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COVID-19 Information


Press Release - April 10, 2020 - CanCOVID is an expert network of Canadian COVID-19  researchers, clinical collaborators, and healthcare stakeholders from across the country.
Resources for researchers and clinicians fighting COVID-19 in Canada. 


**NEW!!** This site now includes a searchable research expertise database - The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has required transdisciplinary research and development. To facilitate these collaborative efforts, a pan-Canadian list of scientists and researchers working in this area has been compiled. Individuals may upload their information to the database using an online form. 

If you are involved in COVID-19 related research and development, please consider adding your name and credentials to the database. 



COVID-19 Research Projects in the SWAHN Region:

Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario (AMOSO) grants - London 
- announced April 27, 2020

CIHR grants: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University - news release, March 6, 2020

Fanshawe College, Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Biotechnology (CARIB) and Centre for Research and Innovation projects - news release, May 29, 2020

Government of Ontario: Ontario Research Fund - COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund grants: Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute (see highlighted sections) - announced May 21, 2020 

Lambton College projects - as of June 2, 2020

Lawson Health Research Institute - Internal Research Fund (IRF) Grants - COVID19 Pandemic Response Competition - announced May 5, 2020 - Lawson Health Research Institute is the research institute of London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care London.

St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation - St. Joseph's Health Crisis Fund grants - announced March 30, 2020

University of Waterloo, School of Optometry & Vision Science projects - as of June 2020

University of Waterloo, School of Pharmacy projects - as of May 2020

University of Windsor - NSERC Research Grant - Dr. John Trant, Department of Chemistry - news release, May 19, 2020

WE SPARK Health Institute and University of Windsor grants - announced April 22, 2020 - WE SPARK Health Institute is a Windsor, Ontario partnership that includes Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare, Windsor Regional Hospital, The University of Windsor and St. Clair College.

Western University - Western Catalyst Research Grants: Surviving Pandemics: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Resilience and Recovery - announced May 13, 2020

Other links to projects in the SWAHN region coming soon!