News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week’s selections include a global survey of gain-of-function research; funding of an mRNA mpox vaccine; Nipah virus outbreak in India; field detection of threat agents with acoustic…

Mount Sinai to Lead Development of Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine Under New Federal Grant

NIAID Seeks to Improve Computational Models of Influenza Immunity

HHS Extends Partnership with Regeneron to Develop Life-Saving Monoclonal Antibodies

Contracts + Grants

NIAID Seeks Proposals for Virology Core Laboratory Contract

DOE SLAC Team Awarded $12M to Improve Response Time to Dangerous Pathogens

ARPA-H Announces CUREIT Project to Strengthen Immune System with mRNA and Gene Modulation

Project NextGen: HHS Awards $1.4B for COVID Countermeasure Development

SOCOM Seeks Development of Lightweight, Ruggedized Biomedical Tools

Capacity Building: Plans for a Public Health Emergency Operations Center in Armenia

UK Biomanufacturing Fund to Bolster Supply Chain Resilience and Pandemic Preparedness

Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment (BRaVE) Initiative Backed by $105M DOE Funding

UAMS Receives $3.4 Million to Study Radiation Injuries Caused by Nuclear Accidents and Bioterrorism

NIH to Further Invest in Point-of-Care Technologies Research Network

Supplemental Funding for Research at NIAID Regional Biocontainment Laboratories

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Opens Grant Program to Shore Up Avian Flu Biosecurity

NIAID Funding Available for Biocontainment Facility Improvements

NIH Awards $3M Grant to Albany Med for Plague Vaccine Development

CounterACT: U.S. Funding Early Stage Drug Discovery of Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats

U.S. Opens Funding for New Public Health Pathogens Genomics Centers of Excellence

DHS S&T Commercialization Accelerator Program 2022 Call for Proposals

DHS Opens Small Business Solicitation for Biological, Chemical Threat Detection

Molecular and Genetic Characterization of Inborn Errors of Immunity

DARPA Program Aims to Develop Fundamentals of Biomanufacturing in Space

Biodefense Headlines – 19 September 2023

OneLab Summit 2023

Public-Private Partnerships to Distribute, Dispense, and Administer Medical Countermeasures

Tunneling Nanotubes and Intracellular Protrusions Workshop

Public-Private Partnerships for Acceptance and Uptake of Medical Countermeasures