Multilateral call for solutions for COVID-19 Echo Period – Life without a vaccine

This call for solutions for the COVID-19 Echo Period is for organisations in the following countries (based on mutual consent between participating national funding bodies):

 - Austria (Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft – FFG)
 - Canada (National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program – NRC IRAP)
 - Denmark (Innovation Fund Denmark – IFD)
 - France (Bpifrance)
 - The Netherlands (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland – RVO)
 - South Africa (Department of Science and Innovation, implemented by Technology Innovation Agency – DSI / TIA)
 - Spain (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnologico Industrial – CDTI)
 - Turkey (Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu – TÜBİTAK)

Participants are invited to submit research and innovation project proposals aiming to provide short to medium-term responses to COVID-19 specific needs. These may include (but are not limited to):

 - Infection prevention and protection
 - Sanitation technology
 - Diagnostics and testing
 - Therapeutics, vaccines and medicines
 - Disease-tracking technology, analytical solutions for health systems
 - Smart technology for COVID-19 patients
 - Smart technologies and support systems for critical production and supply chains under lockdown
 - Safe mobility: migration data and trends, regional risk monitoring, protection of isolated and risk groups, safe use of public transports
 - Education technologies and digital workplace.