NIH announces research funding for COVID-19 testing technologies

The NIH-funded RADx-UP project is trying to increase COVID-19 testing for communities hardest hit by the pandemic, and has just announced new funding opportunities for researchers and community organizations.

The RADx-UP CDCC Rapid Research Pilot Program is open to universities and non-profits both within and outside of the RADx-UP network and will support the implementation of novel or emerging testing technologies in communities.

Letter of Interest due dates:

March 26, 2021
April 23, 2021
July 19, 2021
October 22, 2021

Full application due dates:

April 16, 2021
May 14, 2021
August 13, 2021
November 12, 2021

More information

Duke University in partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill, is serving as the Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC) for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics- Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) program. The goal of the program is to improve access to and uptake of diagnostic COVID-19 testing in communities of underserved and vulnerable populations. The purpose of the overall program is to better understand factors that have led to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on these groups, and develop interventions to reduce those disparities. The RADx-UP program has multiple components, which are summarized at nih.gov/research-training/medical-research-initiatives/radx.

View the RFA at radx-up.org/apply-for-grant/rapid-pilot.