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Editor, Senior Moderator
NPJ Vaccines
. 2026 May 26.
doi: 10.1038/s41541-026-01493-x. Online ahead of print.
Trends in funding for coronavirus vaccine research and development: implications for preparedness against future coronavirus threats
Derek Fleming[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Emily Smith[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Julie Ostrowsky[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angela Ulrich[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Tabitha Leighton[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Natalie Vestin[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angela J Mehr[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rodrigo Furst[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Alice Norton[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eve Lackritz[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented investment in coronavirus vaccine R&D, but the long-term trajectory of this funding remains unclear. We mapped coronavirus vaccine grant support from 2020 through 2025, and found an early surge focused on ancestral SARS-CoV-2, a pivot toward broadly protective coronavirus vaccines (BPCV), and then a steep decline in publicly available funding overall, especially in the United States. Reduced sustained investment may weaken future preparedness and response globally to emergent coronavirus threats.
. 2026 May 26.
doi: 10.1038/s41541-026-01493-x. Online ahead of print.
Trends in funding for coronavirus vaccine research and development: implications for preparedness against future coronavirus threats
Derek Fleming[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Emily Smith[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Julie Ostrowsky[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angela Ulrich[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Tabitha Leighton[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Natalie Vestin[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angela J Mehr[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rodrigo Furst[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Alice Norton[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eve Lackritz[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 42191709
- DOI: 10.1038/s41541-026-01493-x
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented investment in coronavirus vaccine R&D, but the long-term trajectory of this funding remains unclear. We mapped coronavirus vaccine grant support from 2020 through 2025, and found an early surge focused on ancestral SARS-CoV-2, a pivot toward broadly protective coronavirus vaccines (BPCV), and then a steep decline in publicly available funding overall, especially in the United States. Reduced sustained investment may weaken future preparedness and response globally to emergent coronavirus threats.