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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$44,119,301

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS

biotechactive
WORK BEGAN2001-09-15·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_P20GM103475_075
Award description

ADVANCING COMPETITIVE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN PUERTO RICO

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds biomedical research infrastructure and competitive grants at University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus to strengthen research capacity.

Sub-sectors
nih-research-grantsacademic-biomedical-researchpuerto-rico-capacity-building
Why this matters

Expands NIH research capability in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory historically underrepresented in federal biomedical research funding.

Supply-chain signal

Signals investment in Puerto Rico-based research institutions, potentially creating demand for lab equipment, reagents, and specialized services in the region.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. biomedical research infrastructure in underutilized regions, reducing reliance on concentrated research hubs and building distributed scientific capacity.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002285.

Period of performance
Start
2001-09-15
End
2027-06-30
Status
activein 407 days
Sources

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