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Pre-Clinical Models of Infectious Diseases

Description (excerpt)

Pre-solicitation Notice Information Introduction The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) supports research related to the basic understanding of microbiology and immunology leading to the development of vaccines, therapeutics, and medical diagnostics for the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of infectious and immune-mediated diseases. The NIAID, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases has a requirement to provide and develop animal models in order to advance our understanding of infectious diseases as well as advance the development of therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases. Description The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) supports and facilitates research that focuses on understanding, treating and, ultimately, preventing infectious, immunologic, and allergenic diseases. The NIAID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID) supports and facilitates research to understand, control and prevent human disease caused by infectious agents. Basic, applied and translational research to develop and assess therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics is supported through research grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. In turn, DMID further supports and facilitates research ongoing under these funding mechanisms and through other programs via an array of preclinical and clinical resources and services to support multiples stages of the product development pipeline. These resources and services include genomic and gene sequencing services, provision of high quality biological materials, biocontainment facilities, and pre-clinical and clinical translational research resources (https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/resources). The current NIAID Preclinical Models of Infectious Diseases IDIQ contract program is one of DMID’s preclinical services resources and supports the development and refinement of animal models and animal replacement models of infectious diseases, models that subsequently are used to evaluate candidate medical countermeasures against these diseases. In addition, these contracts facilitate regulatory submissions, patents, and other intellectual property applications by extramural investigators who request evaluation of their products. This program serves the DMID mission of supporting investigator-initiated research by providing critical data needed to apply for grant or  …

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