SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies)#
Europe’s academies are playing a vital role in global efforts to understand and tackle the challenge posed by the COVID-19 outbreak. Academies are home to world-leading expertise on infectious diseases — including not only medical and epidemiological facts, but also on social and economic effects, and how people and populations respond.
Join the fight#
Our partners and colleagues are seeking help from researchers and members of the public:
- If you can contribute to research: rapid funding is available in France
, Lithuania, Spain and Ireland.
- If you can provide advice to parliamentarians: join a UK Parliament database of expertise.
- If you have an academic background (PhD candidate or higher): sign up as a rapid reviewer for the UK’s Royal Society registered reports.
- If you can report on national policy decisions: volunteer as a rapporteur for the International Network for Government Science Advisors.
- If you are a young scientist (aged 13-17): join the innovation challenge promoted by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
- If you are a YAE fellow: contribute to a webinar on COVID-19.
- If your lab could help with diagnostics and treatment: respond to the IMI’s call for proposals (coordinated by the EU and the pharmaceutical industry).
- If you use a computer: download Folding@home to harness your computer power in the fight against COVID-19.
- If you are a science communicator: learn how to adapt your outreach activities to lockdown.
- You can also contribute to the WHO’s COVID-19 response fund.
