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.

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

Maximising the uptake of medical supplies and interventions in sub-Saharan Africa

Date added: 25 Jun 2020

European support for strategic action to enhance the uptake of medical research findings, products and interventions in sub-Saharan Africa.

Amount
€23.4 M
Agency or Funder
European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
Eligibility (if available)

A team must include at least three independent legal entities, two from European partner states and one from sub-Saharan African country

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Second BSAC Funding call

Date added: 03 Jul 2020

A call for studies involving researchers from LMICs, or the impact of the virus on LMICs, which address the impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial resistance.

Amount
$1M
Agency or Funder
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Eligibility (if available)

Worldwide open call. Researchers from LMICs are encouraged. See terms and conditions for grants.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Applied health research focused on low and middle-income countries

Date added: 20 May 2020

Call for epidemiology, clinical management, infection control and health system response studies looking to mitigate the pandemic’s health impacts in low- and middle-income countries.

Amount
Up to £1 M
Agency or Funder
UK Research and Innovation and the National Institute for Health Research
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers from LMICs and the UK

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Travel and subsistence funding to support Low- and Middle-Income Country engagement during the COVID-19 outbreak

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Travel and subsistence funding to appropriately qualified public health professionals, clinicians and academics who wish to offer science and technical advice to support the immediate response to COVID-19 in low and middle-income countries.

Agency or Funder
NIHR
Date application deadline

Short-term projects addressing the COVID-19 outbreak in low- and middle-income countries

Date added: 15 May 2020

UK and LMIC-based research organisations are invited to address LMIC COVID-19 response and recovery or gather critical data and resources for future research use.

Amount
80% of the full economic cost for UK applicants, 100% for LMIC applicants
Agency or Funder
UKRI
Eligibility (if available)

Any UK researchers eligible for UKRI funding and LMIC-based organisations

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline