Emergency seed funding for COVID-19 research: lessons from Johns Hopkins University
Julie Messersmith, … , Marc Lennon, Denis Wirtz
Julie Messersmith, … , Marc Lennon, Denis Wirtz
Published November 10, 2020
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2021;131(1):e145615. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI145615.
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Emergency seed funding for COVID-19 research: lessons from Johns Hopkins University

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Julie Messersmith, Chasmine Stoddart-Osumah, Marc Lennon, Denis Wirtz

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JHU COVID-19 Research Response Program.

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JHU COVID-19 Research Response Program. The JHU COVID-19 Research Respon...
The JHU COVID-19 Research Response Program was deployed in March 2020 with $6.4 million in flexible funding to support new research teams. An oversight committee established nine program areas and a biospecimen repository in pursuit of five broad goals. Research teams launched 29 projects within these areas; the number of projects funded per area is indicated in parentheses.