Opportunity Information: Apply for EP IDS 19 003
The 2019 BARDA Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (BARDA DRIVe) Accelerator Network Expansion opportunity is a cooperative agreement funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), specifically the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). DRIVe was created to push health security innovation faster by building public-private partnerships that reduce risk for developers, improve development efficiency, and help ensure the country can reliably access critical medical products such as vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and related technologies. The broader context behind this program is BARDA's long-standing role in helping the U.S. prepare for and respond to high-consequence threats, including both natural and man-made hazards, with examples cited in the announcement including anthrax, smallpox, Ebola, and pandemic influenza.
This particular FOA focuses on expanding the DRIVe Accelerator Network, which is a group of accelerators and innovation organizations that partner with DRIVe to strengthen the pipeline of health security technologies. The problem DRIVe is trying to solve is straightforward: the existing national pipeline of health security innovations is not strong enough to match the scale and speed of 21st-century threats. Rather than relying only on traditional federal outreach and procurement channels, DRIVe uses a network model where regional accelerators help surface promising ideas and teams, and then provide "wrap-around" support to help those innovations mature. That support is described in the announcement as including both technical assistance and business development help, reflecting a recognition that many strong scientific concepts fail to reach real-world impact because commercialization planning, regulatory strategy, partnerships, and go-to-market execution lag behind the science.
The original DRIVe Accelerator Network included eight organizations located in major U.S. hubs with dense biotech, medtech, and life sciences activity: the Center for Biotechnology at Stony Brook (Long Island, NY), First Flight Venture Center (Raleigh, NC), Life Science Washington Institute (Seattle, WA), MedTech Innovator (Los Angeles, CA), Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (Lowell, MA), New Orleans BioInnovation Center (New Orleans, LA), Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute (Houston, TX), and University City Science Center (Philadelphia, PA). BARDA's goal in this 2019 expansion is to add new network members from regions not already represented, specifically to extend DRIVe's reach into other important innovation hubs across the country. The announcement emphasizes two main benefits expected from expansion: first, broader access to stakeholders and innovators than BARDA could typically reach through standard government engagement methods, and second, more capacity to empower entrepreneurs, researchers, and product developers to create and commercialize medical technologies that address unmet health security needs.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is categorized as a discretionary opportunity with a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, meaning BARDA expects substantial involvement and collaboration rather than a hands-off grant model. The activity category is Health under CFDA 93.360. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. The opportunity was posted with a creation date of May 23, 2019, and an original closing date of July 22, 2019. BARDA anticipated making about five awards, with an award ceiling of $100,000, suggesting that the funding is intended to support the accelerator's participation and network activities rather than directly bankroll large-scale product development programs. Overall, the FOA is essentially a call for qualified accelerators and innovation organizations to join BARDA DRIVe as regional partners, help identify high-potential health security innovations, and provide the structured mentoring, connections, and commercialization support needed to move those innovations closer to real deployment.Apply for EP IDS 19 003
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2019 BARDA Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (BARDA DRIVe) Accelerator Network Expansion" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.360.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 23, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 22, 2019 No Explanation. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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