AYUSH Ministry to support research projects for COVID-19, announced a help of 10 Lakhs

To bolster efforts to search for a solution to the COVID-19 outbreak, the AYUSH Ministry has announced a mechanism to support short-term research projects for evaluating the impact of AYUSH medicines in the prophylaxis and clinical management of the disease.

Institutions involved in the management of COVID-19 cases have been invited to participate in this scheme which falls under the extramural (that is, for those from outside the AYUSH Ministry establishment) research category, an official release said here. The proposals should be related to evaluating the role and impact of AYUSH interventions/medicines in the prophylaxis and clinical management of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease.

Project proposals of a maximum of six months duration with Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) clearance will be considered for support up to Rs 10 lakh to meet the expenditure on engaging AYUSH clinicians, technical manpower, laboratory investigations and related contingencies, the release said.