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COVID-19 Research Resources
A curated list of research resources around guidelines, policies, and procedures related to COVID-19, drawn from Harvard University, affiliated academic healthcare centers, and government funding agencies.

Below is a compilation of resources on research guidelines, policies, procedures, and other information related to COVID-19. To share a resource, please email us: communications@catalyst.harvard.edu. As this is a rapidly growing list, we will update this post periodically. The links below will include the latest updates.
Funding Agencies
NIH
- Overview
- NIH COVID-19 Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
- Guidance for NIH-funded Clinical Trials and Human Subjects Studies Affected by COVID-19
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Health & Human Services Office for Human Research Protections (HHS OHRP)
Harvard University
- Keep Harvard Healthy
- General FAQs on COVID-19 at Harvard University
- Committee on the Use of Human Subjects
- Office for Sponsored Programs
- Countway Library COVID-19 Resources
- Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness
Harvard Catalyst
- Biostatistical Consulting
- IND/IDE Consulting
- Community-Engaged Research Consulting
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Flyers
Harvard Medical School
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Harvard Chan Community
- COVID-19 FAQs Relating to Human Subjects Research
- Research and Laboratory Preparedness
Academic Healthcare Centers
Note: We recommend that investigators check their academic healthcare center’s intranet for possible resources. Please also check for future updates on the pages below when specific COVID-19 research resources may become available:
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
Boston Children’s Hospital
Brigham & Women’s Hospital (BWH)
- Coronavirus Guidance for Brigham Researchers (Login Required)
- Brigham Research Institute
- For BWH Investigators
- Center for COVID Innovation
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Ethics Resources
COVID-19 Vaccine Resources
- NIH Vaccine Research Center
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Research
- FDA COVID-19 Vaccines
- Vaccines in Development