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UKRI announces COVID-19 Rapid Response Rolling Call – United Kingdom

Research Grant Development Awards - United Kingdom

Deadline: 1 April 2021

Building on the initial calls of their Initiative, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have jointly launched a rolling call for proposals for rapid research into COVID-19.

For UK-led academic, SME and wider industry research that will address a wide range of COVID-19 knowledge gaps/needs, and which will lead to a benefit in UK, potentially international, public health within 12 months.

Research to understand the disease, prevent, treat and control it will be critical for mitigating the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak. Rapid progress in addressing this epidemic will depend upon a coherent and integrated response from researchers, industry, the healthcare system and the public.

Scope

Short term (up to 12 month) proposals are sought. All proposals will need to be able to show how progress within the period of award could make a significant contribution to the understanding, prevention and/or management of the COVID-19 outbreak. The research scope of this call is as below:

Funding Information

The size of grants will vary according to the needs of each research project but will need to provide a robust case for value for money.

Duration

Proposals are anticipated to be short term studies of up to 12 months. All proposals will need to be able to show how progress within the period of award could make a valuable contribution to the understanding, diagnosis, prevention and/or management of the COVID-19 outbreak, with data and tools/reagents generated under this call to be made widely available.

Eligibility Criteria

Expectations

Evaluation process

Proposals will be reviewed firstly by members of a college of experts, chosen based on the subject matter of the proposal. These reviews will then be used by an Expert Panel, who will make recommendations on outcome to UKRI and DHSC. Applicants will not have an opportunity to respond to Panel comments in instances where feedback is provided, except where clarifications and/or changes are required as part of the award process.

Key assessment criteria for the submissions will include:

The decisions of the Panel will not be open to appeal and the funders reserve the right to amend the application process.

For more information, visit https://mrc.ukri.org/funding/browse/ukri-nihr-covid-19/ukri-nihr-covid-19-rolling-call/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

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