Since 30 June 2020, the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have evolved their funding of COVID-19 research, having awarded more than £32 million into urgent research to tackle the acute phase of the pandemic via the NIHR-UKRI COVID-19 rapid response initiative.
The NIHR launched the Recovery and Learning funding call to better understand and manage the health and social care consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic beyond the acute phase. This call is for research proposals of up to 24 months’ duration.
How RDS London can help
We are now requesting that you contact us at least three weeks before your funding deadline for any COVID-19 research requests and related public involvement requests.
COVID-19 resources
On this page you will find the latest and historical resources on:
- Rapid-calls
- Open calls
- Closed calls
- Lists of evidence, research and trials
- elearning
- Ethics and public involvement
- Global health
- Government and other guidance
- Ways to get involved (for researchers)
- Ways to get involved (for the public)
- Impact of COVID-19 on current research
COVID-19 rapid calls
- Long COVID in non-hospitalised individuals rapid call – now closed
- MRC rapid-response rolling call – for projects that could lead to benefits within 12 months – now closed
- Cross UK funding call – Global Effort on COVID-19 (GECO) Health Research – now closed
- This.Institute COVID-19 intensive care experiences – Fellowship opportunity for qualitative researchers – now closed
- *new NIHR call for research on the risk factors, transmission and prevalence of coronavirus as part of the NIHR/UKRI rolling call to December 2021
- Highlight notices: 1 – transmission of disease, 2 – priority groups – transmission, risk factors and seroprevalence – now recommending submissions by 1 June 2020
- MRC/AHRC/ESRC Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind: COVID-19 rapid knowledge mobilisation – now closed
- Elrha research to support COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings – now closed
- #TestingMethods2020 – Call to address four challenges that will deliver COVID-19 testing solutions by end April 2020 – now closed
- BSAC funding call – now closed
- RSTMH/NIHR small grants programme – now closed
- NHSX Techforce UK – now closed
- BMA Foundation Covid-19 grant – now closed
- LifeArc rapid deployment call – now closed
We are also sharing the latest in funding calls and news via Twitter.
COVID-19 open calls
There are currently no open calls that we are aware of.
COVID-19 closed calls
- Wellcome Trust – epidemic preparedness
- NIHR Recovery and Learning funding call
- The Health Foundation COVID-19 research programme
- NIHR highlight notice – COVID-19 and ethnicity
- UKRI open call for research and innovation ideas to address COVID-19
- UK Government call for the rapid sanitising of ambulances
- NIHR – Government support for research related to COVID-19
Lists of data, evidence, funding calls, research and trials
Data
- GenPopWeb2 network – knowledge and collaboration hub for social research
- Monthly data on the impact of COVID-19 on UK population to be made available to researchers
- Imperial College London/YouGov COVID-19 Behaviour Tracker
- COVID-19 admissions data in ODP
- COVID-19 data portal
- Health Foundation – How better health and care data can support the fight against COVID-19
- Health Data Research – Championing the use of health data to respond to COVID-19
Evidence
- HEE – COVID-19 literature search bank
- McMaster guide to COVID-19 evidence sources (international)
- ISARIC COVID-19 Clinical Research Resources (international)
Research
- Information about all COVID-19 NIHR-funded studies
- Imperial College London – COVID research and resources
- King’s College London – COVID research
- Queen Mary University of London – Coronavirus news
- University College London – COVID research and resources
- List of Wellcome Trust COVID-19 studies
- CAPTURE -COVID-19 antiviral response in a pan-tumour immune study
- HRA COVID-19 study planning
- List of ESRC-funded COVID-19 research
- Maudsley BRC – COVID-19 and mental health studies register
- The Lancet – The UK hibernated pandemic influenza research portfolio: triggered for COVID-19
- HRA list of approved COVID-19 research
- NIHR list of urgent public health COVID-19 studies
- UKRI list of 21 newly-funded COVID-19 projects – see GermDefence
- Health Research Authority list of approved COVID-19 research
- NIHR Urgent public health research studies for COVID-19
- COVID-19 vaccine and therapies research boosted by six new NIHR/UKRI-funded projects
- Imperial BRC virtual theme
- COVID-19 research and trials funded by King’s College London
Funding resources
- Frontiers coronavirus research funding monitor (list of International funding calls)
- University of Oxford list of research and funding opportunities
- Wellcome Trust on funding gaps and list of global efforts
Mixed/comprehensive resources
- RDS North West COVID-19 research resources and relevant methodological approaches
- Coronavirus tech handbook
- Crowdfight COVID-19 and Crowdfight COVID-19 resources
- CHAIN network list of resources
Trials
- ACCORD – national collaborative platform launched to fast-track potential COVID-19 treatments
- NIHR Innovation Observatory COVID-19 trials database
- NIHR COVID-19 Research & Platform (Complex Innovative Design) Trials infographic (needs NIHR Learn login)
elearning
- Help for Heroes – A field guide to self-care
- Blake and Bermingham – Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers
- HEE’s coronavirus eLearning programme
- Imperial IGHI tool – learn how to ventilate COVID-19 patients in 30 minutes
Ethics and public involvement
- HRA – Fast-track review guidance for COVID-19
- Cochrane Training – Working together to beat COVID-19: engaging and involving patients and public – webinar 5 June 2020
- HRA blog – Supporting research during a pandemic
- RDS blog – Public involvement during a pandemic
Global health
- Social Progress – insights for Covid-19 challenges
- Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data – COVID-19 resources
Government and other guidance
- Germ Defence – advice for the home to protect you and the people around you from coronavirus
- IDEAL – five tips to support people with dementia and carers while in lockdown
- COVID-19: adult social care action plan
- COVID-19: guidance for the public, health professionals and other organisations
- NICE guidance for COVID-19
Get involved
- Add data to the PAN-COVID registry – Pregnancy and neo-natal outcomes for women with COVID-19
- MQ survey – What is the psychological impact of the COVID outbreak on NHS and non-NHS health workers
- WeShare.Healthcare – join this growing global community of clinicians and scientists sharing best practices and innovative solutions for COVID-related healthcare challenges
- #EUvsVirus hackathon – registration extended to 24 April
- NIHR Biostatistics mapping survey
- COVID Core Outcome Set survey
- COVID-19 speech and language therapy data collection
- Cochrane’s work on rapid reviews
- Sign up to the UK Parliament COVID-19 expert database
- Get involved in data drive research and innovation with Health Data Research UK
- Take the Academy of Medical Sciences/MQ mental health research survey on the impact of COVID-19 – now closed
For the public
- Take part in NIHR-supported COVID-19 studies
- Take part in the Writing and COVID-19 – LIO-C study
- Get involved with the Maudsley BRC’s Hype project – survey for 16+ understanding the needs of young people following the COVID-19 pandemic
- Take part in UCL’s COVID-19 Social Study UK survey – UCL are especially looking to hear from BAME communities
- GermDefence – a tool containing advice for the home, to help protect you and the people around you – updated for COVID-19
- Take part in QMUL and partners COVIDENCE study – aiming to identify who is most and risk and why some people become more ill than others
- MQ – CCCopeY survey – Young people’s mental health and coping styles during and after COVID-19 lockdown
- Survey from Black Thrive responding to Government call for evidence into disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on people of colour – also collecting information via WhatsApp
- NHS status checker
- What does COVID-19 mean for our mental health? – Get involved with the RAMP study
- Be part of research for COVID-19
- UKRI – Coronavirus: the science explained
- Use the COVID-19 symptoms tracker
- COVID Core Outcome Set survey – now closed
Updates on the impact of COVID-19 on current research and applications
In some cases research application deadlines have been extended, whereas others remain unchanged. We recommend you check in with your funding body directly.
See also:
- NIHR Supporting the restart of paused NIHR activities
- UKRI Government announces support for PhD students as a result of coronavirus disruption
- DHSC guidance on the impact of COVID-19 on research
- NIHR Q&A
- HRA guidance for sponsors, sites and researchers
- HRA UK student research update
- MHRA advice for management of clinical trials
- Guidance from the Wellcome Trust
- Update from the MRC
