The availability of COVID-19 grants and funding opportunities to support research is evolving. Listed below are links to a collection of COVID-19 funding opportunities to support research from a variety of federal agencies, foundations, and organizations. Check back often for updated lists.
Please contact Lori Uttech-Hanson to share relevant funding sources at uttechhanson@wisc.edu.
Funding Opportunities Related to COVID-19
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Grant Database Lists (Free Access to Collections of Funding Announcements)
Ex Libris Research Professional: The Ex Libris Research Professional together with Pivot® funding services are providing free access to a list of select funding opportunities related to combatting the coronavirus and COVID-19. By raising awareness of these resources, which are offered from a wide range of global funders, they hope to help researchers expand their scholarly efforts to understand and contend with this global pandemic.
• Link is: https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/covid-19-funding-opportunities/
Grant Forward: GrantForward has provided a free list of grants related to addressing COVID-19 ranging from small foundation to large-scale federal research grants in an effort to help researchers and others find science-based solutions to address this global pandemic.
• Link is: https://www.grantforward.com/grant-covid
GrantStation: GrantStation’s list includes funding opportunities for nonprofits, small businesses, journalists, and artists.
• Link is: https://grantstation.com/covid-19-related-funding
Pivot: Pivot has given free access to a list of COVID-19 related funding sources, and they are updating the list weekly.
• Link is: https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/covid-19-funding-opportunities/
WI Center for Technology Commercialization: The CTC has posted a list of federal agencies that are supporting research and development in response to the coronavirus. Many of these agencies are included in the panels below on this medRAMP website, with information on specific funding announcements.
• Link is: https://wisconsinctc.org/federal-funding-and-partnership-opportunities-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus/
InnoCentive COVID-19 Challenges: This page is exclusively for Coronavirus related challenges. Each challenge will have a specific problem area defined for either required Solutions or Ideas to be submitted. Clients from the public and private sectors will be named in the challenges as having provided support, funding and reviewing expertise for solutions submitted.
• Link is: https://innocentive.wazoku.com/#/community/927970fbe1cb43a38b33c636dfbc2b8d/home-page
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Address Substance Use Disorder Epidemic (NOT-HS-21-010): The purpose of this SEN is to inform the research community that the AHRQ is interested in receiving health services research grant applications to advance our nation’s understanding of the substance use disorder crisis and provide solutions for addressing it. In this SEN, AHRQ is interested in health services research to prevent, identify and treat substance use disorders with a high degree of interest in applications that respond to the following three specific areas of focus: (1) Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based, non-pharmacological and behavioral interventions that can treat multiple substances or polysubstance use in ambulatory care and primary care settings, with a particular interest in substances for which pharmacological treatments are not available. (2) Development and testing of healthcare services interventions in primary care and ambulatory care settings to address substance use disorder that consider the social, environmental, economic and psychological factors that contribute to substance use disorder. Examples include care coordination, integration of substance use services in ambulatory care settings, or integration of population health approaches with primary care. Applications that take advantage of the natural experiment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to examine how changes in service delivery (such as expanded use of telehealth) affect access to care, quality of care, and health inequities are particularly welcome. (3) Understanding and addressing the effect of substance use disorder on whole person health and the development and/or management of other chronic conditions. The Agency encourages research teams to submit applications in response to this emphasis using AHRQ’s standing R18, R03, and R01 funding mechanisms (PA-18-793, PA-18-794, PA-18-795). AHRQ also is interested in receiving career development awards (PA-20-067 and PA-17-232) that propose developing generalizable health service research skills through projects related to the substance use disorder crisis. Additionally, AHRQ has interest in receiving dissertation award grant proposals that relate to the substance use disorder crisis (PA-18-765).
Website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-21-010.html
Due Date: Active until 3/15/2023
Funding Amount: Varies by mechanism
- Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Advance Health Equity (Notice Number: NOT-HS-21-014): The purpose of this SEN is to inform the research community of the AHRQ interest in receiving health services research grant applications that propose innovative and evidence-based interventions that advance the nation’s goal of achieving equity in the delivery of healthcare services including reducing disparities in quality of care, patient safety, healthcare utilization and access, and ultimately, health outcomes. The Agency encourages research teams to submit applications in response to this emphasis using AHRQ’s standing R18, R03, and R01 funding mechanisms (PA-18-793, PA-18-794, PA-18-795). AHRQ also is interested in receiving career development awards (PA-20-067 and PA-17-232) that propose developing generalizable health service research skills through projects related to the addressing healthcare equity. Additionally, AHRQ has interest in receiving dissertation award grant proposals that relate addressing healthcare equity (PA-18-765).
Website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-21-014.html
Due Date: Active until 4/27/2023
Funding Amount: Varies by mechanism
- General Funding Announcements: Investigators interested in seeking funding for COVID-19-related research consistent with AHRQ’s priorities can use their general funding announcements. In addition, AHRQ grantees are encouraged to contact their project officers with novel ideas for implementation and future research.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- RFA-IP-22-004: US Platform to Measure Effectiveness of Seasonal Influenza, COVID-19 and other Respiratory Virus Vaccines for the Prevention of Acute Illness in Ambulatory Settings: Influenza and other respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, are important causes of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare burden across all age groups. For influenza and novel vaccines, such as for COVID-19, estimates of vaccine effectiveness in preventing illness and associated complications are needed in order to evaluate the protection provided by nationwide vaccination programs. The goal of this notice of funding opportunity is to support a network of US institutions that can: a) conduct systematic testing for laboratory-confirmed disease due to influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory virus infections, b) obtain reliable vaccination information for enrolled patients and c) provide accurate estimates of the effectiveness of vaccines against respiratory viruses, including influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses, to prevent medically attended influenza-associated illness in the population for whom vaccination is recommended.
Due Date: 5/09/2022
Funding Amount: Depends on Component Applied For
Website (search RFA#): https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334859
Department of Defense
Department of Defense
wdt_ID | Sponser | Program | Funding | Deadline |
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1 | DoD | Request for Information for PPE in response to COVID-19 | N/A | 3/24/2020 (information accepted on a rolling basis) |
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12 | DoD Dept. of the Army - USAMRAA | Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program - W81XWH-21-DHAPP | See NOFO | 9/23/2022 |
13 | DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Strategic Trends Division Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) HDTRA1-20-S-0002BAA | $350,000 (Offers may submit a White Paper package to any of the BAA’s Thrust Areas of research at any time. If an Offer’s Phase I package is approved, the Offer will be invited to submit a Phase II package (Proposal). | 3/02/2025 |
National Institutes of Health
- Link to NIH COVID-related funding announcements: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/COVID-Related.cfm
- Link to NIH COVID-related resources, news and updates: https://covid19.nih.gov/
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
wdt_ID | Sponsor | Program | Funding | Deadline |
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5 | NSF | Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases* | $2,500,000 total | 11/17/2021 & annually thereafter |
7 | NSF | Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL) (20-612) | $850,000 | 1/25/2021; 10/18/2021; 10/17/2022 |
11 | NSF | Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (DISES) (20-579 ) | DISES Research Projects: $1,600,000 DISES-RCN Awards: $500,000 |
11/21/2021 & annually thereafter |
12 | NSF | Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program (20-595) | $1,000,000 | 3/25/2022; annually thereafter |
13 | NSF | Dear Colleague Letter: Sentinel Cells for Surveillance and Response to Emergent Infectious Diseases (Sentinels) (NSF 20-105) | Based on applicable program (NSF 21-509; PD 20-7909, NSF PD 20-1491) | Rolling deadlines |
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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
- Broad Pragmatic Studies Funding Announcements: Addressing Disparities; Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Options; Communication and Dissemination Research; and Improving Healthcare Systems. PCORI continues to support COVID-19 related research in their Cycle 3 2021 Broad PCORI Funding Program. Designating COVID-19 as a Special Emphasis Area, priority topics are management and survivorship of post-acute COVID-19; impact of COVID-19 on disproportionately affected populations; and impact of COVID-19-related social isolation and loneliness on health outcomes.
Letter of Intent Due: Cycle 2: June 1, 2022; Cycle 3: October 4, 2o22
Due Date: Cycle 2: August 31, 2022; Cycle 3: January 10, 2023
Website: https://www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/announcement/broad-pragmatic-studies-funding-announcement-2022-standing-pfa - Health System-Level Interventions to Improve Health Care Worker Well-Being and Reduce Burnout: The negative state of frontline health care worker (HCW) mental health was observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic; the pandemic has, however, exacerbated these challenges. Drivers of burnout may be attributed to factors within healthcare organizations and systems, such as volume of work, efficiency of work processes, clerical burden, scope of opportunities for and use of input or control for clinical staff with respect to issues affecting their work lives, organizational support structures, and leadership culture. At this time, there is limited evidence reported on health systems-level interventions that improve frontline HCW well-being and decrease burnout. PCORI invites applications assessing the comparative clinical effectiveness of health systems-level interventions to improve HCW well-being and reduce HCW burnout.
Website: https://www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/announcement/broad-pragmatic-studies-funding-announcement-2022-standing-pfa
Letter of Intent Due: Cycle 2: June 1, 2022; Cycle 3: October 4, 2o22
Due Date: Cycle 2: August 31, 2022; Cycle 3: January 10, 2023
Internal UW-Madison Funding Opportunities
UWCCC BioBank – COVID 19-Related Blood Samples for Research
Internal UW-Madison Opportunities
wdt_ID | Sponsor | Program | Funding | Deadline |
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1 | Wisconsin Partnership Program | Wisconsin Partnership Program | Varies by type of program | See website for annual due dates |
4 | UWCCC Translational Science BioCore BioBank, UW SMPH & Wisconsin Partnership Program | COVID-19 BioBank Initiative Request for Proposals | Access to UWCCC BioBank resources (samples, clinical or survey data) to further COVID-19 research efforts | Applications reviewed monthly, and approvals granted on a rolling basis |
6 | UW ICTR | Novel Methods Award | $50,000 | Letter of Intent due 11/19/2021; Full Application due: 12/20/2021 |
7 | UW ICTR | Clinical & Community Outcomes Research | $75,000 | Letter of Intent Due: 1/14/2022; Full Application Due: 3/11/2022 |
8 | UW ICTR | Collaborative Health Equity Research | $50,000 | Letter of Intent Due: 1/14/2022; Full Application Due: 3/11/2022 |
9 | UW ICTR | Evidence to Implementation | $52,500 | TBD |
10 | UW ICTR | Marshfield Clinic/Marshfield Clinic-UW Award | $75,000 | TBD |
11 | UW ICTR | Stakeholder and Patient Engaged Research | $100,000 | Letter of Intent Due: 1/14/2022; Full Application Due: 3/11/2022 |
12 | UW ICTR | Translational Basic & Clinical Research Pilot Awards | $50,000 | Letter of Intent Due: 12/20/2021; Full Application Due: 2/21/2022 |
13 | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | Fall Research Competition | Average award is about $60,000 | September annually |
Other Sponsors & Funding Opportunities
Other Sponsors
wdt_ID | Sponsor | Program | Funding | Deadline |
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73 | Google Cloud Research Credits | GCP Credits - worth up to $5,000 for faculty and $10,000 for PhD Candidates | Ongoing | |
87 | The COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium (https://covid19-hpc-consortium.org/) | https://www.xsede.org/covid19-hpc-consortium | Access to computing resources | No deadline |
91 | Global Innovation Fund | Global Innovation Fund | Unspecified | Continuous |
109 | US Department of Energy - Brookhaven National Laboratory | COVID-19 Rapid Access Program | COVID-19 Rapid Access Program - access to state-of-the-art instruments | Continuous submission |
112 | 23andMe | Research Innovation Collaborations Program | Academic researchers are paired with 23andMe scientists and gain access to de-identified data from the 23andMe Research Cohort. | 1/14/2022 |
115 | Argonne National Laboratory (US Department of Energy) | Expedited, Rapid Access Call for COVID-19 Research Support | The Advanced Photon Source at Argonne is offering remote access to beamlines for macromolecular crystallography and BioSAXS for research efforts related to SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19. | Continuous submission |
118 | Emergent Ventures | Non-Scientific/Biomedical COVID-19 Projects-19 Prizes | Fellowship | Rolling |
119 | CrowdTangle Public Application for Academics | Access to CrowdTangle data to study misinformation, COVID-19, racial justice and/or well-being, | No deadline | |
120 | New Preventive Health Survey Data Available for Research | Researchers can request aggregated, de-identified survey data to better monitor and understand people’s knowledge, attitudes and practices around COVID-19. | No deadline | |
121 | Symptom Surveys | Researchers access to survey data collected on a national and global level concerning Facebook users and COVID-19 symptoms | No deadline indicated | |
127 | Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) (funded by the National Science Foundation) |
COVID-19 HPC Consortium | Powerful computers will be made available to researchers to accelerate understanding of the COVID-19 virus and development of treatments and vaccines to help address infections. | Continuous submission |
130 | CHEST Foundation | CHEST Foundation Research Grant in COVID-19 | $30,000 | 4/04/2022 |
134 | SOLVE Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy | Solve Global Challenge | $10,000 | Beginning in March each year |
136 | Rheumatology Research Foundation | Innovative Research Awards | $400,000 | June 1, 2022 for Letter of Intent July 1, 2022 for full application |
141 | Russell Sage Foundation | Social, Political, Economic, and Psychological Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic | Varies | 5/04/2022 for Letter of Inquiry |
National Institutes of Health
COVID-19: Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding. See list of FAQs for grant interruptions.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Coronavirus Disease 2019: Information for Applicants and Recipients of CDC Funding
UW-Madison Research & Sponsored Programs
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Updates Related to Sponsored Programs at UW-Madison