BARDA (the HHS biomedical advanced research agency) runs an open-ended 'Easy Broad Agency Announcement' that funds research projects in many health-security areas of interest. The notice text is mostly a long list of amendments that open, pause, revise or close individual areas of interest. The real requirements are in the attached announcement and amendments.
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Details only in attachments. The notice text has no scope, eligibility or submission rules, so you cannot judge fit without reading the attached announcement and 37 amendments. Please reference the attached announcement and applicable amendments for specifics.
Many areas open, paused or closed at different times. Each area of interest has its own status and closing date, so one that interests you may already be closed or paused. revising the following Areas of Interest (AOI) to close effective immediately
Research and development work. This is a research funding announcement in biotechnology, which usually suits companies with technical research capability rather than general service providers.
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Research proposals in BARDA DRIVe areas of interest (AOIs), each with its own scope and closing date
Areas named in the amendments include Lab at Home, Digital MCMs, DRIVe Forward, FASTx, Agnostic Diagnostic, Influenza Vaccine Innovation and RePAIR
Several AOIs (Healing Lungs, ReBooT, Type to Treat) were closed effective immediately by Amendment 037
This announcement serves as a reissuance of the BARDA DRIVe EZ-BAA, now known as EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. This announcement hereby supersedes and replaces prior iterations of the BARDA DRIVe EZ-BAA (e.g. BAA-20-100-SOL-0002). Please reference the attached announcement and applicable amendments for specifics. Additionally, please visit https://drive.hhs.gov/. _______ Amendment 001: This amendment to the EZBAA hereby opens the following research areas of interest ("AOI"). Please review the amendment for details of each AOI, including closing dates: AOI #15: ReDIRECT AOI #16: Lab at Home AOI #17: Digital MCMs AOI #18: Host-Directed Therapeutics AOI #19: Healing Lungs AOI #20: DRIVe Forward AOI #21: Vaccines on Demand AOI #22: ReBooT AOI #23: Host-Based Diagnostics _____ 11/8/22 - Please see Amendment 002 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Adding the the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: REPAIR 2. Clarifying an adminstrative error. _____ 11/14/22 - Please see Amendment 003 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs _____ 12/15/22 - Please see Amendment 004 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #21: Vaccines on Demand ______ 1/11/23 - Please see Amendment 005 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Pausing the following Area of Interest (AOI) by establishing a new closing date of February 15, 2023 at 12:00PM ET: AOI #15: ReDIRECT ______ 2/1/23 - Please see Amendment 006 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs 2. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #17: Digital MCMs 3. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16: Lab at Home 4. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16: Lab at Home ______ 2/3/23 - Please see Amendment 007 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: REPAIR ______ 5/1/23 - Please see Amendment 008 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Adding the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #25: FASTx 2. Updating the language in Section III (F) of the Easy Broad Agency Announcement titled “Plus (+) Phase”. ______ 5/18/23 - Please see Amendment 009 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Reopening the following Area of Interest (AOI), which is reopened to support project Next Gen: AOI #21: Vaccines on Demand ______ 5/25/23 - Please see Amendment 010 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: REPAIR 2. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: REPAIR ______ 6/27/23 - Please see Amendment 011 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Closing the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #18: Host-Directed Therapeutics 2. Closing the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #23: Host-Based Diagnostics 3. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs ______ 9/13/23 - Please see Amendment 012 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16: Lab at Home 2. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #17: Digital MCMs 3. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs 4. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16 Lab at Home 5. Adding the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #26: Agnostic Diagnostic _______ 9/14/23 - Please see Amendment 013 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Pausing the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #20: DRIVe Forward ________ 9/26/23 - Please see Amendment 014 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Pausing the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #21: Vaccines on Demand _________ 10/26/23 - Please see Amendment 015 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #22: ReBoot 2. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #25: FASTx 3. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #22: ReBoot 4. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #25: FASTx ___________ 10/30/23 - Please see Amendment 016 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Pausing the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: REPAIR __________ 11/15/23 - Please see Amendment 017 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Reopening the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #20: DRIVe Forward 2. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #20: DRIVe Forward __________ 12/13/23 - Please see Amendment 018 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16: Lab at Home 2. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16: Lab at Home 3. Pausing the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #17: Digital MCMs 4. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs __________ 01/03/24 - Please see Amendment 019 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Reopening the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #15: ReDIRECT 2. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #15: ReDIRECT __________ 01/10/24 - Please see Amendment 020 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Pausing the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #26: Agnostic Diagnostic 2. Adding a topic to the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #20: DRIVe Forward 3. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #20: DRIVe Forward _________ 01/18/24 - Please see Amendment 021 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Adding the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #27: Stopping Secondary Spread __________ 2/5/24 - Please see Amendment 022 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Pausing the following research Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #27: Stopping Secondary Spread 2. Revise topics for the following research Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #20: DRIVe Forward __________ 02/12/24 - Please see Amendment 023 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Reopening the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #26: Agnostic Diagnostic __________ 02/21/24 - Please see Amendment 024 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #22: ReBooT 2. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #25: FASTx __________ 03/04/24 - Please see Amendment 025 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Reopening the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: RePAIR 2. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: RePAIR __________ 03/12/24 - Please see Amendment 026 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16: Lab at Home 2. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs _________ 04/22/24 - Please see Amendment 027 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Reopening the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #20: DRIVe Forward 2. Removing two topic areas and adding one topic area to the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #20: DRIVe Forward _________ 05/01/24 - Please see Amendment 028 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #15: ReDIRECT 2. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #26: Agnostic Diagnostic 3. Reopening the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #17: Digital MCMs 4. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #17: Digital MCMs __________ 05/09/24 - Please see Amendment 029 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Pausing the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16: Lab at Home 2. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs 3. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs 4. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: RePAIR _________ 09/24/24 - Please see Amendment 030 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Adding the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #28: Influenza Vaccine Innovation 2. Pausing the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #26: Agnostic Diagnostic ___________ 09/30/24 - Please see Amendment 031 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Reopening the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: RePAIR ___________ 10/10/24 - Please see Amendment 032 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: Update the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs Pause the following Area of Interest (AOI) on 10/31/24: AOI #17: Digital MCMs ___________ 10/31/24 - Please see Amendment 033 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: Reopen the following Area of Interest (AOI) on 11/1/24: AOI #15: ReDIRECT 2. Remove language requiring a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) from the record 11/26/2024 - Please see Amendment 034 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1) Reopen the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #22: ReBooT 2) Revise the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #22: ReBooT 3) Pause the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI#24: RePAIR ___________ 1/13/2025 - Please see Amendment 035 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1) Reopen the following Area of Interest (AOI) on 1/15/2025: AOI #16: Lab at Home 2) Open the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #29: Type to Treat ___________ 2/14/2025 - Please see Amendment 036 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lung __________ 4/22/2025 - Please see Amendment 037 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this amendment, BARDA is revising the following Areas of Interest (AOI) to close effective immediately: AOI #19: Healing Lungs AOI #22: ReBooT AOI #29: Type to Treat Additional details can be found in the corresponding Amendment 037.
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