UK (Liverpool) University’s COVID-19 Campaign gives £100K funding boost to vital research projects July 2020

[Sly Saint]

The University of Liverpool’s ‘COVID-19 Emergency Response Campaign’ has provided £100K for several vital research projects into the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact.

The current COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented global challenge, and one for which University of Liverpool researchers, working at the forefront of innovation and discovery are striving to find a global solution.

In response to this challenge the University established the ‘COVID-19 Emergency Research Fund’ in April this this year to raise urgently-needed funding to help support the University’s COVID-19 research programme and to provide support for students facing financial challenges as a result of the pandemic.

Donations from alumni and friends of the University to the fundraising campaign have resulted in £100K being allocated to nine research projects from across the University.

Patients recovering from COVID-19 following infection with the virus SARS-CoV-2 report a persistent, debilitating fatigue, reminiscent of other viral infections which bears considerable resemblance to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). A study will be piloted by Anne McArdle, Professor in Musculoskeletal Biology, with a view to develop and optimise treatments for this fatigue

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/0...00k-funding-boost-to-vital-research-projects/

 

[Trish]

With at least 11 different projects included, the £100,000 won't go far.