Amendment 11: DRIVe EZ Broad Agency Announcement

Office of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development
Authority (BARDA) Division of Research, Innovation & Ventures

(DRIVe)

Amendment 011 Issuance for Easy Broad Agency Announcement

(EZ-BAA) BAA-22-100-SOL-00003

The purpose of this Amendment is the following:

1) Close the following Area of Interest (AOI):
AOI #18: Host-Directed Therapeutics
2) Close the following Area of Interest (AOI):
AOI #23: Host-Based Diagnostics
3) Update the closing date for the following Area of
Interest (AOI):
AOI #19: Healing Lungs

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW INFORMATION

A. Development Opportunity Objective:

Under this Amendment, DRIVe is doing the following:
1)

Closing the following research Area of Interest (AOI):
AOI #18: Host-Directed Therapeutics

2)

Closing the following research Area of Interest (AOI):
AOI #23: Host-Based Diagnostics

3)

Updating the closing date for the following research Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs

B. Eligible Respondents & Scope Parameters:

This Amendment is open to all responsible sources as described in the EZ-BAA. Abstract submissions that do not conform to the requirements outlined in the EZ-BAA may be considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed. In particular, an entity must have an active registration with https://sam.gov at the time of submission to be reviewed. If not, the abstract submission will not be reviewed and will be rejected. Please do not attempt to submit an abstract if your registration is not active in https://sam.gov. IMPORTANT NOTE: Interested vendors are strongly encouraged to request and schedule a pre-submission call before submitting an abstract. This request should include the project title, key project staff, and a brief description of the proposed project. Please submit the requests to the following:
AOI #18: Host-Directed Therapeutics (Closed)
AOI #19: Healing Lungs: ([email protected])
AOI #23: Host-Based Diagnostics (Closed)
The closing date for abstract submissions for these AOIs, unless otherwise extended will be: Area of Interest
#18, #23
#19

Closing Date for Abstract Submissions
12:00pm ET on June 30, 2023
12:00pm ET on October 4, 2023

C. Number of Awards:

Multiple awards are anticipated and are dependent upon the program priorities, scientific/technical merit of abstract submissions, how well the abstract submissions fit within the goals of the AOI, and the availability of funding. The program funding is subject to change based on the Government’s discretion.