Now more than ever we care about the strength of our communities. We at the Northeast Big Data Hub hope that you and your loved ones are well and taking all precautions against COVID-19. Below, we share with you a growing list of COVID-19-related resources, funding opportunities, networks and virtual events, compiled and curated by us and our partners. If you want to do something but don’t know what, read this list for ideas. If you have ideas to share, please contact us. Be well.
Last Updated: May 21, 2021
We are excited to introduce the COVID Information Commons, an open website to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration across various COVID research efforts. Visit covidinfocommons.net to learn more.
Funding for COVID-19 Research
- NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grants
- Google Cloud COVID-19 Research Grants
- NIH COVID-19 Funding Opportunities
- NSF International COVID-19 Funding Initiatives Spreadsheet
- National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Alliance COVID-19 Grants
- The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Joint Research Program
- United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation COVID-19 RAPID Grants
- COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund (CETF): Outpatient Clinical Trials for COVID-19
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) COVID-19 Emergency Funding Initiatives
- University of California (UC) Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) COVID-19 Resources and Funding Opportunities
- COVID-19 Innovation Hub
- United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Opportunities and Resources
- Crowdhelix Call for Expert Collaborators: COVID-19 Response
- European Union COVID-19 Research Funding Opportunities
- Hungary National Research, Development, and Innovation Fund
- Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and Innovate UK Research Funding Opportunities
- U.S. Open Science Grid and European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) Call for COVID-19 Research Projects
Awarded NSF RAPID Grants for COVID-19 Research by Directorate
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
- Computer and Information Sciences
- Geosciences
- Engineering
- Biological Sciences
- Education and Human Resources
- Office of the Director
- Full List
Organizations and Networks
- data-against-covid.org – Emerging collaboration between data scientists & medical professionals/life scientists
- COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium – Led by OSTP; includes academic, industry, national labs, and agency partners; resources coordinated by XSEDE
- Virus Outbreak Data Network (VODAN) – A collaboration to ensure COVID-19 source data is FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and make them available for reuse in a distributed manner
- Research Data Alliance (RDA) COVID-19 Working Group
- COVID-19 National Scientist Volunteer Database
- National Center for Data to Health COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)
- Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe
- High Performance Computing Infrastructure in Japan
- C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute
- Science Advice for Policy by European Academies
- Sonar Global
- Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GLOPID-R)
Datasets
North America
- Columbia University Libraries Health Data Resources
- CORD-19: COVID-19 Open Research Dataset by the Allen Institute for AI
- 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Data Repository by Johns Hopkins CSSE
- US Digital Response for COVID-19
- Academic Data Science Alliance COVID-19 Resources
- Google Cloud Public COVID-19 Dataset Program
- RPI COVID-19 Modelling Resources
- C3.ai COVID-19 Data Lake
- SafeGraph COVID-19 Data Consortium
- Galaxy: Best Practices for COVID-19 Analysis – Genomics, Evolution, and Cheminformatics
- HealthMap COVID-19 Map and Data
- Jupyter Notebooks and Python Scripts for Investigating COVID-19
- Availability of ICU Beds in the U.S. by County
- NIH COVID-19 Open-Access Data and Computational Resources
- Dolt COVID-19 Dataset
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) COVID-19 Data Repository
- Medium Towards Data Science COVID-19 Open-Source Dashboard
- Exposure to Air Pollution and COVID-19 Mortality in the United States
- Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) COVID in Boston Database
- COVID-19-Net Knowledge Graph (Location, Population, Epidemiological, and Biological Data)
- COVID-ARC: COVID-19 Data Archive
- Esri Canada COVID-19 Resources
- Esri COVID-19 GIS Hub
- Government of Canada COVID-19 Data Portal
- International Science Council COVID-19 Global Science Portal
- Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN) COVID-19 Survey Archive
- University of Maryland COVID-19 Impact Analysis Platform
- NYU COVID-19 Living Data Repository
- NYU Spatial Data Repository
South America
Europe
- Lean European Open Survey on SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients (LEOSS) Public Dataset
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Epidemiological Update
- European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) COVID-19 Data Portal
- European Data Portal COVID-19 Coronavirus Data
- SPARC Europe Coronavirus Open Access Scientific Resources
- Scientific Foundation Ireland COVID-19 Datasets and Research Resources
Asia
Australasia
- Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) COVID-19 Data Resource Repository
- Australia COVID-19 Real-Time Report Dashboard and Data
- New Zealand COVID-19 Research Database
Africa
Guides and References
- NSF Coronavirus Information
- Coronavirus Tech Handbook
- COVID-19 Resource List for Non-profits
- Guide to Crisis-Managing a Creative Company
- Open Collaboration on COVID-19
- MetroLab Network Living, Growing COVID-19 Resource Guide
- HHS: FAQs for Hospitals, Hospital Laboratory, and Acute Care Facility Data Reporting
- The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program COVID-19 Guide
- TRIPOD Checklist for Prediction Model Development and Validation
- Ontology for COVID-19 Cases and Patient Information
- The Infectious Disease Ontology in the Age of COVID-19
- CONVERGE (University of Colorado Boulder) COVID-19 Resources (Opportunities, Working Groups, Events)
- The Global Health Network COVID-19 Research Implementation Hub
- World Health Organization COVID-19 Technology Access Pool
- World Health Organization Coronavirus Research Database
- Global Research Council COVID-19 Research Library
- EBSCO Global COVID-19 Open Access Information
- Frontiers Coronavirus Knowledge Hub
- NIH COVID-19 Resources
- NIH COVID-19 Publication Portfolio
- Evidence Aid COVID-19 Research Reviews
- Cybersecurity COVID-19 Guide
Virtual Events
Upcoming:
- June COVID Information Commons COVID-19 Research Lightning Round: Webinar and Q&A (June 9, 4:00-5:00 PM ET)
- PREPARE Workshop: SBEG: Social, Behavioral, Economic, and Governance Issues during a Pandemic (June TBD)
- PREPARE Workshop: SBEG: Social, Behavioral, Economic, and Governance Issues during a Pandemic (June TBD)
Past:
- Masonic Cancer Center Webinar: Cancer Care and Research in the Time of COVID-19 (October 27, 9:30 – 10:30 AM ET)
- November COVID Information Commons COVID-19 Research Lightning Round: Webinar and Q&A (November 13, 12:00-1:00 PM ET)
- October COVID Information Commons COVID-19 Research Lightning Round: Webinar and Q&A (October 16, 12:00-1:00 PM ET)
- September COVID Information Commons COVID-19 Research Lightning Round: Webinar and Q&A (September 16, 2:00-3:00 PM ET)
- Northeast Big Data Hub Monthly Webinar: Launch + Demo of the COVID Information Commons (July 15, 2020, 3:00-4:00 PM ET)
- Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) COVID-19 Research Synergies Meetings (July 16, 17, 20, 21 and 23, 2020, 12:00-3:00 PM UTC)
- ConversEU Live Conference: Discussing COVID-19 European Challenges and Opportunities (May 28, 2020, 9:00 AM ET)
- Boston Area Research Initiative Spring Conference 2020
- VODAN GO FAIR Webinar Series
- “An Introduction to the Virus Outbreak Data Network (VODAN)” (April 1, 8:30-9:30 AM PT)
- “VODAN-Africa / Training of Trainers (ToT)” (April 8, 9:00-10:00 AM PT)
- “VODAN: FAIR Data Work in Action” (April 15, 9:00-10:00 AM PT)
- “Fighting COVID-19 by Mining Insights from Heterogeneous Datasets” (April 22, 9:00-10:00 AM PT)
- Webinar: Ed Felten – “COVID-19, Technology, Privacy and Civil Liberties” (April 16, 3:00-4:30 PM ET)
- MetroLab Network Kitchen Table Talks (March 31, April 3, 7, 10)
- MIT COVID-19 Challenge (April 3-5, Apply by April 1st)
- Trusted CI COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall
- Environmental Health Matters Initiative Virtual Workshop: Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (August 26-27, 2020)
- UC San Diego COVID-19 Data Challenge: Navigating Life and Work in Border Communities (Kickoff Meeting August 27, 2020, 12:00 PM ET)
For more information about upcoming virtual events, visit our event calendar.
News
- U.S. Department of State G7 Science and Technology Ministers’ Declaration on COVID-19 (May 28, 2020)
- Science|Business LIVE BLOG: R&D response to COVID-19 pandemic
- National Academy of Medicine COVID-19 News and Resources
- NIH Fogarty International Center News, Funding, and Resources
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