The European Commission has mobilised an additional €122 million from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, for urgently needed research into the coronavirus (see announcement, webinar and presentation). The call addresses the following topics:
SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2A – Repurposing of manufacturing for vital medical supplies and equipment
SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2B – Medical technologies, Digital tools and Artificial Intelligence (AI) analytics to improve surveillance and care at high Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)
SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2C – Behavioural, social and economic impacts of the outbreak response
SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2D – Pan-European COVID-19 cohorts
SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2E – Networking of existing EU and international cohorts of relevance to COVID-19