COVID-19 Updates

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CIHR - Mental Health and Substance Use Response to COVID-19

The Government of Canada has announced one new competition and one anticipated new competition related to mental health and substance use response to COVID-19.

For detailed program and application information, please visit program’s website.

Data.org: Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge

The challenge is an open call for breakthrough ideas that harness the power of data science to help people and communities thrive especially in the wake of COVID-19’s economic impact.

Up to 10 winners will be awarded data science talent, software, training, and funding from USD $10K up to $10M in a mix of grant-funding, technical support & consulting, media production, marketing and promotional outreach, and software & infrastructure.

Deadline: July 17, 2020

InfoEd Global: Online COVID-19/ Coronavirus Resources Database

Online database of international COVID-19 funding opportunities and resources.

Innovative Medicines Canada: Research Chair in pandemic preparedness

Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC) announced the creation of a Research Chair in pandemic preparedness. IMC's member companies will contribute $500,000 from the IMC COVID-19 Fund over three years, to support the work of an early-career researcher affiliated with a recognized academic institution to be the Health Research Foundation of Innovative Medicines Canada Chair in Pandemic Research.

Deadline: A call for applications will be issued in June 2020

Innovative Solutions Canada

COVID-19 funding opportunities.

2020 Merck KGaA Research Grants

Grants of 100,000 EUR - 500,000 EUR per year for up to 3 years are available in the areas of drug discovery; next generation machine learning; pandemic preparedness / fighting new emerging viral infectious disease; and more. Open to scientists in all career stages who are affiliated with any research-based institution, university or company.

Deadline: August 31, 2020

NIH - National Innovation Initiative for COVID-19 Diagnostics

A new initiative from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at speeding innovation, development and commercialization of COVID-19 testing technologies. With a $1.5 billion investment from federal stimulus funding, the newly launched Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative will infuse funding into early innovative technologies to speed development of rapid and widely accessible COVID-19 testing.

Deadline: There will be a rolling submission and selection process beginning April 29, 2020 that will continue until further notice.

For detailed program and application information, please visit: poctrn.org/radx

PSI foundation

Special funding stream for clinician-scientists and fast-tracking of COVID-19 applications.

Applicants should ensure they include the word "Research:" at the start of their proposal title.

SOSCIP COVID-19 Response

The SOSCIP COVID-19 Response aims to provide rapid access to high-performance computing (HPC) resources on their advanced computing platforms. Through industry-academic partnerships, compute space for collaborators committed to responding to COVID-19 will be fast-tracked, and successful applicants will be rapidly launched onto the compute systems.

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant COVID-19 Special Initiative

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is committed to investing up to $1.5 million over the next two Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) competitions to support COVID-19 related projects. Grants are valued at a maximum amount of $25K per project for one year.

Deadlines: June 15, 2020 and September 15, 2020

Sunnybrook COVID-19 Research Initiative- Round 2

Thanks to the continued extraordinary generosity of our community, Sunnybrook Foundation and Sunnybrook Research Institute have created a second round for the COVID-19 Research Initiative (SCRI-2) from funds directly donated to support Sunnybrook’s response to COVID-19.

The competition is open to all SRI-appointed scientists, and project funding of up to $150,000 is available for COVID-19 related research that can make a quick and substantive impact. It is expected that the SCRI-2 funding will be spent at Sunnybrook.

Completed submissions should be returned to Donna Yee (Donna.Yee@sunnybrook.ca) by the competition deadline; Monday August 17, 2020. Late submissions will not be accepted.

For questions about the competition or the application process, please contact Donna Yee (donna.yee@sri.utoronto.ca) in the strategic research programs office.

Supporting documents

• Sunnybrook Research Initiative Guidelines (PDF)

• Application form (Word Document)

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Canada Digital Technology Supercluster Call for COVID-19 Solutions

CFN Request for Proposals: Frailty and COVID-19

CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Mental Health & Substance Use Service Needs and Delivery

CIFAR: Action on COVID-19

CIHR - COVID-19 May 2020 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity

COVID-19 Challenges

COVID-19 Open Innovation Challenge

CIHR Operating Grant : COVID-19 Clinical Epidemiology Research Rapid Response

Fast-Grants : Fast Funding for COVID-19 Science

Harrington Scholar Award for Coronavirus

HealthCareCAN: COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Needs Funds

National Research Council Canada (NRC) COVID-19 response

• COVID-19 Challenge – Low-cost sensor system for COVID-19 patient monitoring

• COVID-19 Challenge – Point of Care and Home Diagnostic Kit for COVID-19

NSERC Alliance COVID-19 grants

Manulife CIFAR Population Health & Well-being Grant Program – COVID-19

OCE Open for COVID-19 Submissions

Ontario Together

Request for Proposals (RFP) Vaccine-Preventable Diseases – COVID-19

SCN COVID-19 Rapid Response Initiative

Toronto Covid-19 Action Initiative

Vale COVID-19 Challenge

COVID-19 Resources Canada

The website provides resources for researchers and clinicians fighting COVID-19 in Canada and include a list of active COVID-19 research projects and initiatives.

COVID-19 Resources for Women Entrepreneurs in Canada

A comprehensive list of COVID-19 resources for researchers and entrepreneurs, with a focus on women entrepreneurs.

COVID-19 Response Resource for the University of Toronto and Affiliated Institutions

Access to University of Toronto services.

Deadline: none.

Honeybee – COVID-19 Research

Web portal connects COVID-19 researchers with potential study participants.

OCE COVID-19 Collaboration Platform

For full details contact your OCE Business Development Manager.

U of T’s Resources for Conducting COVID-19 Research

Coordinate by the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS), the website includes up-to-date list of current COVID-19 funding opportunities; a listing of robust sources of published, pre-print, and synthesized research; data sets and visualizations; and more. Visit the CRIS Spotlight page to access these resources.

Wellness Together Canada: Mental Health and Substance Use Support

CanCOVID

An expert community of Canadian COVID-19 researchers, clinical collaborators, and healthcare stakeholders from across the country. Canada’s chief science officer mandated the creation of CanCOVID to optimize Canada’s research response to the COVID-19 public health crisis.

CFI Competitions

Update on COVID-19 impact on current Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) activities.

CIHR - Cancelling the Spring 2020 Project Grant competition

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, CIHR has cancelled the Spring 2020 Project Grant competition.

CIHR Seeking Peer Reviewers for May 2020 COVID-19 Rapid Research funding opportunity

We urge members of our research community to volunteer as reviewers for this competition – whether or not you will be an applicant. If you are interested and available, please reach out to CIHR immediately with your CV.

CIHR & Tri Agency

COVID-19 information related to Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Extension of Tri-Agency Scholarships & Fellowships

Due to the impact of COVID-19, all Tri-Agency student awards and fellowships ending between March and August 2020 are eligible for a 4-month extension. Eligible awards include Canada Graduate Scholarships (Masters (CGS-M), Doctoral (CGS-D) and Vanier streams), Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships and agency-specific doctoral and postdoctoral programs.

Potentially eligible award holders will be contacted directly by the relevant granting agency (CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC) in the coming weeks.

Consult the tri-agency FAQ page for full details on the extension program, restrictions, contacts and more.

University of Toronto contact: Laura Weir.

Health Canada Clinical trials

Information for the management of clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Impacts of COVID-19 on the New Frontiers in Research Fund

NATO Innovation Challenge to fight COVID-19
NATO Innovation Hub – Request for Innovative Participation.
Internal Deadline: May 15, 2020.
External Deadline: June 11, 2020.

NIH

COVID-19 information for National Institutes of Health (NIH) applicants and recipients of NIH funding.

NSERC Discovery Grant Holders: Option for one-year funded extension

Due to the impact of COVID-19, all active Discovery Grants can elect to receive a one-year extension with funds at their current funding level.

University of Toronto

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and U of T's response.

U of T: Approach for Research Recovery and Adaptation

The Approach for Research Recovery and Adaptation outlines the process and risk assessment considerations for gradual and controlled research recovery and adaption on- and off-campus.

U of T: COVID-19 Guideline for Reopening Research

The Guideline provides strategies and the University’s requirements for making research spaces ready for re-entry or increased occupancy.

US Department of Defense

COVID-19 FAQs for grant applicants and recipients.