Western University announced its launching a new $1-million research fund aimed at supporting COVID-19 pandemic research. In a statement released Tuesday, the university says the new catalyst fund is open to a “range of projects that will help build resilience and recovery from disease outbreaks, both now and beyond the current COVID-19 pandemic.” “The main focus here is to expand the base of research and researchers in the community and to encourage greater creativity through collaboration,” said Sarah Prichard, Western’s acting vice-president for research. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “We’re going to prioritize multi-disciplinary teams taking novel approaches to the problem at hand, with the