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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