RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES & UPDATES TO FUNDING:
FEDERAL FUNDING & UPDATES |
Grant Name: | NEA Foundation Welcomes Applications for Educator-Led Initiatives Focused on Emerging Student Needs |
Summary: | Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded in support of educator-led initiatives that increase educational equity and opportunity and address student needs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.... |
Due Dates: | 7/15/ 2020 |
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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 |
FEDERAL UPDATES:
COVID-19 Update: ED Opens CARES Act-Funded Reimagine Workforce Preparation Competition The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Education Stabilization Fund – Reimagine Workforce Preparation (ESF-RWP) Discretionary Grant Program is now available. Funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, ESF-RWP is authorized to provide up to $127.5 million for economic and workforce development initiatives to help alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
COVID-19 Update: NEH Awards $40 Million in CARES Act Funds-The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced the award of $40.3 million spread across 317 new grants, a portion of the $75 million the agency received from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
FOUNDATIONS / CORPORATE FUNDING & UPDATES |
Grant Name: | Data.org Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge Welcomes Applications |
Summary: | The challenge will award grant packages totaling up to $10 million in support of breakthrough ideas that harness the power of data science to help people and communities thrive economically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.... |
Due Dates: | July 17, 2020 |
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 |
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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
Appalachian State University funded eight multidisciplinary regionally-responsive research projects on COVID-19 in an effort to generate information and knowledge helpful to our community. All funds for this program have now been exhausted. Please be on the lookout for a story about these research projects from University Communication in the near future. Thank you for all the interest in the program!
Free AI-based COVID-19 research tool now available: Streamlyne, is the maker of Streamlyne Research eRA cloud-based software, created a completely free artificial intelligence (AI) tool for researchers. Streamlyne’s intelligent natural language processing tool enables researchers to locate articles on SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses quickly and efficiently within the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19) created by the Allen Institute for AI, in partnership with several tech companies and the OSTP. The dataset is linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) database of publications on coronavirus disease and other resources. The website also provides a sample list of some of the most promising COVID-19 research efforts at universities and independent research institutions.