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By Jeff Hansen
Urgent high-impact COVID-19 research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is catching a second breath, thanks to the generosity of Alabama business donors and the clinical skills of researchers.
Ten pilot projects – funded by $402,000 in donations – began Aug. 1. The projects will last six months and were selected for their high probability of having an impact on the COVID-19 crisis within weeks or months. Competition for funding was open to the entire university, resulting in 76 applications.
This round of research follows 14 projects advertised to faculty of the UAB School of Medicine that were funded beginning May 1, after the Birmingham and Montgomery business communities raised $1.1 million in March and April. Part of that money is helping fund this second round.
