IDA RESOURCE GUIDE
The Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA) and our UA System cares about people impacted from the COVID-19 pandemic. Please know that the IDA is committed to being a nexus of connectivity to better serve our students, faculty, staff as well as all of our stakeholders. We will continue to be a conduit of information during this pandemic and beyond providing resources to meet the deep and complex challenges of today, understanding the serious impact for our future.
The IDA Resource Guide will provide you with information about funding opportunities and resources. The IDA is a multidisciplinary research organization that focuses on the science of data and analytics for evidence and methodological-based research. Given that data and analytics are vital to almost all investigations, be it in the academic, corporate, or government arenas, the IDA activities include internally led research, cross-campus/cross-university collaboration, and developing and supporting industry partnerships.
Health Information Resources:
205-348-CV19 Hotline for UA COVID-19 Plan Questions
COVID-19 Vaccine: Who’s Eligible
Ensuring the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States
Business and Non-Profit Resources
SBA Coronavirus Relief Options
• Alabama Small Business Development Center Network
• COVID-19 Small Business Resources: Small Business Resources
• Small Business Administration – Coronavirus (COVID-19): Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
- Small Business Survival Guide to Combat COVID-19
- How to Find a Grant for a Small Business
- SBA’s COVID-19 ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN APPLICATION
Researcher Resources
- Alabama’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard
- Alabama Department of Public Health
- Alabama Department of Public Health Resources
- Alabama Hospital Association
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- CDC WONDER Online Databases Data Summary Descriptions
- Centers for Disease Control
- Coronavirus.gov
- COVID-19 Cases in Rural Persistent Poverty Counties
- COVID–19 Community Mobility Reports
- Data.census.gov
- Data.HRSA.gov
- Health Care Provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, P.L. 116-127
- Hospital Data
- Health Center Resource Clearinghouse
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) – State by State Projections COVID-19 Projections United States
- John Hopkins’ Real-Time Data Dashboard COVID-19
- Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) State Data and Policy Actions to Address Coronavirus
- Medicaid Emergency Authority Tracker: Approved State Actions to Address COVID-19
- UAB Symptom Tracker
- Veterans Data Central
- World Health Organization
- World Meter Live Updates on COVID-19
- U.S. Census – COVID-19 Impact Report
- CDC – Daily Updates of Totals by Week and State
- CDC – Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19
- CDC – Restricted-Use Vital Statistics Data
- Alabama Data and Surveillance
- CDC – COVID Data Tracker
- CDC – Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)
- Interactive Critical Care Surge Response Tool
- S. Census – Community Resilience Estimates
- S. Census – State & Local Government Snapshot
- S. Census – County Business Patterns By Congressional District
Alabama COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Dashboard
HUD and COVID – Disease Risks and Homelessness
CORD-19 – free open resources for researchers working on the COVID-19 pandemic
CORD-19 Additional Resources
- COVID-19 Research Database (provided by the WHO)
- LitCOVID (provided by the NIH)
- COVID-19 Resource Page(provided by Microsoft)
- CORD-19 AI Powered Search (provided by Microsoft)
- COVID-19 Research Export File (provided by Dimensions)
- Day-Level COVID-19 Dataset (hosted on Kaggle)
- COVID-19 Global Cases (provided by Johns Hopkins University)
- COVID-19 Open Patent Dataset (hosted by Lens.org)
- COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Registry (provided by the Global Rheumatology Alliance)
- COVID-19 Literature Review Collection (hosted by Cochrane Library)
- CORD-19 Search Engine (provided by Verizon Media)
- COVID-19 Policy Dataset (provided by Overton)
- COVID-19 DOC Search Engine (provided by Doctor Evidence)
- Resource Page (provided by Doctor Evidence)
- COVID-19 Clinical Trials Tracker (provided by TranspariMED)
- ASReview – Active learning for Systematic Reviews (provided by Utrecht University)
- COVID-19 Public Media Dataset (provided by Anacode)
- CORD-19 Search (provided by AWS)
- COVID-19 Research Explorer (provided by Google)
- COVID-19 Intelligent Insight (provided by Sinequa)
- Blog Post: Computer Scientists Are Building Algorithms to Tackle COVID-19
- Visit CORD-19 Discourse for more resources
Federal Grant Opportunities
NAP-AX-18-003
Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the National Coordinator
Deadline: September 30, 2021
Enhancing Innovation and Capabilities of the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network; Approaches to Data Modernization
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control – NCEH
Deadline: June 21, 2021
Human Networks and Data Science
National Science Foundation
Deadline: February 3, 2022
Science of Science – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
National Science Foundation
Deadline: Sept 9, 2021
RFA-OD-21-009
Emergency Award: RADx-UP – Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications (SEBI) Research on Disparities in COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations (U01 Clinical Trials Optional)
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Deadline: July 7, 2021
RFA-OD-21-008
Emergency Awards: Community-engaged COVID-19 Testing Interventions among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations RADx-UP Phase II (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health Deadline: July 7, 2021
Foundation Opportunities
Top Giving Foundations: ALABAMA
Community Foundations: ALABAMA
Alabama Business Charitable Trust Fund: Coronavirus Relief
Deadline: none
The Alabama Business Charitable Trust Fund’s Coronavirus Relief Program awards up to $500 to nonprofits and faith-based organizations working to address health and human service needs in response to coronavirus (COVID-19) relief efforts or to provide general health and human service support to low-income citizens
RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center
Deadline: Letters of Interest: May 24, July 19, and October 22, 2021
Full applications: June 18, August 13, and November 12, 2021
To support communities across the nation who are confronting COVID-19, the RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC) is soliciting applications for two kinds of awards.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute: Engagement Award
Deadline: May 24, 2021
Geographic Scope: USA
The Engagement Award program is now accepting full proposals for the Special Cycle: Building Capacity for PCOR/CER for Topics Related to COVID-19, a research support—not research—special funding opportunity for projects up to 18 months in duration and up to $200,000 in total costs.
Deadline: May 15, 2021
The Brave of Heart Fund was established to provide grants to eligible family members of frontline healthcare workers and healthcare volunteers who lose their lives because of COVID-19.
National Environmental Education Foundation Restoration and Resilience COVID Recovery Fund
Deadline: June 1, 2021
The Restoration and Resilience COVID Recovery Fund is providing grants to support public lands, including parks, nature areas, and other green spaces, that have been impacted by increased use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From the Heart Productions: Documentarian Emergency Relief Fund
Deadline: Applications are reviewed monthly. Submissions for funds for each month will close on the 14th of that month.
The Documentarian Emergency Relief Fund was established to give up to $1,000 each month for a period of 10 months to documentary producers and directors facing “dire financial emergencies” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health
Evidence for Action (E4A), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, funds research that expands the evidence base needed to build a Culture of Health. Our mission is to support rigorously designed quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research that yields convincing findings regarding the population health, well-being, and equity impacts of specific policies, programs, and partnerships. We are especially interested in research examining the health impacts of programmatic or policy interventions that address factors outside the domain of health care services or public health practice. Deadline: Open
Articles
Draft landscape and tracker of COVID-19 candidate vaccines
COVID causing a different kind of health emergency in South Alabama
Accelerating a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine
24,000 health care workers in Alabama contracted COVID-19
Alabama.gov COVID-19 Information Hub