Closed · RFA-OD-20-015 · CFDA 93.113;93.279;93.310;93.859;93.879 · Discretionary

Emergency Awards: RADx-rad Wastewater Detection of SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) (U01 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institutes of Health, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $2M
Award range
Closed
Status
September 15, 2020
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Emergency Awards: RADx-rad Wastewater Detection of SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) (U01 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Up to $2,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

up to $2M
award range
Closed
application status
93.113;93.279;93.310;93.859;93.879
CFDA program
12,419
other opportunities from National Institutes of Health

Archived opportunity record

Emergency Awards: RADx-rad Wastewater Detecti… is closed (last close September 15, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institutes of Health still indexes 12,419 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 September 15, 2020

Posted Aug 6 Closes Sep 15

Est. Total Funding

$19,000,000

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

As one of the programs within the NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Radical (RADx-rad) program (https://www.nih.gov/research-training/medical-research-initiatives/radx/radx-programs#radx-rad), the RADx-rad Wastewater Detection of SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) FOA will support wastewater-based testing (WBT) surveillance which can provide detailed mapping of the extent and spread of COVID-19. Wastewater testing has been shown to be orders of magnitude less expensive and faster than clinical screening, albeit serving as a complementary approach rather than substituting individual-level testing and screening. The purpose of this FOA is to solicit cooperative agreements both for field studies and for technology research and development projects capitalizing on partnerships with small business entities in the field of WBT, to address topics such as: investigation and demonstration of specific approaches aiming to inform and optimize sample collection; implementation and development of optimized approaches to extrapolate estimation of population-level data within the community; development of optimized intervention strategies, and incorporation of computational, statistical, and mathematical models to facilitate early detection of hotspots of virus spread. The funding for this initiative is provided from the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, 2020.

Wide-open applicant board · 15 Grants.gov doors

Emergency Awards: RADx-rad Wastewater Detecti… prints 15 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +11 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Education · Environment · Health (ED;ENV;HL). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institutes of Health book (9,741 peers, 78% of 12,420).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 05
Independent school districts
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 08
Public / Indian housing authorities
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 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
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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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