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$33,218,050

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

biotechactive
WORK BEGAN2000-09-30·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_U42OD010442_075
Award description

ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPF RHESUS MACAQUE COLONY

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Maintains a specific-pathogen-free rhesus macaque breeding colony for biomedical and vaccine research.

Sub-sectors
nih-research-grantanimal-modelsvaccine-research-infrastructure
Why this matters

Rhesus macaques are essential for vaccine development and preclinical drug testing; this colony is a critical national research resource.

Supply-chain signal

Provides animal model resources to downstream vaccine and pharmaceutical companies for preclinical research.

U.S.–China competition angle

Ensures U.S. vaccine R&D independence by maintaining domestic rhesus macaque supply for pandemic preparedness.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-16. Cost: $0.010833.

Period of performance
Start
2000-09-30
End
2027-01-31
Status
activein 213 days
Sources

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