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Limited Competition: Resources and Workforce Development for the Regional Biocontainment Laboratories

National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · RFA-AI-28-013

In plain English

National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services) has announced this as a forecast: an opportunity it expects to post. It is not open for applications yet. Estimated posting date: Jul 2, 2027. Estimated application due date: Sep 30, 2027.

The agency expects to make 12 awards and estimated total program funding is $36,000,000.

Eligible applicant types include colleges & universities.

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

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Key facts

StatusForecasted: not open yet
Estimated posting dateJul 2, 2027
Estimated application due dateSep 30, 2027
Estimated award dateAug 1, 2028
Estimated project startAug 1, 2028
Fiscal year2028
Forecast postedJun 24, 2026
Opportunity numberRFA-AI-28-013
AgencyNational Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services)
Funding instrumentCooperative agreement
CategoryHealth
Opportunity categoryDiscretionary
Award ceiling (max per award)Not stated
Award floor (min per award)Not stated
Estimated total program funding$36,000,000
Expected number of awards12
Cost sharing or matching requiredNo
Assistance listing (CFDA/ALN)93.855 – Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research
Last updated on Grants.govJun 24, 2026

Who can apply

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  • Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education

Additional eligibility information (excerpt from the listing):

Eligible ApplicantsUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamTulane UniversityUniversity of TennesseeGeorge Mason UniversityDuke UniversityRutgers UniversityTufts UniversityUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of MissouriUniversity of LouisvilleColorado State University

Description

Excerpt from the official forecast on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) seeks to advance its mission by providing critical resources, staff and facilities support for the Regional Biocontainment Laboratories (RBLs). The RBLs provide biosafety level 2 and 3 (BSL-2/3) biocontainment facilities for research on infectious diseases. They play a critical role in public health emergency response by facilitating key activities related to infectious disease outbreaks and biosafety/biosecurity concerns. Congress has denoted the RBLs a NIAID research priority. This program will provide multi-year funding for facility maintenance, operations and biocontainment-specific training for personnel to maintain a capable BSL-3 level workforce in the United States. This is a Forecast for a Limited Competition that will invite application(s) from eligible organization(s) to apply. …

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