ViewSpecial Report: Covid-19 Funding Trends

Insight and analysis on the patterns that have shaped coronavirus research funding during the pandemic

ViewEU issues €123m calls for R&D on Covid-19 variants

Calls will fund projects on variant monitoring, vaccine trials, infrastructure integration and data sharing

ViewModerna Covid-19 jabs rolled out in Wales

Meanwhile, early-stage trials of Valneva vaccine to be made in Scotland show positive results

ViewWarning over dearth of Covid-19 research in poorer countries

Only 15 per cent of coronavirus research taking place in global south, data suggest

View‘All hypotheses remain on table’ on Covid-19 origins, says WHO

National leaders call for transparent and independent analysis “free from interference”

ViewCovid-19 testing ‘unscientific’ in universities, says BMJ

Medical journal finds low rate of positive cases uncovered by rapid testing

ViewUniversity of Roehampton takes out £5m Covid-support loan

London-based institution is latest university to access cash from Bank of England scheme

ViewDFG extends Covid-19 relief

Funder says plan builds on well-received earlier extensions, but situation for many projects remains tense

ViewGerman court decision could hold up EU’s Covid-19 recovery funds

Commission ‘confident’ German judges will ‘swiftly’ consider complaint and allow fund to open on time

ViewEuropean Spallation Source hit by Covid-19 costs and delays

Under-construction infrastructure developing action plan to mitigate problems caused by pandemic

ViewR&D spending rose in 2020 amid flood of Covid-19 funding

OECD data shows 6.2 per cent growth in public research spending in the pandemic year

ViewFrom the archive: Home-working in the time of Covid-19

Our guide to lockdown labour is freed from quarantine

ViewSouth Africa’s top Covid adviser steps down

Salim Abdool Karim says he wants to re-focus on HIV prevention research

ViewUganda launches domestic Covid-19 test kit

Developers say the antibody test is far cheaper than imports

ViewWellcome commits another £70m to global Covid-19 R&D

Funding will go on genomic tracking, vaccine diversification and treatments

ViewCovid vaccine ‘should herald future innovation missions’

Industrial Strategy Council finds lessons for the future in nation’s vaccine development success

View‘Unsustainable’ Covid timetables for international students

Overseas students join classes at night as teaching stays online during pandemic

ViewOne year on: the research world vs Covid-19

How Research Professional News reported 12 months of Covid-19 policy and funding news

ViewGreece aiming to spend €726m of Covid-19 recovery fund on R&D

R&D aspects of recovery plan target research facilities, innovation and unfunded EU proposals

ViewCovid-19 recovery plan needed for universities, says auditor-general

‘Strong consensus’ required on the way forward for higher education in New Zealand

ViewNational Research Agency lays bare Covid-19 gender gap

Funding body warns of continued imbalance in scientific careers and funding success

ViewSocieties warn of exclusive Covid-19 focus

Medical research not related to the pandemic has taken a hit, say scientists

ViewSeven UK Covid vaccine efforts you may not have heard of

The race is still on for vaccines that could tackle coronavirus variants in different ways

ViewLSE takes out £80m loan to help fight Covid-19 ‘challenge’

Several universities take advantage of short-term debt offer to ease Covid-19 pressures

ViewEU approves Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Covid-19

Commission expects 200 million doses to be delivered from second quarter of the year

ViewReviewers of Covid papers play the good cop

The pandemic has turned reviewers from gatekeepers into coaches, says Serge Horbach

View€750bn Covid recovery fund harnessed to bolster ‘most promising’ R&D areas

Economists warn national governments should use money to bring lasting change to research capacity

ViewUniversities deny accusation they are ‘flouting’ Covid rules

Three institutions reject claims they are not following government guidance

ViewRectors demand rapid Covid-19 tests at universities

Academia seeks to be treated like companies and schools in plan to ease German lockdown

ViewAustria, Denmark and Israel to launch joint Covid-19 R&D fund

Leaders of three countries pledge cooperation on R&D and vaccine production