COVID-19 Funding Opportunities

These are funding opportunities available to medical researchers specific to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). 

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers a list of funding opportunities for medical researchers focused on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). For detailed information, please visit the NIH grants website.

Organization(s) Title Funding Amount Expiration Date
Grodman Family Foundation Innovative programs of research, education, clinical care, and program operations that provide solutions to the immense challenge of caring for children in distress. Grants will be considered in the $50,000-$200,000 annual range with 1–3-year terms. You can apply for this opportunity at any time.
AbbVie AbbVie is committed to supporting investigator-initiated research that promotes the advancement of medical and scientific knowledge involving AbbVie’s products and therapeutic areas of interest. Funding amount to be determined. IIS applications are accepted on a rolling submission basis.
Washington Center for Equitable Growth How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers? Grant seeks to deepen our understanding of how inequality affects economic growth and stability. Grants awarded in response to this request are expected to fall in the $25,000 to $80,000 range. May 20, 2024.
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) – USA The Mercury Project research consortium supports the development and testing of interventions to build vaccination demand, healthier information environments and other health behaviors grounded in science-based public health guidance. Mercury Project is proud to join with the National Science Foundation in a path-breaking $20M partnership to support social and behavioral science R&D August 4, 2025. August 3, annually thereafter
Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
The veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the Vet-LIRN network for grants associated with projects and equipment. PAR-23-202 $225,000 per yer for up to five years. February 15 yearly until 2028 letter of intent. April 15 application
NIDA, NCCIH, NIA, NIAAA Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) HEAL Initiative: Workforce Interventions to Improve Addiction Care Quality and Patient Outcomes – NOT-DA-23-008 Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. September 7, 2025.
NHLBI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Studies of Cellular/Molecular Pathobiological Mechanisms of Lung Diseases Using Human 3-Dimensional Cellular Systems (R01) – NOT-HL-22-030 $225,000 per yer for up to five years. September 7, 2025

Last updated on October 28, 2024
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