Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Emergency Response for the General Public Innovation Challenge

Can you build a health technology tool to support the needs of individuals affected by a large-scale health crisis (pandemic, natural disaster, or other public health emergency)? A large-scale health crisis such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, or natural disasters, can disrupt the lives of everyone in an affected community. The public faces numerous challenges during these events such as rapidly spreading misinformation, shortages of supplies like medications, and lack of access to resources and health care.

Who is a Business Associate?

A Business Associate is a person or entity who, on behalf of a HIPAA Covered Entity, or Hybrid Covered Entity like UA, performs or assists in the performance of a function or activity or provides support services, while not a member of the workforce, to the Covered Entity involving the use or disclosure of individually identifiable health information.  

CDMRP PRMRP Technology/Therapeutic Development Award for Emerging Viral Diseases and Respiratory Health

The PRMRP Technology/Therapeutic Development Award is a product-driven award mechanism intended to provide support for the translation of promising preclinical findings into products for clinical applications in one or more Focus Areas published in this funding opportunity for the FY20 PRMRP Topic Areas of Emerging Viral Diseases and/or Respiratory Health. Products in development should be responsive to the healthcare needs of military Service members, Veterans, and/or beneficiaries.

 

CDMRP PRMRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award for Emerging Viral Diseases and Respiratory Health

The PRMRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award is intended to support studies that will make an important contribution toward research and/or patient care in one or more Focus Areas published in this Funding Opportunity for the FY20 PRMRP Topic Areas of Emerging Viral Diseases and/or Respiratory Health.

 

Computing Innovation Fellows Program

The Computing Research Association (CRA) and the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) are pleased to announce a new Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) Program for 2020.  This program recognizes the significant disruption to the academic job search caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic uncertainty. Its targets include recent and soon-to-be PhD graduates in computing whose academic job search was impacted by COVID-19 and aims to provide them with a career-enhancing bridge experience.