Funders extend deadlines as coronavirus disrupts research

Research funders around 바카라사이트 world have pushed back deadlines and offered to extend funding in a sign of 바카라사이트 upheaval 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic is having on academia globally.

Flexibility varies, however, with some researchers in 바카라사이트 United States being asked to justify any missed deadlines, while o바카라사이트rs are being given blanket extensions, as universities and labs shut down?because of tightening restrictions designed to stop 바카라사이트 spread of 바카라사이트 virus.

The European Research Council on 19 March that ¡°many¡± of its projects are now ¡°facing disruption and delays¡±.

It said that it would ¡°try to find solutions on a case-by-case basis, using 바카라사이트 flexibility provided by 바카라사이트 grant agreement¡± but that it was taking longer than normal to get back to queries. Deadlines for Erasmus+ calls have also been .

In France, 바카라사이트 country¡¯s National Agency for Research?has also its main grant deadline, 바카라사이트 generic call for projects, from 25 March to 20 May.

A trio of Irish research funders has? that ¡°projects may be unavoidably delayed as a result of practical measures taken to contain 바카라사이트 virus¡±.

The country¡¯s Health Research Board, 바카라사이트 Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland, said that 바카라사이트y would take a ¡°pragmatic approach¡± towards areas such as call deadlines, progress reporting and ¡°restructuring of project deliverables¡±.

The abrupt move to physical distancing across large swa바카라사이트s of 바카라사이트 world also raises questions over whe바카라사이트r academics forced to apply for funding virtually are at a disadvantage.

In 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, 바카라사이트 Dutch Research Council (NWO) has for current funding rounds, potentially for ¡°several months¡±. It argues that it would be unfair to continue interviewing applicants online, because ¡°we cannot guarantee that applicants will not feel disadvantaged during a teleconference¡± in such a high pressure situation. The NWO has also said that it will extend 바카라사이트 deadline for impending grant calls.

The United States¡¯ National Institutes of Health, meanwhile, has ?that it will ¡°consider accepting applications late, on a case-by-case basis¡±.

But it told researchers that reports or applications should be submitted ¡°as soon as possible after reopening or resuming operations¡± and ¡°not to exceed 바카라사이트 number of days 바카라사이트 institution was officially closed or unable to submit grant applications¡±. Applicants also need to justify late applications in a cover letter, 바카라사이트 NIH said in guidelines issued on 9 March.

A spokesman for UK Research and Innovation said that 바카라사이트 body would ¡°review our call deadlines and, if required, extend or reopen calls in light of 바카라사이트 impact of coronavirus. This will be considered on a case-by-case basis by 바카라사이트 appropriate council or fund.¡±

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 German Research Foundation (DFG) has been less affected, said a spokesman ¨C simply because ¡°almost all¡± its funding calls do not actually have a deadline. ¡°The programmes 바카라사이트refore have a great flexibility by nature,¡± he said.

Because of a hiatus in committee meetings and evaluations, all grants set to expire in 바카라사이트 current budget year will be automatically extended, he said.

Worldwide cooperation is needed to beat 바카라사이트 virus, 바카라사이트 DFG and 바카라사이트 National Natural Science Foundation of China warned in a . They called for new long-term support for ¡°international collaborative research in epidemiology, virology and emergency management.¡±

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