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EIT Health is matching hospitals and clinics with advice, computer resources, data tools and equipment. But much of its research is on ice, as all available hands go to fighting the pandemic

The EU is investing €500M of Horizon 2020 funding in collaborative projects with scientists in China. EU researchers say this is creating opportunities - but Chinese restrictions on data sharing can be a problem

Overworked scientists from a broad range of disciplines are helping make this ‘the most quantified outbreak of all time’

The biggest problem in finding a cure or vaccine isn’t money. It’s lack of coordination. We need a better way of identifying the global research gaps for this 21st century Manhattan Project of health

Hard-pressed governments lack time and capacity to agree on long-term funding for 2021 - 2027

EU releases new Horizon 2020 funding plans, announces €450M in ERC basic science grants

An open-science advocate sees lessons for how science and policy should interact, if we want to recover from and prevent future health disasters

Other G20 leaders should step forward to make up shortfall in epidemic response fund, the UK says

Universities, research institutes, clinical trials and big science machines are shut down, as scientists are redeployed into critical research areas and medically-trained academic staff freed up to care for patients