UK Government has announced £40m in funding to tackle the novel coronavirus outbreak

The UK Government’s Department of Health and Social Care has announced £20 million funding to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) to fund vaccines for coronavirus and other infectious diseases.

An additional £20 million funding call from NIHR and UK Research and Innovation has been announced for projects which will contribute to the understanding, diagnosis, prevention and management of the virus. 

NIHR and UK Research and Innovation.

Researchers are invited to submit proposals for projects to tackle the novel coronavirus outbreak, in a £20 million 'rapid response' initiative funded jointly by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation.

This fund is in addition and complimentary to the £20m CEPI funding.

Deadline for applications: 13 February 2020 12:00 GMT

For further information on this funding please visit the NIHR website.

CEPI 

The funding comes amid the rapid global spread of the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

CEPI in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) is working to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus.

CEPI has opened a call for proposals to rapidly develop and manufacture a proven vaccine approach that can be used against 2019-nCoV.

The deadline for applications is Friday 14 Feb (2020), 15:00 CET.

https://cepi.net/get_involved/cfps/

The call is open worldwide to all types of non-profit research organisations, for-profit companies, international organisations and foundations, joint R&D ventures, government research organisations, and academic institutions ideally having a geographical footprint internationally.

CEPI is an innovative global partnership between public, private, philanthropic, and civil society organisations. CEPI is working to accelerate the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases and enable equitable access to these vaccines for people during outbreaks.

Full information available at https://cepi.net/