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EU and national funding for R&D to combat COVID-19

August 27, 2026

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If you are working in a field that can investigate new approaches for preventing and controlling the coronavirus (COVID-19), check out several calls opened specifically to increase research on this topic.

Open calls on COVID-19

The innovative medicines initiative: IMI2 – Call21. Deadline: 31 March 2020.
The Swiss National Science Foundation. Deadline: 25 March 2020, 17:00.
Wellcome UK. Scheme currently closed while received proposals are being reviewed.

For more information on the current situation and effective ways to protect yourself and others, check out the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control website.

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accelopment is an expert in proposal writing. We want to support you in writing a competitive proposal that will help in fighting the virus. If you are applying in one of the call, contact us and we can discuss how we can help you the best – for free – as a contribution to European solidarity and human health.