Coronavirus Research Funding Announcement

Posted by: Julie Simpson - Posted on:

The Call is being jointly funded by UKRI and NIHR.

The remit of the call is for UK researchers – (Scottish Researchers are eligible), working with international partners where appropriate, to submit proposals for projects to develop vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics or address the epidemiology, spread or underpinning knowledge of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak that emerged from Wuhan City, China.

There are two rapid-response research calls to tackle 2019-nCoV:

  • Active intervention development, closing date of midday on 13th February
  • Diagnosing and understanding 2019-nCoV, closing date of midday on 27th February

Full details and application process are available on the MRC website.