AAS Call for Proposals: Funding call for R&D goals for Covid-19 in Africa
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Wellcome Trust, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) opened a call “Funding call for R&D goals for Covid-19 in Africa”. Therefore this is for African scientists to attend to the research and development needs of the COVID-19 outbreak for the continent as identified by African scientists. There is need to provide robust scientific evidence to the country emergency response teams. The priorities listed are widely applicable across the continent yet require local context and expertise in order to address in a timely and effective manner the issues arising even as the outbreak evolves.
This is a call for a legal entity based in Africa.
Research focus areas:
This call will focus on areas of priority for research and development in COVID-19 outbreak control as identified by African scientists. These areas of focus include but are not limited to;
- Epidemiological studies;
- Clinical management;
- Infection prevention and control, including health care protection;
- Candidate vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics;
- Ethical considerations for research;
- Social sciences in a pandemic response.
Read more here.
Applications deadline June 30, 2020.
