The global pandemic known as the coronavirus (COVID-19) has inspired a global response. This page will be continuously updated with virtual events, funding opportunities, and collaborative civic tech projects that will try to help the world respond and recover.
We’re also working to help connect people working on immediate coronavirus responses with resources to assist and help make them more effective. You can help others or ask your own query of the community here.
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Coronavirus Engagement Projects
How are people engaging the public and private sectors to help contribute to a collective response to the pandemic? How are people helping to contribute informal, mutual aid, to address common needs like social connection and remote work? How is the trend towards digital civic engagement accelerating because of social distancing requirements? We’ll track global responses to these needs here.
Example projects:
covid19italia.help
A crowdsourcing platform, run by volunteers, to share useful and verified information on the Coronavirus pandemic in Italy
Roma, RM, Italia...
COVID19.NYC
A knowledge base website that collects public health information on the novel coronavirus from WHO, CDC, NYS, and NYC.
CoVIg-19 Plasma Bot
- www.covig-19plasmaalliance.org
- Artificial intelligence, Bots, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Engagement tech, High-tech civic tech, Resource matching and sharing, The Tech
Bot to help recruit recovered COVID-19 patients to help treat sick ones
COVID Challenge Platform
- www.covidchallenges.org
- Challenges, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Government Projects, Get funding, The People
The COVID Challenge Platform is a no-cost clearinghouse to connect healthcare and government agencies to the resources they urgently need to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
European Commission Recommendation for Coronavirus response mobile data and apps
A common EU approach for the use of mobile applications and mobile data in response to the coronavirus pandemic
European Commission...
CovidMeasures.info
- www.covidmeasures.info
- Civic data, Coronavirus Data Projects, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Coronavirus Government Projects, Crowdsourced data collection, Crowdsourcing
Citizens Tracker of Government COVID-19 Measures
A/D/O, Norman Avenue, Brooklyn...
Chicago Test Out
This site tracks COVID-19 testing data and hospital bed availability over time in the city of Chicago.
Chicago, IL, USA...
Corona-Datenspende-App
- www.rki.de
- Civic data, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Data Projects, Crowdsourced data collection, The Tech
Hände waschen, Abstand halten, Daten spenden - Ihr Beitrag gegen Corona
COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports
Google shares aggregate location data with public officials to show where stay-in-place orders are being followed
Areyousafe.work
An online open content tool designed to help workers share information with each other about health and safety issues in their workplace
Resources for organizers, campaigners and digital strategists to respond to coronavirus
A resource hub for responding to coronavirus, compiled from a massive organizers' call
Mutual Aid National Connections
- mutualaidnational.slack.com
- Civic tech forums, listservs, and Slacks, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Organizing Projects, Listservs, Meet the others, Socialize online, The People
Our goal is to bring our diverse networks into more effective coordination, for the duration of this crisis and beyond.
Facebook ads for World Health Organization Coronavirus Information
Facebook giving the WHO as many free ads as they need for their coronavirus response along with other in-kind support.
First Draft News Coronavirus Resources for reporters
We have created and collected guidance to support accurate and responsible reporting on coronavirus, which will be regularly updated with new information.
Self-fabricated Face Shields
- docs.google.com
- Coronavirus, Emerging Tech Projects, Emtech, Hardware, High-tech civic tech, High-tech Coronavirus Interventions, The Tech
People with access to lasercutters and 3D printers are designing and fabricating face masks for front-line healthcare workers
Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies
- www.facebook.com
- Coronavirus, Digital fabrication, Emerging Tech Projects, Hardware, High-tech civic tech, High-tech Coronavirus Interventions
This group is being formed to evaluate, design, validate, and source the fabrication of open source emergency medical supplies around the world, given a variety of local supply conditions.
Open Source Ventilators Subreddit
A community dedicated to researching locally-sourced, easy-to-manufacture designs for PEEP valves, BVMs, automated BVM pumps, and full ventilators.
Funding opportunities
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard Launch Initiative to Speed Development and Access to Therapies for COVID-19
- Mobilizing a private sector response to COVID-19
- $1 million+ in Emergent Ventures Prizes for coronavirus work
- Best investigative journalism on coronavirus — 50k
- Best blog or social media tracking/analysis of the virus — 100k
- Best (justified) coronavirus policy writing — 50k
- Best effort to find a good treatment rapidly — 500k, second prize 200k
- Best innovation in social distancing — 100k
- Most important innovation or improvement for India — 100k
- Sam Altman: Funding for COVID-19 Projects
- Gates Foundation: Announcing the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator
- UK Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Emergency Competitive Revisions for Research and also
- Forcit Non-Profit Venturing Program: call for the program is extended for an unlimited time and fully open for non-profits and initiatives that need guidance, experts to build impactful solutions that can help in this crisis.
Past:
- The EU: Applications welcome from startups and SMEs with innovative solutions to tackle Coronavirus outbreak
- An existing funding source, the $1M Roddenberry Prize, would like to “strongly encourage applications that address the range of societal, health, and economic repercussions of the pandemic.”
Most civic tech conferences are moving online and are free of charge. Why not join in?
Bringing Everyone to the Table: Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Culture in Civic Tech
September 30, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
https://codeforamerica.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3JRyUAX3RC6rfaxkam1ZDQ
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The Global Community Bio Summit 4.0 @biosummit
October 11, 2020 - October 13, 2020
https://www.biosummit.org/
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European Local Democracy Week
October 12, 2020 4:30 am - October 16, 2020 5:30 am
http://www.congress-eldw.eu/
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Code for America Brigade Congress
October 16, 2020 - October 18, 2020
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Civic Technologies: Research, Practice, and Open Challenges
October 17, 2020
https://cscwcivictechnologies.wordpress.com/
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