In order to adapt to the evolving situation and to allow new projects to be submitted and evaluated under the same conditions as the ANR Covid-19 Flash call, a new RA-Covid-19 call dedicated to short-term research work (3-12 months) is open continuously until 28 October 2020 (this date may be extended depending on how the health crisis develops).
Following on from the Flash call, this new call is aimed at proposals for "Action Research" (AR) projects, i.e. urgent and rapid projects whose results could be implemented in society within a few months.
The themes covered include
preventive measures ;
treatments, including vaccines;
large-scale tests ;
seroprevalence studies ;
epidemiological rebounds ;
deconfinement strategies and their implementation ;
overcoming crises in health, the economy, the environment, interpersonal relations, social change and economic impact;
One Health initiatives, with their integrated, systemic and unified approach to public, animal and environmental health...