science, mental health, and the development of medical and ICT devices.

Amount
PYG 300M to PYG 1B, up to 90% of project costs
Agency or Funder
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Paraguay
Eligibility (if available)

Universities, NGOs, private and public sector organisations

Date application deadline

Rapid development, deployment and testing of the National Emergency Telecritical Care Network

Date added: 05 May 2020

Projects should use integrated technologies and clinical workflows to contribute to traditional and non-traditional and temporary healthcare facilities.

Amount
$7M (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
Eligibility (if available)

Applicants offered support will need to be or become members of the MTEC consortium.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

CDC launches Coronavirus Response Fellowships

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Research opportunity on COVID-19 response with emphasis on cross-coordination of federal disaster recovery efforts and public health-specific needs.

Agency or Funder
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Eligibility (if available)

Degree candidates or holders in one of the relevant fields from the U.S. territories and Freely Associated States.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

COVID-19 ignition grants for entrepreneurial initiatives from US and India

Date added: 06 May 2020

Funding for binational teams for proof of concept ideas and workable prototypes of new technologies, tools, or systems addressing challenges posed by COVID-19.

Amount
Up to $66.000 (USD) for proof of concept ideas, or up to $130.000 for prototype development
Agency or Funder
The United States-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund
Eligibility (if available)

Government, academic, NGO or commercial entrepreneurial initiatives from US and India

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
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

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

Rapid response call for UK-led research into COVID-19

Date added: 29 Apr 2020

UKRI calls for projects with potential to deliver a significant contribution to the understanding, prevention or management of the COVID-19 outbreak within 12 months.

Amount
UK - 80% of full economic costs. Overseas - 100% direct costs only
Agency or Funder
UK Research and Innovation and the Department of Health and Social Care
Eligibility (if available)

Principal investigator must be hosted by an institution eligible for UKRI funding.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline