COVID-19 Research-Related Information and Websites

April 24, 2020

NIH Guide

• COVID-19 Resources for Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding – Message from the Dr. Mike Lauer, Dep. Director of the Office of Extramural Research
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients – Summary of guidance to date from NIH
• NIH Late Application Policy Due to Public Health Emergency – Provides guidance for late applications
• Proposal Submission and Award Management Related to COVID-19 – Addresses general questions associated with proposal submission and award management; some guidance on travel, cancelled conferences, etc.
• Flexibilities Available to Applicants and Recipients of Federal Financial Assistance – Addresses a range of topics related to pre-award costs; extension of post-award financial and other reporting; prior approval requirement waivers; and salaries, stipend, etc. 
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) COVID-19 Flexibilities for Applicants and Recipients – Offers an array of Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers) in response to inquiries on policies and programs affecting the grants process
• Guidance for NIH-funded Clinical Trials and Human Subjects Studies Affected by COVID-19
• Flexibilities for Assured Institutions for Activities of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) Due to COVID-19

• NIH Response to Natural Disasters and Other Emergencies – Includes types and level of responses and actions taken as severity of the situation changes
• NIH NIAID’s funding opportunities for COVID-19 research 
• NIH NIAID’s additional funding mechanisms for current NIAID grantees 
• NIH Fogarty International Center – COVID-19 research resources for domestic and global researchers 
• NIH NIAID’s Funding Opportunity for Partnerships for Countermeasures against Select Pathogens

NSF

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposers and Awardees – An extensive set of FAQ associated with proposal submission and award management
• Statement on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Issued on Monday, March 9, 2020 – impact on proposals, panel reviews, and conferences 
• NSF 2-pager on impact to proposals (still being accepted), panel reviews, and conferences: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/coronavirus/External_info_w.pdf
• Dear Colleague Letter on RAPID funding for non-clinical research on COVID-19 – Quick response funding mechanism for up to $200K
• NSF Dear Colleague Letter on funding for Cyberinfrastructure supporting research on COVID-19
  

Dept of Energy

• Office of Science Guidance on Accommodating Interruptions to Applications and Awardees due to COVID-19

Dept of Justice

• Office of Justice Programs – Letter to Grantees including proposal deadline extensions, reimbursement of cancellations, etc.

NEH

• Information on NEH and COVID-19 – General guidelines on contacting project and grant officers if grant extensions, budget revisions, or scope of work changes are needed
• FAQs for grantees including additional funding and flexibilities 

NASA

• Procurement message on COVID-19 – Letter to NASA stakeholders and links to NASA webpages with COVID-19 updates

CDC

• Interim Guidance for Administrators of US Institutions of Higher Education 

COGR

• Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) – Federal Agencies & Universities’ Responses to COVID-19 – additional links to federal and individual universities’ COVID-19 webpages

Non-Federal Sponsors

For additional information from the Office of Institutional Partnerships, please see this list of contacts and additional foundation notices.

Ford Foundation – A Message of Support for Our Grantees – General guidance on the flexibilities allowed to grantees including repurposing project grants to general support grants, changing payment schedules, and repurposing grant funds in light of cancellations, etc. 

Luce Foundation – Letter to Clare Booth Luce Grantees and FAQs for Luce Grantees

MacArthur Foundation – Letter to Grantees

Packard Foundation – Letter to Grantees

Rockefeller Foundation – Flexibility for Grantees

Russel Sage Foundation – New Guidelines for May 21 LOIs; RSF Responds to COVID-19

For other non-federal sponsors, please check the sponsor’s website, or contact ORS at researchadmin@georgetown.edu

For sponsor check delivery and deposit, make the check payable to:

Georgetown University

ATTN:  Tapiwa Mhute or Donna Copeland

RE: AWD# or Contract#

Mailing Address: 2121 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W, Floor 4

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