Biological Threat Reduction with Global Partners Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Background
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) aims to protect the United States, its Armed Forces, and allies from biological threats by strengthening the capabilities of partner nations and the international community to prevent, detect, and prepare for disease outbreaks. The BTRP supports international health security efforts to address diseases caused by U.S. Biological Select Agents, pathogens of pandemic potential, and emerging infectious diseases.

Grant Details
The BAA seeks proposals for cooperative scientific studies that contribute to biosurveillance studies supporting biosecurity and biosafety capability building, in-country partnerships, and other needs appropriate to meet BTRP’s mission interests. The announcement solicits ideas and topic-based Abstracts, White Papers, and Full Proposals for cooperative scientific studies that offer a significant contribution to support, enhance, and inform partner country systems to detect, diagnose, and report diseases; instill BS&S best practices and principles; foster sustainable bioscience capability development with partner countries; and establish collaborative partnerships with BTRP partner countries.

Eligibility Requirements
Abstracts, White Papers, and Full Proposals submitted for the BAA will be considered from accredited degree-granting colleges, universities, academic institutions, industrial and commercial entities including small businesses, and not-for-profit entities with a portfolio predominantly in research. Federal Academic organizations (e.g., Naval Postgraduate School), Federal laboratories (including DoD and Department of Energy (DOE)), U.S. Government agencies, DoD-sponsored Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), DOE-sponsored FFRDCs are not eligible to receive funds nor furnish Principal Investigators (PIs) in awards made under this BAA but may participate as collaborators.

Period of Performance
Efforts may be proposed for a total of up to 5 years to include a base period of no longer than 3 years and additional years as possible options. The Government may offer funding for any Full Proposals or portions of proposals at any time during the open period of this BAA.

Grant Value
The number of individual awards BTRP will make each year is subject to the availability of funds. The predominance of awards are anticipated to be grants. Payments on grants will be made in advance.

Place of Performance
BTRP is interested in collaborative engagements with foreign partners in countries of the Former Soviet Union (FSU), Africa, Southeast Asia, Middle East/South Asia.