As a part of the Covid-19 Flash call launched on
March 6, 2020, which aims to mobilise scientific communities in response to the evolving epidemic, the French National Research Agency (ANR) has selected and announced at the end of
its evaluation process, for immediate funding, 86 research projects covering a
large number of issues related to the crisis.
The budget for this call has been increased to €14.5 M
thanks to the emergency fund allocated by the Ministry of Education, Research
and Innovation (MESRI) and the support of funding partners.
Although the selected projects cover a wide range of scientific disciplines and issues, they all have one thing in common: their aim is to produce knowledge and contribute to the fight against the epidemic. Most address issues spanning two or more of the call's four themes.
- Theme 1 : Epidemiological and translational studies
- Theme 2 : Physiopathogenesis of the disease (virus-host interactions and immune response)
- Theme 3 : Infection prevention and control measures in healthcare settings (including the best ways to protect healthcare staff) and in communities
- Theme 4 : Ethics - approaches to the response from the humanities and social sciences
Among the selected projects, the AM-Cov-Path project
coordinated by Roger Le Grand (director of the IDMIT department) focuses on the
study of the pathogenesis of SARS-Cov-2 infection in a non-human primate model
to cover two axes: the therapeutic axis and the prophylactic axis.
Find the other selected projects on the ANR website.