Contact Us  |  Search  
 
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research
Development, Security, and Cooperation
Policy and Global Affairs
Home About Us For Grant Recipients Funded Projects Email Updates

Funded Projects | PEER COVID-19 Grant Recipients

Have questions?

Feel free to contact us at peer@nas.edu.


Africa

 
Madagascar - COV-164: Resilient food systems and biodiversity under future crises in Madagascar
PI: O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, University of Antananarivo
U.S. Partner: Randall Kramer, Andrew Bell, and James Herrera, Duke University (funded by National Institutes of Health)

Senegal - COV-053: Designing and evaluating a wastewater pathogen monitoring tool for sewered and non-sewered sanitation systems to prevent disease outbreaks in Dakar, Senegal
PI: Nouhou Diaby, Université Cheikh Anta Diop
U.S. Partner: William Tarpeh, Stanford University (funded by National Science Foundation)

South Africa - COV-041: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 and the national lockdown restrictions on sex worker uptake of health services in four sites in Gauteng, South Africa: A retrospective record review
PI: Khuthadzo Hlongwane, Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), a Division of the University of the Witwatersrand and co-PI Jenny Coetze, African Potential Foundation
U.S. Partner: Glenda Gray, South African Medical Research Council and Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Division of the University of the Witwatersrand (funded by National Institutes of Health)

South Africa - COV-054: YouthCAN - Co-design African Needs: Exploring strategies to increase the uptake of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in youth: A co-designed study with youth
PI: Janan Dietrich, Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Division of the University of the Witwatersrand
U.S. Partner: Avy Violari, Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Division of the University of the Witwatersrand (funded by National Institutes of Health)

PI:  Roisin Elizabeth Drysdale, University of the Witwatersrand
U.S. Partner:  Chris Desmond, University of KwaZulu-Natal (funded by National Institutes of Health)

South Africa - COV-079: Friction and flows: understanding COVID-19 impacts on the wildlife economy in southern Africa
PI: Annette Hübschle, University of Cape Town
U.S. Partner: Meredith Gore, University of Maryland (funded by National Science Foundation)

PI:  Lise Korsten, University of Pretoria, South Africa
U.S. Partner:  Charles Gerba, University of Arizona (funded by United States Department of Agriculture/ National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
  
Uganda - COV-012: Scaling cost-effective, safe, and quality black soldier fly insect larvae enterprise for COVID-19 livelihood resilience in Uganda
PI: Deborah Ruth Amulen, Makerere University
U.S. Partner: Jennifer Pechal, Michigan State University (funded by National Science Foundation)

Uganda - COV-027: The impact of COVID-19 on school enrollment and mental health of children in the Manafwa watershed area in Uganda
PI: Charles Batte, Makerere University
U.S. Partner: Trishul Siddharthan, University of Miami (funded by National Institutes of Health)

Uganda - COV-096: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on GBV among women and girls in informal settlements in Kampala
PI: Juliet Kiguli, Makerere University, School of Public Health
U.S. Partner: Julia Dickson-Gomez, Medical College of Wisconsin (funded by National Institutes of Health)
 


Asia
 
Indonesia - COV-128: Cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance on Wastewater and Environmental Sampling (SWESP) as an early warning system for community COVID-19 transmission in Indonesia
PI: Indah Kartika Murni, Universitas Gadjah Mada
U.S. Partner: David Boyle, PATH (funded by National Institutes of Health)

Indonesia - COV-159: Improving public acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: an application of community ethic gotong royong and the protector schema
PI: Retna Padmawati, Universitas Gadjah Mada
U.S. Partner: Abram Wagner, University of Michigan (funded by National Institutes of Health)

Vietnam - COV-139: Understanding the importance of ecosystem services and medicinal plants during and after the COVID-19 crisis in Vietnam
PI: Tuyen Nghiem, Vietnam National University—Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
U.S. Partner: Pamela McElwee, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (funded by National Science Foundation)
 


Europe / Eurasia

Serbia - COV-183: Mitigating effects of COVID-19 on small-scale dairy farmhouse producers through education and training initiatives to improve food safety and their access to online distribution platforms
PI: Nada Smigic, University of Belgrade
U.S. Partner: Jovana Kovacevic, Oregon State University (funded by United States Department of Agriculture/ National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
 

 
Latin America / Caribbean
 
Brazil - COV-177: Fishing for a “new normal”: potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemics on vulnerable fishing communities in the Brazilian Amazon
PI: Renato Silvano, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
U.S. Partner: Henry Huntington, Huntington Consulting (funded by National Science Foundation)