Elrha Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises Programme

Elrha is launching an urgent funding call for research proposals to support the COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings. The call aims to fund public health research that will produce robust findings that will contribute to the effectiveness of the current humanitarian response and increase the evidence base for future responses to similar infectious disease outbreaks.

This Call focuses on identified priorities related to the current COVID-19 outbreak in humanitarian settings in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Proposals will be eligible for research that targets:
• Refugees or IDPs in camps or urban humanitarian settings, or conflict-affected people in humanitarian settings in LMICs,
• Health systems and health care workers supporting the COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings in LMICs

Eligibility Criteria
• Innovative solutions
• Supporting existing health care delivery
• Predicting outbreaks
• Social science behavioural research
• Co-ordination and sharing

Budget
• Applicants may request support for personnel, travel, reasonable equipment, and miscellaneous costs to cover the full research costs in the relevant setting.
• Indirect costs may be requested in instances where the lead applicant does not have funds to cover the costs associated with administering the grant, such as personnel, finance and departmental service costs.

Application Dates:
• Round 1: 13 April 2020
• Round 2: 20 April 2020
• Round 3: 4 May 2020

Click here for detailed information and application.