National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Basic research on the traceability, pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of 2019-nCoV

Call budget: ¥1.5 million per project
Call opens: January 22, 2020
Application deadline: February 06, 2020

The NSFC has launched this programme in order to effectively respond to the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak by supporting approximately 20 research projects on related scientific issues such as etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and disease prevention and treatment.

Scope

Novel coronavirus structures, functions, key targets of infection and action mechanisms, and differential studies on various coronaviruses
Novel coronavirus traceability, variation and evolution, and new technologies and new understanding of Koch’ Postulates
Population susceptibility and transmission characteristics of novel coronavirus
Novel coronavirus infections outbreak, progression and outcome mechanisms, as well as basic research on critical care of severe cases, prevention and control of hospital infections
Basic research on emergency vaccines and universal vaccines of coronavirus

Full request for proposal

Call budget: ¥1.5 million per project
Call opens: January 22, 2020
Application deadline: February 06, 2020

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The GloPID-R Secretariat is a project which receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 874667.