During the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the world and the United States in full force, several national funding opportunities have been issued. These are listed below.

  • Federal Agency Grant and Funding Opportunities related to the COVID-19 Outbreak
  • Additional funding opportunities are provided below.
COVID-19 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nations Health

 

 $3,000,000 3/20/2020 (anticipated)
Applied Research to Address The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emerging Public Health Emergency

 

 $10,000,000 (total funding available) 3/25/2020
Department of Energy (DOE) Invitation for COVID-19 scientific questions

 

 DOE Resources Rolling
National Institutes of Health (NIH)NIAID Partnerships for Countermeasures against Select Pathogens (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

 

 

 $4,050,000 6/29/2020
National Institutes of Health (NIH)NIAID,NIA Investigator Initiated Extended Clinical Trial (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

 

 

 

 Not limited 5/13/2020; 9/13/2020; and others
National Institutes of Health (NIH)NCI, NCCIH, NHGRI, NIAID, NICHD, NIDDK, NIEHS, NIGMS, NIMHD, NIBIB Emergency Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Awards (Emergency Supplement – Clinical Trial Optional)

 

 

 

 Not limited See Emergency Notice of Special Interest by IC
National Institutes of Health (NIH)NIAID,NIGMS Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

 

 

 Not limited 2/6/2021 (rolling basis)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)NIAID Administrative Supplement

 

 

 Not limited 2/6/2021 (rolling basis)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)NIDA Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

 

 

 $100K direct costs/yr 3/31/2021 (rolling basis)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)NHLBI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements and Revision Supplements on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

 

 

 Not limited 10/5/2020 (rolling basis)
National Science Foundation (NSF) RAPID: Dear Colleague Letter on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) $200,000 Check with program officers
Dear Colleague Letter: Provisioning Advanced Cyberinfrastructure to Further Research on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) $200,000 (RAPID) & supplemental funding requests Check with program officers
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Negotiated after white paper stage 10/31/2020
UAMS Time Sensitive Research Funding VCRI  Call for Time Sensitive Research – especially COVID-19 Up to $50,000 (4-5 awards expected) 4/6/2020 (rolling basis, reviews start 4/8)