BARDA Accelerator Network — Proof-of-Concept Funding
Supports United States health-security teams with early milestone-based funding for proof-of-concept countermeasure work.
The BARDA Accelerator Network is a five-hub network providing $50,000 to $200,000 in milestone-based proof-of-concept funding for early-stage health-security technologies, with applications accepted on a rolling basis and priority deadlines published by each hub. The five hubs are: VITAL (therapeutics and vaccines, six-month projects), BioTools Innovator VANGUARD (enabling technologies for drug di…
Health-security technologies aligned to one of five BARDA Accelerator Network hubs: VITAL (therapeutics/vaccines), BioTools Innovator VANGUARD (enabling technologies), Paratus (digital health), SPARK for Innovations in Pediatrics (special populations), or the fifth hub for diagnostics/medical devices.
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