COVID-19 FAQ – I have a research project idea related to COVID-19. Where should I submit my proposal? DARPA is always interested in new ideas and emerging technologies and solutions. The DARPA technical offices that are focused on these efforts are the Defense Sciences Office (DSO) and the Biological Technology Office (BTO), both of which have Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) that are open for the submission of new ideas at any time.

The mission of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is to identify and create the next generation of scientific discovery by pursuing high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines and transforming these initiatives into disruptive technologies for U.S. national security.

PIs within NASA's Earth Science Division (ESD) Research and Analysis (R&A) Applied Sciences Program (ASP), and Earth Science Data Systems Program (ESDS) have begun to explore and/or ask about the possibility of redirecting existing efforts and/or requesting additional support to utilize NASA prodcuts to address the environmental, economic, and/or societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

See question 2: In response to the current need for more COVID-19 information, certain NIFA programs will allow submission of COVID-19 relevant projects outside fof their normal deadlines including: AFRI Foundational Applied Science Requests for Applications, SBIR-Phase I RFA.

The latest BARDA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is amendment 14 posted on March 9, 2020.

Note: COVID-19 response related Areas of Interest includes:

NHLBI is issuing this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to highlight the urgent need for research on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and on biological effects of its causative agent, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Topics of specific interest to NHLBI include host response, associations with heart, lung, and blood (HLB) diseases, potential impacts on transfusion safety, and clinical outcomes of infected individuals.

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Participating ICs at the time of publication: NCI, NCCIH, NHGRI, NIAID, NICHD, NIDDK, NIEHS, NIGMS, NIMHD, NIBIB. Emergency Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs) issued by the respective ICs will specify the activity codes under which recipients can apply. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) hereby notify the applicant community that funds may be available for applications based on a presidentially declared disaster under the Stafford Act, a public health emergency declared by the Secretary, HHS, or other local, regional or national disaster.

NIGMS will accept the submission of applications for Competitive Revisions to active grants to address only the following research areas of interest:

Incorporation of data related to SARS-CoV-2 into ongoing research efforts to develop predictive models for the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other related infectious agents (all relevant grants).

Repurposing or modification of diagnostic tools currently under development to enable rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection (SBIR/STTR grants only).