COVID-19 Federal Funding Opportunities

Areas of Interest (see attached RFA for additional information):
1. Surveillance, natural history and household transmission of SARS CoV-2
2. Diagnostics development and novel technology development and evaluation to improve diagnostic testing capabilities for COVID-19 detection
3. Immune response and transmission dynamics for SARS CoV-2
4. Host infection dynamics for SARS CoV-2
5. Prospective Cohorts to Assess COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Diseases
Interested applicants should consider emailing the initial point of contact listed in the RFA (starting on page 4)
Required white papers are due 3:00 PM EST on March 25, 2020, and can be no more than 4 pages in length (include cover page, appendices, etc.)

NIAID and NIGMS are issuing this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to highlight the urgent need for research on the 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). NIAID is particularly interested in projects focusing on viral natural history, pathogenicity, transmission, as well as projects developing medical countermeasures and suitable animal models for pre-clinical testing of vaccines and therapeutics against 2019-nCoV.
NIGMS is specifically interested in incorporation of data from the 2019-nCoV into ongoing research efforts to develop predictive models for the spread of Coronaviruses and related pathogens.
NIAID and NIGMS are therefore offering Competitive Revisions to active grants addressing research objectives described in the NOSI.
Instructions for the Competitive Revisions are listed in the NOSI, and the expiration date for this opportunity is February 6, 2021 by 5:00 PM local time of the applicant organization.

NSF is accepting proposals to conduct non-medical, non-clinical-care research that can be used immediately to explore how to model and understand the spread of COVID-19, to inform and educate about the science of virus transmission and prevention, and to encourage the development of processes and actions to address this global challenge.
NSF encourages the research community to respond to this challenge through existing funding opportunities.
In addition, NSF invites researchers to use the Rapid Response Research (RAPID) funding mechanism, which allows NSF to receive and review proposals having a severe urgency with regard to availability of or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment as well as quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events. Requests for RAPID proposals may be for up to $200K and up to one year in duration. Well-justified proposals that exceed these limits may be entertained. All questions should be directed either to a program officer managing an NSF program with which the research would be aligned or to rapid-covid19@nsf.gov.
Complete guidance on submitting a RAPID proposal may be found in Chapter II.E.1 of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide.