"This round of projects has received a total £14.1 million from the NIHR and UKRI as part of their rapid research response to COVID-19. These projects build on the UK’s world-class expertise in global health and infectious disease that has already shaped our understanding of the pandemic and is informing measures to tackle it. They support the UK government’s efforts to save lives, protect the vulnerable and support the NHS so it can help those who need it the most. The projects will run over a maximum 18-month period, ensuring timely insights into the current epidemic. Funded projects Clinical trials 1) Testing new treatments for COVID-19 in primary care - the Platform Randomised trial of INterventions against COVID-19 In older peoPLE (PRINCIPLE) study. Professor Christopher Butler, University of Oxford, £1.7 million Vaccine development 2) Investigating a promising RNA-based vaccine. Professor Robin Shattock, Imperial College London, £1.7 million 3) Developing an animal model of coronavirus infection Professor Miles Carroll, Public Health England, £0.4 million Therapy development 4) Creating a polyclonal antibody treatment Dr Stuart Dowall, Public Health England, £0.4 million Antibody testing 5) A new antibody test for coronavirus Professor Richard Tedder, Imperial College London, £0.4 million Population surveillance 6) Tracking coronavirus among households Professor Andrew Hayward, University College London, £3.2 million 7) Assessing infection risk in healthcare workers Dr Eleni Nastouli, University College London, £1.5 million 8) Monitoring disease resistance among children and teenagers Professor Matthew Snape, Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford, £0.6 million 9) Tracking progress of the outbreak in Scotland Professor Aziz Sheikh, University of Edinburgh, £0.5 million 10) Understanding how COVID-19 affects pregnant women and babies Professor Christoph Lees and Dr Ed Mullins, Imperial College London, £0.3 million Behaviour and policy research 11) Evaluating the impact of self-isolation on mental health Professor Isabel Oliver, Public Health England, £0.4 million 12) Understanding measures to tackle the epidemic in China Professor Jane Duckett, University of Glasgow, £0.3 million 13) Research tools, guidance and training for global health Professor Trudie Lang, University of Oxford, £0.3 million 14) Analysing the UK response to the pandemic Professor Sally Sheard, University of Liverpool, and Dr Nina Gobat, University of Oxford, £0.3 million 15) Repurposing a public health website to reduce spread of coronavirus Professor Lucy Yardley, University of Southampton and University of Bristol, £0.2 million Virology 16) Investigating how long SARS-CoV-2 can survive in air and on different surfaces Allan Bennett, Public Health England, £0.3 million 17) Identifying crucial enzymes for virus spread Dr Sumana Sanyal, University of Oxford, £0.2 million Transmission and mathematical modelling 18) Real-time forecasting and scenario analyses to help control COVID-19 Dr John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, £0.5 million 19) Evaluating the role of delivery workers and supply chains in preventing disease spread Professor Martie van Tongeren, University of Manchester, £0.3 million 20) Modelling disease spread and movement to assess control strategies Dr Leon Danon, University of Exeter, £0.2 million 21) Building models using multiple datasets to understand the severity of the epidemic Dr Anne Presanis, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, £0.2 million"