Where even Slovak scientists can obtain resources for research and development projects if they want to engage in a global fight against coronavirus infection.
1. Central European Initiative launched (CEI) for the submission of COVID-19 proposals for a total of EUR 600 000 per Health, education and MSME projects from Central European initiatives (CEI).
The aim is to provide a specific response to a global pandemic COVID-19 and respond quickly to the specific needs of communities in the Member States CEI countries. A total budget of EUR 600 000 will be allocated to proposals in three areas of intervention:
- Healthcare and telemedicine (MED)
- Education and e-learning / distance Education (EDU)
- Support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises enterprises (MSME)
Eligibility: All public and private bodies, non-governmental CEI Member State organisations as well as international / regional organisations can apply for a CEI grant up to 100% of their value of the project and up to a maximum of €40,000. Given the exceptional nature of the This call will only be accepted by 9 April 2020.
2. A specific aspect of European research has also been activated infrastructures (www.esfri.eu/coid-19 ), which is regularly updated, with services and tools provided by European scientists, healthcare professionals in terrain and managers of health systems fighting COVID19.
3. The European Research Platform has also recently been launched. Space (ERA). Page is still under construction, but you will find here:
- COvid-19 pandemic: Updates Extensions of recent challenges H2020
- COvid-19 pandemic: New (H2020) FAQs have been published!
- National activities in the Member States
- Other interesting links
4. European vaccination infrastructure TRANSVAC2 (coordinated EVI) calls on researchers working on COVID19 to use high-quality technical services for the development of vaccines offered by them infrastructure: http://eraportal.sk/activities/open-call-for-support-development-vaccin-against-coid19/; www.transvac.org. The call to use mostly free services is open to 15.4.2020.
5. Link of the European Commission to research opportunities; and SARS-CoV-2 activities:
6. The European Commission's link to information and EU action the SARS-CoV-2 context:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/health/coronavirus-response en