FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Preventing Emerging Pathogenic Threats

Funding Opportunity Notice: HR001118S0017

AGENCY:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Department of Defense (Defense), Biological Technologies Office

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to develop new tools and models to quantify the likelihood of a virus to jump from an animal host into humans and to develop and validate new scalable technologies to target potential human-capable viral pathogens in wild reservoirs and/or mosquito vectors to prevent transmission to humans.

ACTION:

Abstracts are due February 13, 2018. Full proposals are due March 27, 2018. The budget is contingent upon the quality of the proposals received and the availability of DARPA funds for multiple awards. DARPA will also host Prospers’ Day on January 30, 2018. Click here for more information.

LINKS:
Grants.gov

CONTACT:

BAA Coordinator, Email: PREEMPT@darpa.mil