Dear Colleagues, University of Nairobi is a member of the African Research Universities Network (ARUA) for which this call is directed. For all those who submitted a proposal to the Kenya NRF call, please retool your proposal and submit one to this call as well (Of course recognising that if funded in both, you will have to decline one 😊). The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa requires coordinated, responsive research as well as effective, evidence-based communication and science engagement.