COVID-19 Funding Opportunities for Researchers

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the world, and has led to numerous new funding opportunities for researchers. The Research Foundation for SUNY has compiled many of these funding opportunities, research resources, regulations and other information related to the novel coronavirus on a COVID-19 "Research Matters" page. In addition, NIH offers information for applicants and recipients of funding, and more COVID-19 grants can be found at Grants.gov. Thank you to UB’s Genome, Environment and Microbiome (GEM) Community of Excellence and our University at Rochester colleagues for compiling helpful resources and opportunities, many of which we have included in our summary.

Here are current COVID-19 funding opportunities and due dates, sorted by sponsor. Watch this list for new additions as further funding opportunities develop.

23andMe
Research Innovation Collaborations Program
Due June 12, 2020

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
New Funding Opportunity Announcement to Support Novel, High-Impact Studies Evaluating Health System and Healthcare Professional Responsiveness to COVID-19
Due June 15, 2020

Amazon Web Services
 AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative (DDI)
Due June 30, 2020

American Thoracic Society
 ATS/GSK Research Grant in COVID-19
Due June 23, 2020

Argonne National Laboratory
 Expedited, Rapid Access Call for COVID-19 Research
Due July 2, 2020

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Wellcome/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Mastercard Initiative to Speed the Development of and Access to Therapies for COVID-19
Applications accepted on rolling basis

Booz Allen Foundation
Booz Allen Foundation Innovation Grant
Due June 5, 2020

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
 Achieving an Unprecedented Acceleration of Vaccine Development and Global Manufacturing Capacity to Prevent COVID-19
Due June 30, 2020

The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Health Foundation for Western & Central New York, the John R. Oishei Foundation, and the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County (coordinators)
 Western New York COVID-19 Community Response Fund
Applications accepted on a rolling basis

Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF)
COVID-19 Research Grant
Due June 5, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Removal Emergency Response Program
Due June 10, 2020

Ferring Pharmaceuticals
 Ferring COVID-19 Investigational Grants 
Due October 31, 2020

IBM
2020 COVID-19 Call for Code Global Challenge
Due July 31, 2020                               

Merck KGaA
Research Grant for Pandemic Preparedness
Applications accepted on rolling basis

MIT Solve
Solve 2020 Global Challenge: Health Security & Pandemics
Due June 18, 2020

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Statewide Grants Program: Coronavirus Emergency Support Grants
Due June 3, 2020

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements & Urgent Competitive Revisions to NCCIH Grants for Natural Product Research on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) & Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Due August 17, 2020

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
 Emergency Awards: Rapid Investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Applications accepted on a rolling basis

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
NIH POCTRN Fast-Track Program for COVID-19 Test Development and Distribution
Applications accepted on rolling basis

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 
 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Urgent Competitive Revisions and Administrative Supplements For Research on Biological Effects of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus on the Nervous System
Applications accepted on rolling basis until April 14, 2021

National Institutes of Health
 Emergency Awards: Rapid Investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Applications accepted on rolling basis

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH ECHO Cooperative Agreements (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – related Research
Due June 22, 2020

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Repurposing Existing Therapeutics to Address the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Due June 5, 2020

National Science Foundation
Request for SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposals Addressing COVID-19
Submission windows vary

Provisioning Advanced Cyberinfrastructure to Further Research on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
See submission details at link

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
PCORI Funding Opportunity for COVID-19-Related Enhancements to Existing PCORI-Funded Research Projects
Applications accepted on rolling basis

U.S. Air Force — Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
CSO_COVID_19 Response
Due September 30, 2020

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)/Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Rapid Access Proposals for COVID-19 Research
Applications accepted on rolling basis