COVID-19 Bulletin #10 | June 10, 2020

RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES & UPDATES TO FUNDING:


FEDERAL FUNDING & UPDATES

Grant Name:

Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program: Exploratory Collaborative Innovation Awards (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Summary: 

Supports collaborative research activities that develop innovative solutions that will improve the efficiency, quality and impact of turning laboratory, clinic and community observations into interventions that improve public health.

Due Dates: 

7/11/20

 

Grant Name:

Bench Testing Therapeutic/Indication Pairing Strategies (UG3/UH3)

Summary: 

Funds projects that repurpose existing drugs or biologics that have begun or completed a Phase I clinical trial.

Due Dates: 

6/26/20

FEDERAL UPDATES:

  • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers for Non-CARES Act Competitive Grant Programs Administered by the Department’s Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) in Response to COVID-19.  This document responds to common questions received from grantees for competitive grant programs authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended, and administered by OPE during the COVID-19 national emergency.

 

FOUNDATIONS / CORPORATE FUNDING & UPDATES

Grant Name:

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation Invites Proposals for COVID-19 Vaccine Development

Summary: 

Grants will be awarded to support the rapid development of vaccines and ensure the availability of sufficient doses for wide-spread global deployment as quickly as possible....

Due Dates: 

Rolling (until June 30, 2020)


Grant Name:

Amazon Web Services Invites Applications for Diagnostic Development Initiative

Summary: 

The initiative will support AWS customers working to speed the collective understanding and detection of COVID-19 and/or innovate diagnostic solutions with the potential to mitigate future infectious disease outbreaks....

Due Dates: 

June 30, 2020


Grant Name:

Call for Multidisciplinary Research into Epidemics and Pandemics in Response to the Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2

Summary: 

Encourages international partnerships for projects addressing prevention, early detection, containment, and investigation of the causes, impacts, and management of pandemics.

Due Dates: 

7/1/20 (LOI)


Grant Name:

JHSON, Others Invite Applications for COVID Decision Modeling Grants

Summary: 

Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis to support the development of decision models that inform the urgent needs of decision-makers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic....

Due Dates: 

June 30, 2020


 RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS & RELATED ARTICLES

  • This chart shows  which NIH institutes are funding what for COVID-19 research. NIAID has gotten $1.5 billion in COVID-19 funding, making it the leading recipient of the money that Congress has given to NIH in three pandemic-related spending bills, much of it designated for research into treatments, vaccines, and diagnostics. The next two largest chunks went to the NIH director’s office ($1 billion) and NIH’s biomedical engineering institute ($500 million) to develop diagnostic tests.

  • How COVID-19 is changing research culture.

Published: Jun 10, 2020 9:53am

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