Deadline: June 8, 2020, 5 p.m.
The Joint Steering Council of the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State invites proposals from collaborators at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented challenges to our communities and health care system. The ongoing impact of the virus’ transmission throughout the population, including Maryland communities and health systems, is expected to continue through 2020.
The MPower COVID-19 Response Fund is designed to be a strategic and agile mechanism that supports innovative, responsive, high-impact projects. Funded projects should aim to improve the health of the people of Maryland by reducing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through scientific, medical, public health, social, behavioral, or policy/legal approaches and/or by supporting those most at risk or experiencing the greatest disparities in care.
Successful proposals will aim to reduce the impacts of COVID-19 (and/or future viruses or pandemics), by addressing the impact of the virus from a medical, scientific, public health or social, behavioral, or policy perspective. Proposals taking immediate action to address the COVID-19 pandemic are encouraged as are efforts to better understand and prepare for future pandemics.
MPower will provide up to $500K in total funding to support faculty projects with investigators from both UMCP and UMB. A Principal Investigator (PI) must have an appointment as a UMB or UMCP faculty member. Proposals must feature at least one PI or CO-PI from each institution.
It is expected that MPower funding will be used to obtain data or information for larger follow-on proposals to external funding agencies, including NIH, CDC, DARPA, or other external funding sources. It is expected that at least one proposal will be submitted to an external funding agency (ideally within one year of the award) directly as a result of this specific funded collaboration.