An unprecedented challenge. A powerful response.

The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as one of the greatest threats to global health in a century, stretching the world’s public health infrastructure to the breaking point. In response, UMass Chan Medical School is mobilizing its groundbreaking research platform—and our world-class researchers—to achieve rapid progress in the fight against COVID-19. This fund provides much-needed capital for real-time research activities on COVID-19 and related viruses.