U.S Department of Health and Human Services- BARDA: Advanced Development of Medical Countermeasures for Pandemic Influenza

To promote innovations in technologies that may assist to advance medical countermeasures research and development, research and development of tools, devices, and technologies, and research to promote strategic initiatives, such as rapid diagnostics, broad spectrum antimicrobials, and vaccine manufacturing technologies. This program will support advanced development activities to mature candidate products and to better address considerations of the challenging lifecycle requirements of these products before and during a pandemic (e.g. shelf life, storage, distribution, and dispensing). Additional focus will be placed on medical countermeasures and devices suitable for use in at-risk populations. Development Areas of Interest:
1. Personal Protective Equipment (Masks and Respirators) for Influenza Infection & All-Hazards
2. Full-Featured Continuous Ventilators for Influenza Infection and All-Hazards
3. Clinical Influenza Test Systems and Diagnostic Tools
4. Influenza Therapeutics
5. Influenza Vaccines
6. Influenza Vaccine Manufacturing Improvement
Multiple awards of various values will be granted, total funds allocated for the program are up to $300M. Deadlines for submission of White Papers are: 30/10/13, 31/1/14, 30/4/14, 30/7/14.
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=2a07976de196772ee806e82d899bf38c&tab=core&_cview=1