Support Research. Advance Answers. Improve Lives.
Help fund the research needed to understand and treat post-COVID illness.
The COVID-19 pandemic did not end for millions of people when the initial infection subsided. Many continue to experience persistent or newly emerging health conditions affecting the brain, nervous system, heart, kidneys, immune system, muscles, and other organ systems.
The COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation is developing a multidisciplinary research program to investigate why these conditions occur, identify the biological mechanisms involved, establish which relationships are causal, and advance the development and evaluation of effective diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Your contribution can help turn unanswered medical questions into actionable scientific research.
Research priorities deserving support
Donations will help the Foundation develop, coordinate, and support research projects addressing the following priority areas:
1. Autonomic and cardiovascular disease
Orthostatic intolerance, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), orthostatic hypotension, dysautonomia, and abnormal cardiovascular regulation.
2. Neurological and neuromuscular disease
Small-fiber neuropathy, neuroimmune sensitization, cognitive impairment, muscle weakness, bulbar dysfunction, and post-exertional malaise.
3. Immunological dysfunction and persistent inflammation
Immunosenescence, T-cell exhaustion, clonal hematopoiesis, autoimmunity, altered immune memory, and persistent inflammatory signaling.
4. Renal and metabolic disease
Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, impaired renal recovery, mitochondrial dysfunction, and potential metabolic treatment approaches.
5. Microvascular and lymphatic disease
Endothelial injury, impaired tissue perfusion, abnormal vascular permeability, edema, and persistent interstitial inflammation.
6. Musculoskeletal and dermatological conditions
Inflammatory arthritis, spinal disease, vitiligo, neurogenic pruritus, and other potentially related conditions.
7. Infection-associated and post-vaccination conditions
Carefully controlled research examining reported post-vaccination clinical conditions, potential safety signals, biological mechanisms, and differences between infection-associated and post-vaccination populations.
8. Population health and long-term consequences
Disability, healthcare utilization, mortality, functional impairment, and the economic consequences of post-COVID illness.
How your donation supports research
Contributions can help fund the essential components of rigorous scientific investigation, including:
- Development of research protocols and study designs.
- Recruitment and longitudinal follow-up of research participants.
- Clinical examinations and standardized diagnostic testing.
- Laboratory studies and biological measurements.
- Access to and analysis of population-level health databases.
- Statistical analysis and independent validation of findings.
- Collaboration with qualified academic and clinical investigators.
- Preparation and dissemination of peer-reviewed scientific publications.
The Foundation intends to pursue research that distinguishes coincidence from association and association from credible causal evidence. The ultimate objective is to identify potential biomarkers, improve diagnosis, clarify disease mechanisms, and support the development and evaluation of treatments.
Ways to contribute
Individual contributions: Donations of any size can help provide seed funding for focused research projects and support the Foundation’s continuing research activities.
Major gifts and research sponsorships: Individuals and families may support specific research priorities or contribute to larger multidisciplinary investigations, subject to the Foundation’s project requirements and funding policies.
Foundation and philanthropic grants: Private foundations and charitable organizations can help finance innovative research, investigator collaboration, clinical cohorts, and translational studies.
Corporate and institutional support: Corporations, healthcare organizations, universities, and research institutions can contribute financial resources, qualified expertise, research infrastructure, or collaborative support.
Government research programs: Federal, state, and local funding initiatives can help provide the scale, infrastructure, and sustained resources required for rigorous population-based and translational research.
A commitment to scientific integrity and accountability
The Foundation recognizes that research funding carries a responsibility to donors, investigators, research participants, and the public.
Research priorities will be developed into defined projects with appropriate protocols, objectives, budgets, and measurable deliverables. Findings will be evaluated objectively and communicated transparently, including results that do not support the original research hypothesis.
Donations support the research mission; they do not guarantee a particular scientific outcome, treatment discovery, or clinical benefit. Designated contributions will be accepted and administered consistent with the Foundation’s ability to undertake the designated work and its applicable funding policies.
Make a contribution. Help advance the science.
The long-term consequences of COVID-19 represent a major challenge for medicine, public health, healthcare systems, and affected families. Progress will require sustained research, collaboration, and investment.
The COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation invites you to become part of that effort.
Your generosity can help support the investigations that may reveal why post-COVID conditions develop, how they can be diagnosed more accurately, and which interventions may ultimately improve patients’ lives.
DONATE TO SUPPORT RESEARCH
Visit the COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation to learn more about its research priorities and make a contribution:
www.cov19longhaulfoundation.org
For major gifts, research sponsorships, institutional grants, or collaborative funding opportunities, please contact the Foundation through its website.
The COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation
501(c)(3) nonprofit educational and research organization
John Murphy, President & CEO
Contributions are subject to applicable nonprofit and tax regulations. Donors should consult their tax advisers regarding the deductibility of contributions.