Funding available for COVID-19 outbreak 1656 views

Proposals are invited for short-term projects addressing the health, economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Proposals are invited for short-term projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak.

• Project length: Up to 18 months
• Closing date: none – apply at any time
• Funding: 80% of the full economic cost (fEC) for Research Council funding.
• Award range: There is no specific budget for this call. We are interested in funding research of any scale that can demonstrate it will deliver impact in the project length.

UKRI will support excellent proposals which meet at least one of the following:

• new research or innovation with a clear impact pathway that has the potential (within the period of the grant) to deliver a significant contribution to the understanding of, and response to, the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts.
• supports the manufacture and/or wide scale adoption of an intervention with significant potential
• gathers critical data and resources quickly for future research use
• Proposals will be accepted from anyone who is normally eligible to apply for UKRI funding.
• This includes any company or SME that would normally be eligible for Innovate UK grant support.
• You will need to show that you can start work within 4 weeks of the funding being confirmed.
• Researchers holding existing UKRI standard grants can apply to switch their funding to address the objectives of this call.
• An individual or business can be PI/Lead on only one bid at any one time. You may support others as co-investigator, as long as you have the capacity/bandwidth to do so without detriment to the project you lead.

Proposals should:

1. describe the approach you will take and put it in the context of the national response to COVID-19. International collaboration is permitted, so long as the research is of relevance to the UK
2. explain the level of urgency, and why the activity is important now
3. demonstrate that the proposal has the necessary critical mass to make a difference. Where relevant, demonstrate the strength of links to relevant decision makers.
4. demonstrate a clear route to impact within the timescale of the project.
5. confirm whether the research requires any access to the health and care system and if so describe how you will comply with the newly established NIHR single, national process for prioritisation of COVID-19 research studies (see Additional information).

How to apply

1. Fill in the application form (Word, 66KB)
2. The regulatory requirements annex that forms part of the application form.
3. A CV for the Principal Investigator and any Co-Investigators.
4. Email your single PDF to CV19researchinnovation@ukri.org
5. You may be asked for more information before a grant is confirmed. CV19researchinnovation@ukri.org
6. Any research that requires access to the UK health and care system must follow guidance issued by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to get their study nationally supported as high priority COVID-19 Urgent Public Health Research. See the NIHR guidance.