Celebrating COVID CIRCLE

Thank you We would like to thank everyone who has been a part of COVID CIRCLE, including UKCDR and GloPID-R’s COVID CIRCLE team, our CCRC members, and all stakeholders who...

Funding and undertaking research during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic

This report provides an update to COVID CIRCLE's 2021 report, 'Funding and undertaking research during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic'. It provides specific recommendations for action by funders to improve the implementation of the Funder Principles.

Beyond the pandemic: the impact of the COVID-19 research response in low- and middle-income countries

Join us for our half-day conference, ‘Beyond the Pandemic: The Impact of the COVID-19 Research Response in Low- and Middle-Income Countries’, 13 December 2022.

Behind the Data: our COVID-19 Research Project Tracker in Focus

Learn step-by-step how we work with data to make the most comprehensive database on COVID-19 research funding.

ERC: Starting Grants

DEADLINE: 25 OCT 2022

Are you a talented early-career scientist who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research...

Living mapping review for COVID-19 funded research projects

To make best use of the expansive data in the COVID-19 Research Project Tracker, UKCDR & GloPID-R have produced a Living Mapping Review of COVID-19 funded research projects, which analyses globally funded COVID-19 related research. 

Living Mapping Review: Sixth iteration covers new COVID-19 variants and continues to help funders invest in priority research areas

As the COVID-19 global research funding response has hit a plateau, the Living Mapping Review (LMR) continues to provide valuable information for the international community of researchers and funders. The latest and sixth iteration of the LMR is the first to include an in-depth analysis of existing research into new COVID-19 variants.

Tracker Highlights

4. New variants To date, the world has seen nearly 500 million known cases of COVID-19 and the pandemic has claimed over six million lives [1]. All viruses, including...

Highlights from UKCDR and IDS’ event

COVID CIRCLE and the Covid Collective came together virtually to ask a vital question: How has COVID19 shaped the engagement of research with policy and practice in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

The Impact of Evidence in a Pandemic – A Fireside Chat

This event will explore new understandings of research engagement during the pandemic in LMIC settings.  This will have implications for the funding of research and research engagement strategies during the current crisis, and the recovery phase and for building future heath emergency resilience.