The National Institutes of Health is pleased to announce the Emergency Awards: Biocontainment Facility Improvements and Building System Upgrades to Support Pandemic Preparedness.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/19/2022
Award Size: $3,000,000 to $7,500,000
Award Duration: 18 months
Details:
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support pandemic preparedness by providing an opportunity for facility improvements and building systems upgrades at existing BSL3 and BSL4 biocontainment laboratories engaged in research on RNA viruses of pandemic potential to facilitate the conduct of biomedical research on vaccines and therapeutics.
Objectives and Scope
- To achieve the objectives outlined above, NIAID seeks to support facility improvements and building systems upgrades at existing BSL3 or BSL4 biocontainment laboratories engaged in research on RNA viruses of pandemic potential to facilitate the conduct of biomedical research on vaccines and therapeutics.
- Applicant institutions must serve multiple individual investigators each with demonstrated experience (e.g., United States Government (USG) funding, publications) over the past 5 years covering at least one RNA virus family relevant under the APP/pandemic preparedness effort.
- The cumulative experience of the investigators must cover at least two APP/pandemic preparedness-relevant viral families. Examples of activities that are covered under this FOA include but are not limited to:
- Repair, renovation, and modernization of building systems to enhance functions and operations of existing research facilities, i.e., renovating space and finishes or updating the facility’s HVAC, plumbing, or electrical systems.
- New fixed Equipment connected to building systems that modernize, streamlines, or improve efficiencies of the operations of the facility and novel nonfixed scientific equipment and advanced tools which directly support the BSL3 or BSL4 laboratory. Examples of allowable equipment include autoclaves, cage washing equipment, ventilated animal caging, Biosafety Cabinets (BSCs), cell sorters/FACs, and PCR equipment. Examples of equipment not considered allowable are typical laboratory nonfixed equipment such as refrigerators, incubators, and centrifuges.
- Building automation systems related to the functioning of the facility.
Award Information
- Award budgets are expected within the range of $3,000,000 to $7,500,000 direct costs. Application budgets are limited to $7,500,000 direct costs per year.
- The project period is 18 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
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