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$33,218,050

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

biotechactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_U42OD010442_075
Award description

ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPF RHESUS MACAQUE COLONY

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In plain English

Establish a specific-pathogen-free rhesus macaque colony for biomedical research at Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

Sub-sectors
nih-researchprimate-modelslife-sciences-r&d
Why this matters

Primate models are critical for preclinical testing of vaccines, therapeutics, and infectious disease research before human trials.

Supply-chain signal

Supports domestic primate breeding capacity for research institutions, reducing reliance on wild-caught or imported animals.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. biomedical research infrastructure and reduces dependence on international primate sources for vaccine and drug development.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002203.

Period of performance
Start
2000-09-30
End
2027-01-31
Status
activein 259 days
Sources

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