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$59,273,750

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE

biotechactive
ACTION DATE2026-02-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75N93021C00015_7529_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

AWARD OF THE BASE TO UPENN FOR CEIRR CONTRACT 75N93021C00015. THIS CONTRACT WILL SUPPORT THE NIAID CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR INFLUENZA RESEARCH AND RESPONSE (CEIRR)

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 University of Pennsylvania's Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response to advance pandemic preparedness and influenza countermeasures.

Sub-sectors
vaccine-developmentinfluenza-researchnih-research-grant
Why this matters

CEIRR strengthens U.S. capacity to detect, understand, and respond to influenza threats and potential pandemic pathogens.

Supply-chain signal

Supports academic research infrastructure and talent pipeline for vaccine development and infectious disease diagnostics.

U.S.–China competition angle

Positions U.S. biomedical research leadership in pandemic preparedness against global competitors including China.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002209.

Period of performance
Start
2021-04-01
End
2027-09-21
Status
activein 492 days
Sources

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