EU and India to Research on COVID-19
04.06.2020 / 18:51 | Aktualizováno: 12.06.2020 / 16:07
We are pleased to inform you that the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India has committed to co-fund four topics of the European Union research program Horizon 2020 second special call for expressions of interest to combat COVID-19. The call deadline is already on 11 June 2020 at 17:00 hours (CEST).
This is fantastic news as in all four topics there is a mutual interest for research:
- 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-2020-2D - Pan-European COVID-19 cohorts
- SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2E - Networking of existing EU and international cohorts of relevance to COVID-19
Given the urgency to combat COVID-19, call deadlines are shorter than normal. Hence , Indian applicants will have a very short period of time to form consortia since the call deadline is already on 11 June 2020 at 17:00 hours (CEST).
See the link to DBT notice with all the explanations: here
Hereby is also the link to the Information session: webcast
Presentation on scope of calls: here