Closed · EP-IDS-18-001 · CFDA 93.360 · Discretionary
BARDA Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe) Accelerator Network
Federal grant opportunity posted by Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $75K-$100K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 17, 2018
- Close date
- 15
- Expected awards
The verdict
BARDA Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe) Accelerator Network is a closed discretionary listing from Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response that offered $75,000 -- $100,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 66 other opportunities from Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
- $75K-$100K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15
- expected awards
- 93.360
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
BARDA Division of Research is closed (last close May 17, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response still indexes 66 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed May 17, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$1,500,000
Expected Awards
15
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe) is releasing this ÂœDRIVe Accelerator Network Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applicants interested in working with BARDA DRIVe to stimulate the public good by creating or leveraging a network of accelerators across America to promote national health security innovation. In order to address the serious 21st century health threats facing our nation, BARDA DRIVe invests in innovative products (therapies, vaccines, diagnostics, and devices), technologies and tools in order to increase our capability and capacity to respond. Collectively, these will be referred to as health security products and technologies.Applicants who enter agreements with BARDA will become members of the Accelerator Network to:Support BARDA DRIVe health security products and technologies as they navigate research, development, and regulatory pathways;Provide wrap-around services to assist the R&D efforts (such as technical and business advice, access to facilities and incubator spaces, integration services);Identify and foster innovations in early health security product and technology development; andCultivate the community of those making a difference in health security products, technologies and innovationsThe DRIVe Accelerator Network will leverage key regional hubs across the US where health security products and technologies in biotechnology, life science research, and medical innovations are most heavily occurring, and will increase the growth potential in other regions across the US.In this way, accelerators distributed around the country will be physically networked among, and can make connections between, BARDA DRIVe product and technology developers/innovators and the community of experts who can provide support to them.This FOA describes the DRIVe desired approach to create an accelerator network to support the DRIVe R&D portfolio for rapidly advancing new and innovative medical technologies, products, and approaches from proof-of-concept discovery to mature clinical candidates. The goal will be to populate the R&D pipeline with candidate health security products and technologies that are ready to advance to later-stage funding outside of the accelerator network for clinical development and commercialization, to revolutionize our capability and capacity for national health security preparedness and response.
Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door
The eligibility set for BARDA Division of Research includes a for-profit door among 5 printed types (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education; For-profit organizations other than small businesses; +1 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Disaster Prevention and Relief · Health (DPR;HL). Inside Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 22
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Code 23
- Small businesses
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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