Oficina de Proyectos Europeos e Internacionales de Investigación de la Universidad de Murcia

AXA Research Fund - Exceptional Flash Call for Proposals on Covid-19 

En respuesta a la actual crisis de Covid-19, el equipo del Fondo de Investigación de AXA ha publicado una convocatoria urgente para proyectos centrados en la mitigación del riesgo a raíz de la pandemia de Covid-19.

Esta convocatoria va digirida a investigadores/as postdoctorales de entre 6 y 10 años de experiencia (between PhD + 6 years and PhD + 10 years maximum), y contribuye a la financiación de su contratación por un periodo de 12-24 meses y a los gastos asociados a la investigación, con hasta 250.000 euros.

Los proyectos deben centrarse en algunas de las siguientes áreas:

• Protecting vulnerable populations from epidemics and catastrophes, including COVID-19: be it migrants, informal settlements, workers in the informal economy, isolated people, people with disabilities, the elderly
   
• Improving data collection and quality in health: how can data and technology help us get out of the crisis, understand it and mitigate it? How can it inform future containment and epidemic control?
   
• Understanding the effects of confinement and social distancing: what are the effects of confinement and social distancing on society and households? What are the mental health consequences? The social and domestic repercussions?

• Early warning and preparedness: how do we re-enforce our health infrastructure and ecosystem (including medical devices and drug supply) to be better prepared and how do we protect our health workers and caregivers?
   
• Preserving the environment and our health: connections between climate change, biodiversity loss and the origin of viral disease including socioeconomic dynamics leading to infectious disease outbreaks and sanitary crisis; Learnings from COVID-19 for mitigating future related crises in climate and biodiversity

Importante: Financiación: 

"The AXA grant is awarded for a maximum amount of 250 000€ for the whole duration of the project (12-24 months).

Budget will help cover:

• Annual salary of the researcher (based on institution internal policy)
• Salary of PhD students, Post-Docs, research assistants working under the supervision of the Principal Investigator
• Equipment/ resources (databases, survey costs, consumables, etc.), academic activities (conferences, workshops, fieldwork, etc.)
• Outreach activities (beyond academic audiences).

Any other type of costs not listed above should be justified in the application template. Work equipement and overhead costs are not eligible for funding. No additional budget will be granted. 

Host institutions will be expected to participate in general funding with studentships and material resources related to the research program. The Institution should demonstrate this participation in the section dedicated to the budget in the application from. The grant should not substitute for the host institution’s responsibilities vis-à-vis its researchers. As a result, the grant cannot be used to procure basic laboratory and work equipment."

Los proyectos seleccionados empezarían entre Julio y Noviembre 2020. Los primeros resultados se darán en los siguientes 12 meses.

Fecha de cierre: 7 de mayo 2020.

Cierre manifestación de interés UMU: 24 de abril 2020 (plazo interno)

AXA Research Fund - Exceptional Flash Call for Proposals on Covid-19  COVID19: texto de la convocatoria.  

Más información: https://www.axa-research.org/fr/page/call-for-proposals-mitigating-risk-in-the-wake-of-the-covid-19-pandemic