British Academy – Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons to Learn from COVID-19 across the G7

Funding available to identify lessons learned and lessons to learn from the experience within G7 countries of preparing for, adapting and responding to COVID-19 for future pandemic preparedness.

Funded by the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, this programme this programme aims to identify lessesons learned and lessons to learn from the experience withn G7 countries of preparing for, adapting and responding to COVID-19 for future pandemic preparedness.

The aim of this call is to facilitate global and interconnected learning about the contexts, causes and factors leading to vaccine engagement by supporting research within each country of the G7. Applications on these issues must demonstrate a dedicated focus on place and context at local and community levels, as well as an ability to connect learning to national and international dynamics.

Projects can and should build on existing or ongoing research, but should ultimately allow the British Academy to establish an evidence base that can be used to answer the questions:

• How does context-specific to place, culture, social, political and economic factors shape people’s responses to vaccines?
• How can we harness existing knowledge to develop, disseminate and employ community-engaged research which works for and with national and regional public health authorities and community actors and researchers before, during and after vaccine deployment programs?

The research should use the evidence base to develop and articulate what a broader engagement strategy might look like, including with a range of actors and stakeholders on vaccine engagement, including:

• Communities that have experienced historical injustices and structural inequalities
• Policymakers at national and regional levels
• Businesses including pharmaceutical companies, retailers, and media companies
• Social media platforms.

The Academy and its partners will look to utilise this insight in real-time, convening and supporting the awards to disseminate and share their outputs as the work develops.