[ Novo Nordisk Fonden - Societal Responses to and Preparedness for Emerging Viral Infections | Research funding ]

The current epidemic spread of a new corona virus (2019-nCoV) highlights the threat to the world of new infectious diseases. Due to the rapid spread of new viruses across the world, it is of vital importance that all countries are prepared for a possible occurrence of infections by a new virus.

In this context, the Novo Nordisk Foundation has launched a special call to support collaborative research in any discipline and methodology on the following topics:

• Surveillance and early detection of disease. Rapid diagnostics of novel viruses. New technologies to prevent or combat epidemic viral infections.
• Infectious epidemiology, including methods for epidemic modelling, to predict and understand spread of disease. IT based methods for early detection of epidemics.
• National preparedness to deal with emerging viral infections, including drafting of policies in advance, procedures for rapid testing and approval of new treatments, technologies, and vaccines.

• The main applicant must be employed and based at a research institution in Denmark.
• Co-applicants (1-3) can be based at a research institution anywhere in the world.
• It is encouraged that industry, and National or International Health Agencies and Organizations are included as collaborators.
• Funding cannot be awarded to industrial partners.