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.

Digitisation in a time of crisis

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Proposals are sought on the benefits or costs of digitisation in a time of crisis. A proposal could be in partnership with a government, private sector or NGO with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

Amount
$250,000 per project (U.S dollars)
Agency or Funder
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Eligibility (if available)

J-PAL affiliates, J-PAL postdocs, and DigiFI Africa invited researchers. African scholars based at an African academic institution in sub-Saharan Africa and based outside Africa

Date application deadline

The impacts of COVID-19 on health services, access, outcomes and costs.

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Proposals should produce new knowledge on the healthcare response to the pandemic, identify challenges and generate data to address the many facets of the evolving pandemic.

Amount
$25.000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, the Center for Health and Technology, and the Behavioral Health Center of Excellence
Eligibility (if available)

All full-time members of the UC Davis faculty

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

More effective procurement for the COVID-19 emergency

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Projects will collect and analyze data related to emergency procurement with the objective of improving efficiency, and effectiveness during the pandemic

Amount
$3.000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
Open Contracting Partership and Hivos
Eligibility (if available)

Organizations or individuals from any country

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Mitigating risk in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

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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

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

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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

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

Interdisciplinary call for urgent research projects

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Projects must be aligned with WHO Bluebook (March 2020 version), with a particular interest in development and use of text and data mining techniques.

Amount
€50,000 per project
Agency or Funder
Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
Eligibility (if available)

Public research institutions , non-profit associations, societal impact companies (SIS), and foundations engaged in research in Luxembourg

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Sharing European COVID-19 patients' data

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The EHDEN project is looking for Data Partners able to share their data on COVID-19 patients in order to accelerate data analysis and support evidence-based decision-making.

Amount
€1M
Agency or Funder
European Health Data & Evidence Network
Eligibility (if available)

Organisations based in an EU member state or Horizon 2020-associated country

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on people living with HIV

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Priority areas include epidemiology, health care system management, and biomarkers indicative of disease susceptibility, severity and progression.

Amount
£1.5M
Agency or Funder
ViiV Healthcare
Eligibility (if available)

Applicants must be affiliated with a clinical institution

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Data Science and AI to strengthen public administration responses

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A call for data processing projects principally in the medical sector to respond to COVID-19 and to contribute to new responses to future pandemics.

Amount
€240,000 per applicant
Agency or Funder
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Eligibility (if available)

Non-business entities in the R&I system (higher education institutions, State or international laboratories based in Portugal, private non-profit institutions, other public and private, non-profit institutions)

Date application deadline

Early-stage research to develop technologies for COVID-19 and potential future pandemic response

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Funding for early-stage development of tools for virus detection and sensing; supply chain management; geo-spatio-temporal monitoring and mapping; information reliability and collaboration; and modeling, simulation, and predictive analytics.

Amount
Variable
Agency or Funder
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Eligibility (if available)

The prime contractor must be in the US. Foreign entities and individuals may participate as part of a US-based team.

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

International call for tech-based solutions

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MIT Solve is looking for tech innovations to improve individual hygiene, develop low-cost rapid diagnostics and data tools to inform decision-makers and support health workers.

Amount
$1.5M (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
MIT Solve
Eligibility (if available)

Open to individuals, research teams and organisations

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

MIT wants to back tech innovations to help track the spread of an emerging outbreak

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The research will focus in particular how to improve individual hygiene, develop low-cost rapid diagnostics, analyse data, and provide tools to support and protect health workers.

Amount
$10,000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
Massachusets Institute of Technology (MIT) Solve
Eligibility (if available)

Individual, organisations from around the world

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Preparing for future high-impact pandemics

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Research or innovation projects should enhance public preparedness for upcoming pandemics with medical, surveillance, sanitation, supply chain, education, and other technologies.

Agency or Funder
Eureka
Eligibility (if available)

At least two organisations from at least two of the following countries: Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey. Organisations from other Eureka countries can also participate

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

The 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge for technology solutions to the pandemic

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Open call for developers, visionaries, and problem solvers to build open source technology solutions that address three main areas: crisis communication during an emergency, ways to improve remote learning, and how to inspire cooperative local com

Amount
$200,000 (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
IBM
Eligibility (if available)

Developers, designers, and entrepreneurs over the age of 18 or the age of majority in their jurisdiction. Not eligible: Employees of IBM, David Clark Cause, and governmental agencies

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline