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.

Combatting COVID-19 at national borders

Date added: 29 Apr 2020

Focusing on the vulnerabilities emerging in the COVID-19 pandemic, applicants should propose ways to prevent, contain, and mitigate threats posed by biological and chemical actors at national borders and points of entry.

Amount
Up to $5M (U.S. dollars) per project, total $15M (U.S. dollars)
Agency or Funder
Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation
Eligibility (if available)

NGOs and academic institutions

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

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

Date added: 03 Jun 2020

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

Date added: 20 May 2020

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

Basic research and COVID-19

Date added: 15 May 2020

Projects must cover relate to medical and biological problems or economic and educational aspects of the pandemic.

Amount
BGN1.8M
Agency or Funder
Bulgarian National Science Fund
Eligibility (if available)

Scientific organisations and higher education institutions

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Diagnostics, treatment and prevention for African countries

Date added: 03 Jun 2020

Projects should focus on virology, epidemiology, health governance, transmission, information, mental health and vulnerable groups.

Amount
$4.75M USD
Agency or Funder
National Research Foundation South Africa
Eligibility (if available)

Researchers and science engagement practitioners from the following countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and, in the context of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), Nigeria and South Africa.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
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

Preventing future pandemics in Sweden

Date added: 15 Jun 2020

Call for Swedish-led feasibility studies that help prepare the country for the next pandemic.

Amount
Up to 1M SEK
Agency or Funder
Vinnova
Eligibility (if available)

Principal investigator must belong to a Swedish organisation. Foreign organisations eligible to receive funding in Sweden are welcome as partners

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Innovative ideas for curbing COVID-19 spread in Sweden

Date added: 15 Jun 2020

Innovative projects that help curb the spread and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in Sweden will receive up to 5M SEK in funding.

Amount
Up to 5M SEK
Agency or Funder
Vinnova
Eligibility (if available)

Principal investigator must belong to a Swedish organisation. Foreign organisations eligible to receive funding in Sweden are welcome as partners.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Funding for research into mechanisms of immunoregulation

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

Grants to identify key immune regulatory genes, signaling pathways, or mechanisms to contribute to the knowledge of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases.

Amount
$275,000 (for two- year project)
Agency or Funder
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Eligibility (if available)

Higher Education Institutions, Nonprofits and For-Profit Organizations,State Governments ini the US.

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

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

Initiating Phase I/II clinical trials on patients at risk or already infected

Date added: 05 May 2020

Projects should leverage clinical trials expertise to rapidly intiate clinical trials for prevention and/or treatment for COVID-19

Amount
Not limited
Agency or Funder
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Eligibility (if available)

Must already possess an NHLBI Phase I-III clinical trial award

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Broad opportunities for research funding related to COVID-19

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

BARDA is looking to help the development of products to diagnose, prevent or treat novel coronavirus infections. (BARDA will only accept submissions related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus or the COVID-19 disease until further notice.)

Amount
Unlimited
Agency or Funder
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
Eligibility (if available)

Single entities or teams from private sector organizations, Government laboratories, and academic institutions.

Date application deadline

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Date added: 23 Apr 2020

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.

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline