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RFA-AI-22-019: Emergency Awards: Biocontainment Facility Improvements and Building System Upgrades to Support Pandemic Preparedness (G20 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Closed Closed April 19, 2022 Opportunity RFA-AI-22-019

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Institutes of Health notices from 2022.

National Institutes of Health offered grants to nonprofits and colleges and universities. Applications closed on April 19, 2022.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed March 11, 2022. Checked November 7, 2026.

About this NIH notice

Projects funded under RFA-AI-22-019 were run by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, 10 projects). Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your project before you apply; the notice lists them.

Application due dates, page limits and budget limits are set in the notice. Read RFA-AI-22-019 in the NIH Guide.

Key dates

PostedMarch 11, 2022
DeadlineApril 19, 2022
Archived by Grants.govMay 25, 2022

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

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What the grant funds

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support pandemic preparedness by providing an opportunity for facility improvements and building systems upgrades at existing BSL3 and BSL4 biocontainment laboratories engaged in research on RNA viruses of pandemic potential to facilitate the conduct of biomedical research on vaccines and therapeutics.

Category: Health.

Funded under RFA-AI-22-019 so far

NIH funded 10 projects under RFA-AI-22-019 in fiscal 2022, at 10 institutions. The median yearly award was $4.0 million.

Recently funded projects
ProjectInstitutionFiscal yearAward
Einstein BSL3 Laboratory Renovation to Advance Biomedical Research on RNA Viruses of Pandemic Potential G20Albert Einstein College of Medicine2022$7.1 million
ATCC's High Containment Facility Renovations in Support of NIAID and Pandemic Preparedness G20American Type Culture Collection2022$3.9 million
Pandemic preparedness research and biocontainment infrastructure at The Rockefeller University G20Rockefeller University2022$7.0 million
Pandemic Preparedness: Biocontainment Facility Upgrade and Integration at UTMB/Galveston National Laboratory G20University of Texas Med BR Galveston2022$7.1 million
Stony Brook University Laboratory for Comparative Medicine to Support Pandemic Preparedness G20State University New York Stony Brook2022$2.9 million
BSL3 Enhancements for RNA Virus Pandemic Preparedness G20Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester2022$4.0 million
Strengthening the ISMMS research and response capabilities for pathogens of pandemic potential G20Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai2022$2.3 million
A Bedside-to-Bench Approach to Pandemic Preparedness G20University of Nebraska Medical Center2022$3.9 million

From NIH RePORTER, which lists each project once per fiscal year it was funded. Amounts are the yearly award.

Who has won Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research (93.855) awarded $22 billion across 13,282 grant awards, an average of $1.6 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterWashington85$938 million
Duke UniversityNorth Carolina230$781 million
University of California, Los AngelesCalifornia138$745 million
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland321$668 million
Emory UniversityGeorgia282$650 million

Top states: California ($3.4 billion), Massachusetts ($2.1 billion), Washington ($1.9 billion), New York ($1.8 billion), North Carolina ($1.5 billion).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is RFA-AI-22-019 still open?

No. It closed on April 19, 2022.

Who can apply for Emergency Awards: Biocontainment Facility Improvements and Building System Upgrades to Support Pandemic Preparedness (G20 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?

National Institutes of Health accepted applications from nonprofits and colleges and universities. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Emergency Awards: Biocontainment Facility Improvements and Building System Upgrades to Support Pandemic Preparedness (G20 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?

Closed April 19, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

Who has been funded under RFA-AI-22-019?

NIH RePORTER lists 10 projects funded under RFA-AI-22-019 in fiscal 2022, at 10 institutions. The most were at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, American Type Culture Collection, Rockefeller University.

Who has won Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Duke University, University of California, Los Angeles. The program made 13,282 awards worth $22 billion in that time.

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