HHS: HIV/AIDS Vaccine Facility (C06)PAR-16-290
Sponsor: HHSInternal Deadline: 06/27/2016Sponsor Deadline: 08/01/2016Program Website
HHS: HIV/AIDS Vaccine Facility (C06)PAR-16-290This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from qualified academic institutions to apply for support to upgrade existing functioning space to Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) standards for production of next generation candidates for HIV/AIDS vaccines, with the goal of creating sufficient quantities of immunogens to conduct Phase I clinical trials. The applicants should: a) demonstrate the highest level of expertise in HIV/AIDS biology and have experience in development and testing of concepts for AIDS vaccines; b) have vaccine candidates that have been produced in pre-clinical lots and tested for immunogenicity in appropriate animal models; c) have vaccine candidates that can be scaled up from pre-clinical lots to CGMP standards for Phase I clinical trials; d) have the capability and analytics expertise to conduct process development, and scale-up production of pharmaceutical quality compounds to clinical trials-levels, and e) have the ability to implement Phase I clinical trials. In parallel, the applicants should demonstrate the highest level of skill and competency in all technical aspect of the design, construction, and commissioning of the facility, to ensure that relevant Federal and Industry standards are met for production of pharmaceutical grade compounds.
USC may only submit only one application in response to this program announcement. Your application submission MUST be coordinated with the Office of the Vice President for Research. Please send a two page abstract via email to Richard White (whitejrw@mailbox.sc.edu) by June 27, 2016. In addition to the 2-page abstract, you should also submit a biosketch for the PI.
HHS indicates that a letter of intent is Not Applicable and a full proposal is due by August 1, 2016. For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-290.html