The Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick) is situated within the National Interagency Confederation for Biomedical Research (NICBR), a group of federal biomedical research facilities located on the National Interagency Biodefense Campus (NIBC) at Fort Detrick, in Frederick, Maryland.
The Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick) team has extensive experience in testing potential medical countermeasures for high-consequence viral pathogens. Leveraging this experience, scientists at the IRF-Frederick have developed and are using cell‑based in vitro assays and animal models to test potential therapeutics for and vaccines against COVID‑19. The unique medical imaging capabilities of the IRF-Frederick are also being used to understand pathological consequences of SARS‑CoV‑2 in relevant animal models of disease.
NIAID offers the following application guidance for NOT-OD-23-032, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards.
The NOSI provides funds to existing NIAID first-time research project grant awardees to help sustain the investigator’s research during critical life events.
NIAID offers the following application guidance for NOT-OD-23-031, Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements to Promote Research Continuity and Retention of NIH Mentored Career Development (K) Award Recipients and Scholars.
NIH published this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) in a June 2, 2023, Guide announcement.
Updated September 4, 2024. We posted the second question in the Questions and Answers for All Applicants section below.