New Dutch COVID-19 Programme includes budget for animal free innovation

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New Dutch COVID-19 Programme includes budget for animal free innovation

19 May 2020
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ZonMw launched a new grant program for COVID-19 research with €1.5 million allocated to animal free innovation provided by the "More Knowledge with Less Animals" program and the Dutch Society for the Replacement of Animal Testing.

The call for proposals for two focus areas within the COVID-19 Programme has now been published. Research groups can submit proposals for research aimed at the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the measures taken against it. In view of the need to act urgently, the deadline has been set at 14 May 2020.

The programme has three focus areas:

  1. Predictive diagnostics and treatment
  2. Care and prevention
  3. Societal dynamics

The call for proposals concerns the first two focus areas.