US Department of Health & Human Services/Office of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA): Division of Research, Innovation & Ventures (DRIVe)- (Abstracts)

(Abstracts may be submitted at any time until the closing date)

AOI #16 Lab at Home

seeking proposals to develop novel platform technologies and instrumentation for on-demand detection of multiple biochemical health markers. The goal is to obtain (quantitative) information about patients’ health status at the point of need and in a CLIA-waived environment without going through traditional central laboratory testing, which requires laboratory skills, long turn-around times, and can lead to delays in receiving care. The goal of projects funded through this AOI is feasibility demonstration of enabling technologies that allow for simultaneous detection and quantification of several different biochemical markers in a multiplexed manner.

Funding: up to $750K.

https://drive.hhs.gov/homediagnostics.html

https://drive.hhs.gov/partner.html

AOI #17 Digital MCMs

Aim: supporting the development of innovative digital health diagnostic tools that can augment existing medical countermeasures against health security threats such as an infectious disease outbreak, a chemical or radiological attack, or other health security concerns. These digital tools should be inexpensive, simple,and equitably accessible for health diagnosis and assessment. Digital health diagnostic tools can include smartphone/web applications based on data analytics approaches such as artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML.)

The proposed projects can utilize data collected by sensors integrated within a smartphone or wearable device, or any existing data sources depending on the application. The tools sought by DRIVe are intended to provide broadly available rapid response solutions, including illness detection, risk assessment, clinical intervention support, and public health guideline dissemination, among others.

Funding: up to $750K.

https://drive.hhs.gov/digitalmcm.html

https://drive.hhs.gov/partner.html