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A detailed table outlining the various private and international programs available are listed below. If you would like to discuss your eligibility for any of these programs...
A detailed table outlining the various private and international
programs available are listed below. If you would like to discuss
your eligibility for any of these programs, please do not hesitate
to contact a member of our team.
This is a focused effort for COVID-19
grant requests only. This grant program provides Azure cloud
and High-Performance Computing capabilities. Our team of AI for
Health data science experts, whose mission is to improve the health
of people and communities worldwide, is also open to collaborations
with COVID-19 researchers as they tackle this critical
challenge
Proposals can be submitted by
non-profits, academic institutions, and governments
The application deadline is June 15
2020
Facebook Small Business Grants Program
Description
Eligibility
Application details
Facebook has pledged $100M in cash
grants and ad credits to support businesses during the COVID-19
pandemic
Up to 30,000 eligible small
businesses in more than 30 countries will be able to receive a
grant
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Resaerch: COVID-19 Research
Response Fund
Description
Eligibility
Application details
The focus of this first call under
the MSFHR COVID-19 Research Response Fund will be on high quality
research that evaluates BC's response to the first wave of the
COVID-19 pandemic and informs ongoing response, especially
strategies for avoiding or mitigating subsequent waves of
transmission.
Projects should have results
available in time to help inform public health responses through
the fall and winter of 2020/2021
Funding Call #1 will provide award
amounts of up to $150,000, for a maximum duration of 12 months
Extraordinary requests above $150,000
will be considered but will require additional justification to
exceed the limit
Researchers or research teams
interested in applying to this first call should have projects that
address one or more of the following:
Rapid evaluation and/or modelling of
public health measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to
support decisions around when to withdraw these measures or
redeploy them at a future date
BC population-specific epidemiologic
support for decision-makers including the identification of
strategies to prevent high burdens of illness among key/vulnerable
groups (e.g., residents of long-term care facilities, inner city
populations, Indigenous people, health care workers, etc.)
Human geographic considerations in BC
including rurality, community, culture and population movement with
a view to preventing transmission and mitigating effects
The identification and mitigation of
the impacts of the pandemic and pandemic response including the
secondary effects on the health of the population of BC
The impacts of rapid health service
redesign and redeployment on health outcomes in BC
UKRI will support excellent proposals
up to 18 months duration meeting at least one of the following:
New research or innovation with a
clear impact pathway that has the potential (within the period of
the grant) to deliver a significant contribution to the
understanding of, and response to, the COVID-19 pandemic and its
impacts
Supports the manufacture and/or wide
scale adoption of an intervention with significant potential
Gathers critical data and resources
quickly for future research use
Funding will amount to 80% of the
full economic cost of the proposal
You can apply for Innovate UK funding
if you are a UK based business. All kinds of businesses can apply,
from pre-startup and new companies to large multi-nationals.
International co-investigators can participate
Proposals are invited for projects
that address time-sensitive research problems arising from the
COVID-19 pandemic. WUN will consider proposals falling with the
scope of the four Global Challenges, for work on research problems
whose value depends on being able to collect or analyse data
obtained during the pandemic, and on which the collaboration of WUN
partners confers real advantage
Requests for support, for up to a
maximum of £10,000, will be evaluated in consultation with
the relevant Global Challenge steering group, to ensure that
whatever support we provide is well directed. Proposals must
include at least three WUN member universities across two or more
countries, and funds should be expended within one year of the
award
Projects must involve at least three
WUN member universities in two or more countries
Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the
world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions with
a full business law service. We have 3800 lawyers and other legal
staff based in more than 50 cities across Europe, the United
States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle
East and Central Asia.
Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the
key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy;
infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and
innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.
Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global
business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to
provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of
our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of
contact.
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