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.

Biomedical research to mitigate the impact of the virus: CLOSED CALL

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Projects should be patient-oriented with a direct impact, and quick to initiate.

Amount
DKK 30M
Agency or Funder
Lundbeck Foundation
Eligibility (if available)

Applicants must be affiliated with Danish universities or hospitals, local authorities, patient associations, think-tanks or similar organisations

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Flash call COVID-19

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Targeted on four priorities identified by the WHO : 1) epidemiological and translational studies; 2) the pathophysiology of the disease (not including vaccines); 3) infection prevention and control measures in the healthcare setting (including the

Amount
€3M
Agency or Funder
French Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Eligibility (if available)

Scientists from research institutes/organizations or company with French headquarters

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Special Call on Coronaviruses

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Any aspect of coronavirus research. Applicants may request up to 300,000 francs for projects lasting up to 24 months. Bigger grants are conceivable, provided the applicant has good reasons for requesting a higher amount.

Amount
CHF 5M
Agency or Funder
Swiss Nation Science Foundation
Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

COVID-19 diagnostic kit development in Uruguay

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Funding for private and public institutions that can develop a COVID-19 diagnostics kit for Uruguay by May 2020.

Amount
Up to UYU 6M up to 80% of the costs
Agency or Funder
Uruguay's National Agency for Research and Innovation and the Inter-American Development Bank
Eligibility (if available)

Private companies and research institutions

Date application deadline

Projects in the Development, Piloting and Demonstration stages to cope with the Coronavirus

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Israeli technology companies are urged to submit R&D plans, including projects in the development, piloting and demonstration stages, to deal with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic

Amount
20% – 50% of approved R&D expenses
Agency or Funder
Israel Innovation Authority
Eligibility (if available)

Israeli technology companies

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Support for vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics that are scalable and have commercial potential – explicitly not a research fellowship: CLOSED

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A call for proposals to accelerate development of diagnostics, vaccines, novel therapeutics and re-purposing of drugs

Amount
Budget depends on the proposed activities
Agency or Funder
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
Eligibility (if available)

SMEs, Limited liability Partnership (LLP), Public or Private Research Institute, University and Non-academic Individuals.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

IRHPA COVID 2020 Call

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A special call specifically designed for COVID-19 and related respiratory viral infections to ramp up national R&D efforts for new antivirals, vaccines, and affordable diagnostics.

Amount
Not specified
Agency or Funder
Science & Engineering Research Board, India
Eligibility (if available)

One of the participating institutions should have access to Biosafety Level 3 and above facilities, along with expertise of handling respiratory viruses as per WHO/Govt. of India protocols.

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Emergency Call for Collaborative and Knowledge-building Proposals

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Applications should be focused on collaboration and knowledge-building around COVID-19 in relation to democracy, administration and renewal, and global development.

Amount
NOK 30M
Agency or Funder
The Research Council of Norway
Eligibility (if available)

Approved Norwegian research organisations

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

IMI2 - Call 21

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Development of antivirals as well as other types of therapeutics to address a rapid response to the current COVID-19 outbreak; therapeutics to address the current and/or future coronavirus outbreaks; diagnostics, ensuring rapid evaluation of candi

Amount
€45M
Agency or Funder
IMI
Eligibility (if available)

See funding call for eligibility rules

Date application deadline

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

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Competitive revisions and additional resourcing for a currently funded grant to meet increased costs that are within the scope of the approved project, but that were unforeseen when the new or competing renewal application was awarded.

Amount
$100K (U.S. dollars) direct costs/yr
Agency or Funder
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) - NIDA
Eligibility (if available)

Grantees currently supported by the NIDA.

Date application deadline

Funding from the 'Techforce 19' programme to support those in need during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Government funding for innovators who can support the elderly, vulnerable and self-isolating in the community (not in clinical settings) during COVID-19 to apply for government funding of up to £25,000 to test their solution.

Amount
up to £25,000 per company
Agency or Funder
NHSX (Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement) and managed by PUBLIC
Eligibility (if available)

Technology companies, Innovators

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Call for African startups and SMEs to tackle the COVID-19 in Africa

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Projects should aim at improving and accelerating African governments’ response to the challenges of the pandemic.

Amount
Not specified
Agency or Funder
Smart Africa Secretariat
Eligibility (if available)

African startups and innovative SMEs or other African entities

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Join a research collaboration using data science to support acute care management and clinical decision making

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Teams winning support will rapidly trial data science and machine learning methods onnew national DECOVID data resource of COVID 19 data.

Amount
Not specified
Agency or Funder
The Alan Turing Institute
Eligibility (if available)

UK-based data science teams with strong experience in
working with health and clinical data applications

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

The British Medical Association Foundation for Medical Research is looking to fund COVID-19 research

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A £65,000 grant to promote COVID-19 research; the application does not restrict the area of research.

Amount
£65,000
Agency or Funder
British Medical Association Foundation for Medical Research
Eligibility (if available)

UK-registered medical practitioners or research scientists in the UK

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

With the support of the World Bank, funding for applied research and commercialisation

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Funding for universities, technologists and researchers with innovative proposals, including seed funding, to provide solutions applicapel to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amount
Rs. 15M max.
Agency or Funder
Higher Education Commission & World Bank
Eligibility (if available)

Universities, technologists, researchers

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

Funding opportunities on projects on AI and COVID-19: CLOSED

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A targeted call for AI and COVID-19 interdisciplinary research collaborations to spark innovative, high-risk/high-reward ideas and projects

Amount
C$15,000
Agency or Funder
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
Eligibility (if available)

CIFAR Program Member or CIFAR AI Chair

Foreign participation? (where known)
Yes
Date application deadline

Special support for rapid implementation projects

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A call for R&D projects that can quickly contribute to improving the response of health systems to the impact of COVID-19, contributing to better patient management and the implementation of public health measures.

Amount
€ 1.5M
Agency or Funder
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Eligibility (if available)

Portugal-based entities only

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline

A call to focus on lessons from the impacts of COVID-19 on marginalised populations

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The AHW is interested in understanding and mitigating the health equity and
social justice dimensions of the pandemic.

Amount
up to $25,000 per award
Agency or Funder
Alliance for a Healthier World (AHW)
Eligibility (if available)

Full-time faculty or staff from Johns Hopkins University

Foreign participation? (where known)
No
Date application deadline