Office of Research

Emergency Awards: Biocontainment Facility Improvements and Building System Upgrades to Support Pandemic Preparedness (G20 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Limited Submissions

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. NIAID is issuing this FOA in response to the declared public health emergency issued by the Secretary, HHS, for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), and within the provisions described in the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Application Instructions

Please submit:

1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach

2. CV (not NIH format) of the PI

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, March 24, 2022.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

RFA-AI-22-019

Deadlines
03/24/2022 UW Internal Deadline Closed
04/08/2022 OSP Deadline
04/19/2022 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.