OpportunityTitle: Limited Competition: National Biocontainment Laboratories (NBLs) Operations Support (UC7)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following: The following organizations/institutions are eligible to apply:  The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX  Boston University, Boston, MA 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.
Description: The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to continue to provide operations support under the UC7 mechanism for Biosafety Level 4 (BSL4) facilities at the National Biocontainment Laboratories at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas and Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.Operations support is provided in the following areas: facility maintenance and operations; biosecurity; environmental health and safety regulations and requirements; regulatory compliance; and specialized research support services.The NBLs will serve as a national resource for efforts in conducting clinical and laboratory (in vitro and in vivo) research and testing on hazardous biological agents in support of NIAIDs Biodefense Research Agenda (http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/BiodefenseRelated/Biodefense/about/strategicplan.htm) and other infectious diseases.
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