UKRI open call for research and innovation ideas to address COVID-19

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

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will support excellent proposals up to 12-18 months duration 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

If a grant is awarded, funding will be at 80% of the full economic cost (fEC).

Closing date: None - apply at any time.

Full details here.

Last modified: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:35:19 BST