FASTx: Pioneering Rapid Antiviral Solutions.

The Flexible and Strategic Therapeutics (FASTx) EZ-BAA program is advancing nucleic-acid based platforms to fight viral infections. Learn more and apply today.

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Just Breathe – An ARDS Therapeutics Pitch Event.

Join BARDA at the Just Breathe – An ARDS Therapeutics Pitch Event (July 24-28, 2023) to virtually present host-directed therapeutic candidates for participation in a planned BARDA-sponsored phase 2 ARDS platform clinical trial.

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Watch Now: Recordings from the 2023 Federal Health-At-Home Technology Summit

Access recordings of the Summit that brought together diverse stakeholders to explore cutting-edge technologies enabling health assessment and monitoring at home.

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BARDA'S STRATEGIC PLAN

2022 - 2026

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Healing Lungs is open for abstract submissions.

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DRIVe (Division of Research, Innovation, and Ventures) funds early stage companies for life saving innovation. Check out our programs below to see current funding opportunities.

Current Open programs

Active programs currently accepting submissions

VACCINES ON DEMAND

ReDIRECT

Making vaccines where they're needed when they're needed.

Healing Lungs

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Advancing technologies that help patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), oxygenate their blood, without further straining ARDS patients' lungs.

Digital MCMs

Digital MCMs program

Empowering people to respond to infectious disease outbreaks through rapidly deployable digital health tools.

Host-based Diagnostics

Digital MCMs program

Harness a patient's systemic responses to inform on health threats and clinical impact.

Host-directed Therapeutics

Digital MCMs program

Advancing therapies focused on fortifying and restoring balance to the patient's defense mechanisms.

Lab at Home

ReDIRECT

On-demand, at-home detection of biochemical health markers to enable diagnostics and telemedicine services.

ReBooT

Reboot

Repurposing drugs for biological threats.

Repair

Repair

Repurposing and advancing innovations against Rad/Nuc threats.

Current Active programs

Active programs, but paused for accepting submissions

ReDIRECT

ReDIRECT

Repurposing commonly available drugs to rapidly treat conditions caused by exposure to chemical agents.

HI-3

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Apply the utility of novel health ecosystems, stakeholder collaborations, and real world to data to maximize clinical impact.

Agnostic Diagnostics

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A diagnostic test to identify any and every pathogen from a single sample.

IMMUNECHIP+

Eantch

Enhance the usability of 3D human tissue models ("tissue chips") as tools for drug development.

Closed programs

Past programs, closed and here for reference

COVID-19 RESPONSE

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Rapid and widely available access to COVID-19 testing in the home setting.

ENACT

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Interpreting physiological signals for pre- or early symptomatic detection of infection.

BEYOND THE NEEDLE

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Develop alternative delivery methods for vaccines and other therapeutics.

DRIVe's IMPACT

We change how the government approaches big health security challenges and threats.

We tackle health security threats by seeking breakthrough devices and technologies.

We model our work on the best practices of the entrepreneurial world.

We use tools and authorities to support new technologies, streamline contracting processes, and launch a network of accelerators.

The team is comprised of scientists and venture entrepreneurs dedicated to identifying threats to health security.