COVID-19 Funding Guide: Opportunities and Websites

• COVID-19 Funding Guide: Introduction
  • Guidance for Researching and Seeking Funding
  • Searchable Grant Databases
  • Acknowledgements
• Opportunities and Websites
  • Curated Lists of Funding Opportunities
  • Other Relevant Websites
• Search Terms
  • Medical Subject Headings
  • Other Search Terms
  • Sample Search String
• COVID-19 Citation Database
  • Database Location
  • Searching
  • Keywords
  • Retrieve Articles
  • Create Bibliographies

Curated Lists of Funding Opportunities

• COVID-19 Funding Opportunities (SI staff): Hand-picked funding opportunities for Smithsonian researchers prepared by the Office of Sponsored Projects.
• Hanover Research General COVID-19 Funds: Exportable list of research opportunities gathered by Hanover Research, a management consulting company.
• Philanthropy News Digest/Candid Compilation: The list focuses on funds hosted at US-based foundations that serve nonprofits, though others outside of these criteria may appear as well. You can register for their email updates on COVID-19 funding news by selecting COVID-19 from the topic dropdown.
• Chronicle of Philanthropy (SI staff. Network credentials required for access. If you are not on the SI network, enter the site via the link to Chronicle of Philanthropy on the Libraries' A-Z list ): Primarily hosting news about philanthropy and philanthropic gifts, the Chronicle of Philanthropy also includes lists of Requests for Proposals (RFPs). COVID-19 related funding opportunities are included in a Grants Roundup that was posted on July 6, 2020. For latest news on COVID funding, search “COVID” (use this canned search) or “corona*.” You can also sign up for regular updates by creating an account. To create an account, you must visit their account signup page  (choose the signup tab).
• Edge for Scholars: Multidisciplinary listing of COVID-19 related funding websites from both public and private sources. Registration for the site updates will not be COVID-specific.
• Frontiers Coronavirus Funding Monitor: A curated list of open funding calls and other support for researchers, nonprofit organizations, and commercial organizations, specifically for COVID-19 and coronavirus-related research. Mostly medical but other opportunities are being added. Updated daily.
• Peak Proposals: Lists multiple grant databases that offer a focus on COVID-19-related opportunities, with a concentration on medicine and science grants. [Note: this is a private organization that sells consulting services to those seeking funding advice.]
• Tulane University Research Guide: Presents an aggregate of funding opportunities from public and private sources. 

Other Relevant Websites

• National Science Foundation: NSF is accepting proposals to conduct non-medical, non-clinical-care research that can be used immediately to explore how to model and understand the spread of COVID-19, to inform and educate about the science of virus transmission and prevention, and to encourage the development of processes and actions to address this global challenge. Note: As of March 12, 2020, Secretary Bunch announced an agreement signed between the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation (SI staff) allowing NSF competitive programs to be open to Smithsonian federal and trust employees.
• National Institutes of Health: NIH maintains a list of recently released NOSIs (Notice of Special Interest) for “Urgent Competitive Revisions and Administrative Supplements on Coronavirus Disease 2019” encouraging “COVID-19 behavioral and social sciences research.” Some of the research funding that may be of interest relates to economic and social impacts of underserved populations.