The MIDAS COVID-19 Urgent Grant Program is made possible through NIGMS supplemental funding to the MCC. The goal of the COVID-19 Urgent Grant Program is to rapidly provide funds to researchers in the MIDAS network to accelerate the development of models of COVID-19 spread and the impact of possible public health interventions. Two types of awards are funded: Supplemental funding and New Initiative funding.
This grant program would not be possible without the help from our reviewers. We would like to thank them for their participation in this process.
New Initiative funding provides MIDAS investigators with up to $100,000 for a new research project. The awards support projects that add new data or outcomes to COVID-19 modeling research, or that address gaps in the existing COVID-19 modeling landscape. Five projects were awarded on October 7, 2020.
Reviewers on the New Initiatives Funding Panel first reviewed letters of intent. Each letter was thoroughly reviewed by three panelists. The first panel meeting discussed each letter and gave scores to each proposal which were averaged to determine the second round of applicants. During the second round, full proposals were reviewed and given scores based on thorough review of the proposals and a final discussion between all panelists.
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Brown University
Associate Professor
University of Notre Dame
Professor
Universidad del Sinu
Lecturer
University of Stirling
Professor
University of Michigan
Assistant Professor
Cornell University
Staff Scientist
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Department Head
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Distinguished University Professor of Health Science and Policy
University of Pittsburgh
Director – Operations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research Associate
Johns Hopkins University
Assistant Professor
Central University of Rajasthan
Reseach Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Professor
Boston University
Research Associate
University of Cambridge
Research Scientist
Predictive Science Inc.
Chief
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Assistant Professor
Columbia University
Research Scientist
University of Virginia
Postdoc
Penn State University
Assistant Professor
Northern Illinois University
MIDAS members may request up to $10,000 in total funds to supplement ongoing COVID-19 research. No pre-existing grant funding needs to be in place for these awards. Supplemental funding may be requested to cover publication costs, equipment, student salaries, or other small-scale cost in support of ongoing COVID-19 modeling research. Two projects were awarded on September 15, and a further three projects were awarded on December 21, 2020. The final two projects were awarded on March 5, 2021.
Reviewers on the Supplemental Funding Panel reviewed applications and gave scores based on proposal significance; the investigators’ ability to carry out the study; the approach and methods; and the relevance for COVID-19. Studies were then discussed by the reviewers, where overall scores were determined by an anonymous poll. Subsequent rounds of Supplemental Funding applications were reviewed by the MIDAS Coordination Center.
Professor
University of Georgia
Professor
Case Western Reserve University
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech
Faculty Member
Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor
Yale University
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