Eric Jia-Sobota, Principal

Recently we became aware of two new opportunities for federal funding through HHS and DoD. We believe these may present exciting new avenues for companies that work in these areas. First, BARDA just posted two new RFIs with a response deadline of April 23, 2021. Links to these are here: beta.SAM.gov | Search – Expansion […]

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) recently published a Presolicitation Notice for a project titled ‘BARDA Chemical Animal Model Development” [beta.SAM.gov | Search]. The Notice announces BARDA’s intention to publish an RFP for the same project on or around February 14, 2021. The RFP seeks proposals related to testing services, not product development.

Although it may seem that COVID gets all the attention, there are still funding opportunities in other infectious disease areas. For example, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) just published an addendum to their BAA [beta.SAM.gov] regarding a program called The Microbicide 2020 R&D Project: Advancing the Research and Development of Innovative HIV Prevention

The US Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) has published a Request for Information (RFI) related to the Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program (JWMRP). This program provides additional funding for projects that were previously funded through a DoD office. The full SSN can be found here : (https://sam.gov/content/home). JWMRP considers projects in five areas

In case you missed it during the holidays, a Request for Information (RFI) was published that may be of interest to you. A link to the RFI is here: (https://sam.gov/content/home). Publication of such a RFI is an indication that a solicitation for white papers and proposals will soon follow. Based on this, it looks like