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These are articles in the press, or even well written personal essays, on how blockchain technology can or should be applied to the challenges.
- How Blockchain and AI Are Being Used in the Fight Against Covid19, Brennan B., Blockchain Healthcare Review, April 6, 2020
How A Coronavirus ‘Data Vault’ Could Help Re-Open The Economy In Four Weeks, Nishan Degnarain, Forbes, Mar 30 2020
Five Ways Blockchain Can Unblock The Coronavirus Medical Supply Chain, Nishan Degnarain, Forbes, Mar 22 2020
- China: Blockchain Deployment Rises Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Cointelegraph, Feb 17 2020
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Funding Opportunities:
Funding/Support from Around the World
- Global
Grant Opportunities Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Updated MAY 21. GrantStation is now offering a filtering service for globally-available COVID-19 virus grants for non-profits and small businesses.
- Canada
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- Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rapid Research Funding Opportunity. Updated MAY 21. On March
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- through a contribution from Research Manitoba, Research Nova Scotia, and Alberta Innovates, CIHR was able to fund an additional
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- three grants,
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- bringing the total number of funded grants
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- 99 and a total investment of
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- Health Research Board (HRB). The research priorities of this call are aligned with the WHO R&D Blueprint and informed by the Global Infectious Disease Collaboration for International Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R)
- $54.2M.
Funding/Support in the US
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- Innovation challenges offered through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Emergency Response for the General Public Innovation Challenge. Added MAY 04. The Emergency Response for the General Public Challenge is looking for health technology tools to support the needs of individuals whose lives have been affected by a large-scale health crisis (pandemic, natural disaster, or other public health emergency).
- Emergency Response for the Health Care System Challenge. Added MAY 04. The Emergency Response for the Health Care System Challenge is seeking digital tools that can support the health care system during a large-scale health crisis. Examples include but are not limited to tools that can support providers, government, and public health and community organizations.
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) Funding Opportunities for Small Businesses (SBIRs/STTRs). Updated MAR 27. The NCI participates in the NIH-issued SBIR and an STTR Omnibus grant solicitation for small businesses, which allow small businesses to submit researcher-initiated projects that are within NIH’s mission.
- National Institute of Health (NIH) Funding Opportunities. Updated MAY 14. Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional) recently updated through "Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements and Revision Supplements on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)."
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COVID Help for Families. A match-making service for for those offering help and those seeking help during this pandemic. Help Seekers can post urgent needs for Helpers in their area to see and fulfill. Helpers will be able to see those help requests in their area and offer help. The Helpers can get in touch with the Help Seekers and deliver the help that is requested
- Additional COVID-19 Funding Opportunities
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- . Updated MAY 11. Provides a regularly updated set of links tied to COVID-19 funding opportunities across numerous US agencies, including Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Gates Foundation
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