2020 COVID-19 New Zealand Rapid Response Research

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This Request for Proposals (RFP) is jointly funded by the HRC and Ministry of Health. It aims to fund research that immediately responds to the COVID-19 threat and strengthens New Zealand’s response and readiness to this outbreak threat.

The focus is on research that can provide actionable evidence in the short-term (within 3 - 6 months) to inform the Ministry of Health and/or other agencies involved in the all-of-government COVID-19 response.

The objectives and scope of this funding initiative, including the government’s research areas of interest, are outlined in the RFP document. Research should be informed by the principles of Te Tiriti O Waitangi, and careful consideration should be given to the potential impact of research on health equity and at-risk groups.

Proposals are invited from all fields of health and social science to respond to the RFP objectives. Research should be able to commence rapidly and detail how early and valuable findings will be disseminated for use by the Ministry of Health and/or other agencies.

A funding pool of $1 million (exclusive of GST) is available. The funding partners expect to fund multiple projects across a range of values within this funding pool. Proposals with a duration of up to 6 months are invited. The funding partners retain discretion to fund exemplary proposals with a duration of up to 12 months and/or up to $500,000, where warranted.

Applicants are firstly required to submit a Registration via HRC Gateway (HRC’s online application system). Registrations are due by 1pm, 16 March 2020. The full application will need to be submitted via HRC Gateway by 1pm, 23 March 2020.

Please refer to the RFP for more information. The RFP, application form and application guidelines are available on HRC Gateway (https://gateway.hrc.govt.nz/funding/requests-for-proposals).