COVID-19 Research Project Tracker by UKCDR & GloPID-R

Dashboard: WHO Roadmap Research Priorities

(COVID CIRCLE Tracker coded against the WHO Research Roadmap for COVID-19)

Dashboard: UN Roadmap Research Pillars

(COVID CIRCLE Tracker coded against the UN Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery)
Please note that this dashboard stopped being updated on 10/03/2023.

Download the FULL Tracker

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COVID-19-Research-Project-Tracker-09-NOVEMBER-2023

This database also feeds into Europe PMC’s COVID-19 Grant Finder which allows users to search the database using keywords.

What information can I expect to find in the tracker?

The tracker includes:

All COVID-19 research projects included in the Heatmap and World Map, with additional detail and abstracts where available
A full list of all datasets included in the tracker
Links to useful online resources

Whilst every attempt is being made to provide a comprehensive overview, we do not pretend to have an exhaustive list of all research projects. Current datasets included are listed below. Please help us complete the database by contributing any additional datasets to covid19@ukcdr.org.uk.

You may use the downloadable data freely and link to interactive website elements on your website, provided you give attribution to the project. Recommended attribution: UKCDR and GloPID-R COVID-19 Research Project Tracker, 2023, https://www.ukcdr.org.uk/funding-landscape/covid-19-research-project-tracker/

How can I add information to this database?

Funders and research organisations can email covid19@ukcdr.org.uk to provide datasets to UKCDR, ask questions on the data or provide feedback on the dashboard.

COVID-19 Research Project Tracker: Data Fields

We encourage all funders to collect the information below during the funding application and decision process if possible. UKCDR can extract information from any source document – there is no need to fill out a template (although we can provide one on request).

What are the WHO Research Priorities for COVID-19?

World Health Organisation: A Coordinated Global Research Roadmap: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, March 2020

Interested in exploring the data more?

*NEW Excel pack to explore our COVID CIRCLE data more*

We have a new downloadable Excel pack that allows users to interact with the data in more ways, including:

Filtering to specific research funding organisations to explore the data at funder level.
Breakdown of projects against other cross-cutting themes and areas of interest.
Summary of projects taking place in low- and middle-income countries.

Download the Excel pack here.

Last updated: 21 April 2023

About UKCDR & GloPID-R

About UKCDR

The UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) is a group of UK government departments and research funders working in international development research.

UKCDR exists to amplify the value and impact of research for global development by promoting coherence, collaboration and joint action among UK research funders. governed by the Strategic Coherence of ODA-funded Research (SCOR) Board.

About GloPID-R

GloPID-R is a network of funding organizations investing in infectious diseases research preparedness and response.

GloPID-R is the only alliance of its kind to bring together research funding organizations on a global scale to facilitate an effective and rapid research of a significant outbreak of a new or re-emerging infectious disease with epidemic and pandemic potential.

https://www.glopid-r.org/

About COVID CIRCLE - COVID-19 Research Coordination and Learning

The COVID CIRCLE – COVID-19 Research Coordination and Learning initiative – was a partnership between UKCDR and the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) that spanned 2020-2023.

COVID CIRCLE harnessed UKCDR and GloPID-R activities, including continual mapping and analysis of global COVID-19 funding through our COVID Tracker.

As of 2023, the COVID CIRCLE programme has transitioned into Pandemic PACT. For more information, please contact Adrian Bucher, UKCDR Senior Data Analyst, at a.bucher@ukcdr.org.uk

What is the COVID-19 Research Tracker?

This is a live database of funded research projects across the world related to the current COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the COVID CIRCLE initiative. All projects in the tracker are mapped against the priorities identified in the WHO Coordinated Global Research Roadmap: 2019 Novel Coronavirus and the United Nations Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery. This mapping helps us support funders and researchers to deliver a more effective and coherent global research response. To our knowledge, this tracker is one of the most comprehensive databases of its kind, covering a range of disciplines and geographies.

Last updated: 09 November 2023

What is the Living Mapping Review?

To make the best use of the expansive data in the Tracker, we have produced a quarterly Living Mapping Review of COVID-19 funded research projects (LMR) which analyses globally funded COVID-19 related research. The LMR’s crucial insights into the breadth of COVID-19 research have helped both funders and researchers to prioritise resources to underfunded areas where there is the greatest research need, and provides opportunities to strengthen strategic collaboration. The latest iteration of the LMR, published on 2 February 2023, is based on data from the Tracker from July 2022.

The LMR features an analysis of research projects in our Tracker against the pillars and priorities outlined in the United Nations Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery. As research now pivots to recovery from COVID-19, the Roadmap outlines 25 key research priorities to support an improved socio-economic recovery and a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable future.

UKCDR and GloPID-R have also taken a deeper look at four key themes that emerged during our analysis through our Tracker Highlights series. The four key themese are: indirect health impacts; research capacity strengthening; long COVID; and new variants.