Rice establishes COVID-19 research fund
(WorldNews Environment)

As part of a coordinated effort to combat COVID-19, Rice University has established a research accelerator fund to support projects - in biomedicine, engineering, social sciences, humanities and other fields - intended to help end the pandemic and prepare for similar outbreaks in the future. The COVID-19 research fund is open to Rice faculty working on coronavirus-related projects. The fund will be highly flexible and allow faculty to access supplies and other resources immediately needed by research groups. It will also develop partnerships with the city of Houston and the Texas Medical Center to support projects designed to help the community deal with both the immediate and long-term...