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The novel coronavirus disease is the latest in a series of infectious disease emergencies, including cholera, Ebola, SARS, Chikungunya, HIV/AIDS, and influenza. Scientists and drug developers are rushing to produce, test, and deliver vaccines and treatments with support from governments and multilateral organization.

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Technology innovators also have a crucial role to play in responding to COVID-19 pandemic and to prevent and mitigate future disease outbreaks.

$1.5 Million Digital Health Grant Funding

MIT Solve has over $1.5 million in grant funding in their Health Security and Pandemics thematic area for technology innovations that focus on either near or long term COVID-19 Digital Responses.

• In the near term, we need improved solutions for prevention, accurate detection, and rapid response.
• In the longer term, we need to strengthen primary healthcare systems, enhance disease surveillance systems, and improve healthcare supply chains.

MIT Solve seeks innovative, human-centered, tech-based solutions to Global Challenges, that include artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual reality, and other emerging technologies.

Through open innovation, Solve is looking for a diverse portfolio of solutions across geography, development stage, and team members’ gender and background. Anyone, anywhere around the world can submit a solution to Solve’s Challenges – as an individual, a team, or an organization.

Apply Now: Deadline is June 18, 2020

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• Apply Now: £500,000 DFID Grant Funding for COVID-19 Digital Response