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COVID-19 Research Funding Opportunities

External and internal funding opportunities related to COVID-19 research will be added to this site regularly. Please contact research@uconn.edu to request that additional opportunities be added. This table is sortable by the sponsor, opportunity, and deadline. Last updated on: February 21, 2021.

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NSF OAC Rapid Response Research for Existing Funding Opportunities All NSF funding opportunities are eligible for RAPID proposals. To see requirements for RAPID proposals submitted to NSF, please click here Varies by competition
New NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Effects of smoking and vaping on the risk and outcome of COVID-19 infection 2024-09-08
New The Founding Members The Trinity Challenge 2021-04-01
New NIH (NIMHD, NCI, NIDA, NLM, ODP, OBSSR, NIMH, NIAMS) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Simulation Modeling and Systems Science to Address Health Disparities 2023-05-08
New NIH (NIDCD) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): NIDCD is Interested in Supporting Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on Mission Specific Sensory and Communication Disorders 2022-09-08
NIH (NIEHS) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): NIEHS Support for Understanding the Impact of Environmental Exposures on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 2021-05-04
NIH (NIBIB) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Development of Biomedical Technologies for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 2021-03-21
NIH (NCATS) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements for Tissue Chips Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus 2022-01-26
NIH (NCATS) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program Applications to Address 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Heath Need 2021-07-10
NIH POCTRN Fast-Track Program for COVID-19 Test Development and Distribution Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until posted deadline Open Deadline
PCORI PCORI Funding Opportunity for COVID-19-Related Enhancements to Existing PCORI-Funded Research Projects Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until posted deadline. Open Deadline
NIH NIAAA Notice of Special Interest: Availability of Administrative Supplements and Competitive Revision Supplements on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) within the Mission of NIAAA Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until posted deadline. 2021-04-15
PCORI PCORI Funding Opportunity for COVID-19-Related Enhancements to Existing PCORI-Funded Engagement Awards Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until posted deadline. Open Deadline
NIH (OBSSR, NHLBI, NIA, NIAAA, NIDDK, NIEHS, NCCIH, NCI) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and the Behavioral and Social Sciences Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until posted deadline. 2021-03-31
NIH NIDA Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until posted deadline. 2021-03-31
NIH NCATS Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program Applications to Address 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health Need Several competitions exist, each with separate due dates. Please consult the opportunity announcement for further information. Next available due date is May 4, 2020 2021-05-04
NIH Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional Open Deadline
NIH Emergency Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Awards (Emergency Supplement – Clinical Trial Optional) 2023-03-10
NIH NIAID 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 will be accepted on a rolling basis until posted deadline. 2021-04-30
DOD Joint Acquisition Task Force (JATF) COVID-19 Open Deadline
DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory Rapid Access Proposal Open Deadline
23andMe COVID-19 Study Open Deadline
Google Cloud COVID-19 Research Credits Open Deadline
NIH NIBIB Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Development of Biomedical Technologies for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Deadlines vary based on activity code Open Deadline
New NIH (AHRQ, NIOSH) Special Exception to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open Deadline
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Mitigation of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics Principal Investigators for these research award proposals must be researchers from the C3.ai DTI consortium member institutions Open Deadline
  NIH (NIA, NIAID, NIDDK, NIDA, NIHM, NIEHS, NICHD, NIAAA, NIBIB, NHGRI, NIMHD, NCATS,
NIDCD, NCI)
Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement – Clinical Trial Optional) Only applications submitted in response to an Urgent Guide Notice published by an IC will be allowed to apply to this FOA. Varies by competition
  Mozilla MOSS COVID-19 Solutions Fund Applications must be some form of hardware or software. Projects must be reasonably mature. Rolling deadline through date posted.
Open Deadline
NIH NIMH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Mental Health Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Rolling deadline through date posted. 2021-04-15
NIH (NIMHD, NIA, NIMH) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Competitive and Administrative Supplements for the Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Minority Health and Health Disparities Rolling deadline through date posted. 2021-05-01
NIH NCATS Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Emergency Competitive Revisions to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Tissue Chips Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Rolling deadline through date posted. 2022-01-25
NIH NCATS Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements for Tissue Chips Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Rolling deadline through date posted. 2022-01-25
  Fast Grants Fast Funding for COVID-19 Science First decision date 4/12/20; Subsequent decisions made within 48 hours of submission. Rolling deadline through date posted.
Open Deadline
  DOD xTechSearch XTech COVID-19 Ventilator Challenge Virtual pitches for selected companies will begin 4/13/2020 Open Deadline
  BARDA TechWatch Meetings Request Open Deadline
  XSEDE COVID-19 HPC Consortium Open Deadline
   Kaggle COVID-19 Open Research Dataset Challenge (CORD-19) Open Deadline
  NIH NIMH Administrative Supplements to Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements Prior to submitting a supplement request, it is strongly recommended that Principal Investigators (PIs) speak with the program official associated with the parent grant to discuss eligibility, alignment with Institute expectations/priorities, and availability of funds. Open Deadline
  NIH NIAID Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Emergency Competitive Revisions for Research on Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Applications will be considered on a rolling basis through the posted deadline. 2021-03-25
  NIH NIAID Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until posted deadline. 2021-04-05
  BARDA DRIVe Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until posted deadline. DRIVe reserves the right to extend the deadline as necessary. 2023-02-03
  NSF OAC Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation: Elements and Framework Implementations N/A
  DOE Invitation for COVID-19 Scientific Questions Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until deadline posted. N/A
  NIH NIAID Administrative Supplements for In-Scope Work Eligible to grantees currently supported by NIH funding. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until deadline. Varies by competition