COVID Grants 2020
Round 1, April 2020
Tsui-Fen Chou - Targeting the host protein p97/VCP ATPase as antiviral therapy
Michael Elowitz - Developing methods for accelerated, inexpensive, at home COVID-19 testing
Bob Grubbs - Spray-On Antiviral Coatings
André Hoelz - Structural and functional analyses of the SARS-CoV2 ORF6 virulence factor interactions with the nucleocytoplasmic transport machinery
Rustem Ismagilov - A chance to increase global throughput of COVID-19 RNA testing 10 fold
Lior Pachter - Customizing barcoded hydrogel beads for targeted capture of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA together with with single-cell RNA sequencing
William Clemons & Doug Rees - Structural studies of the SARS-CoV-2 integral membrane M protein
Shu-ou Shan - Define the interactions of the SARS-CoV proteome with Signal Recognition Particle during viral protein localization to the endoplasmic reticulum
YC Tai - Real-time and Continuous Pulmonary Edema Sensor for Moderate/Severe COVID-19 Monitoring
Round 2, May 2020
Ralph Adolphs - Emotional biases, decision-making and the COVID-19 pandemic
Pamela Bjorkman - Structural characterization of SARS-CoV-2 cell entry and design of universal vaccine strategies to protect against COVID-19 and future coronavirus outbreaks
Judy Campbell - High-jacking the innate immune system to reduce SARS-CoV-2 infectivity
Wei Gao - A Highly Sensitive and Low-Cost Portable Sensing Device for Ultra-Rapid COVID-19 Test
Joseph Kirschvink - Making Useful Mask Testing for the Caltech (and Other) Masses Possible
Dean Mobbs - A longitudinal study of the impact of psychological stress, social isolation and perceived risk during the COVID-19 pandemic
Rob Phillips - Coronavirus by the Numbers
Niles Pierce - Developing a Sensitive, Rapid, Over-the-Counter Test for SARS-CoV-2
Axel Scherer - Rapid Automated qPCR for Point of Care Diagnostics
Matt Thomson - Discovering super-inhibitors of interleukin driven cytokine-storm using high-throughput single-cell mRNA profiling