COVID-19 by the Numbers
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$29M total Collaboratory funding from NCGA for COVID-19 research.
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14 UNC campuses involved.
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85 total projects funded.
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3 vaccine-related projects.
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$6M funding for 32 projects across six Historically Minority Serving Institutions in the UNC System.
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16 economic impact projects.
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20 community testing initiatives.
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$1.9M external funding leveraged so far, including a project that leveraged external funding at a 1:5 ratio within just one month of research award.
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7 campuses with community testing initiatives.
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3 projects focuxed on elderly adults.
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>800 research team members.
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>50K study participants across all projects.
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14 therapeutic treatment projects.