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Department of Health and Human Services·Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
biotechactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-11·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75D30119C04205_7523_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

INTERNATIONAL REAGENT RESOURCE (IRR)

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

Funds the International Reagent Resource to provide biological reagents and reference materials for disease research and diagnostics.

Sub-sectors
diagnostic-reagentsinfectious-diseasepublic-health-infrastructure
Why this matters

Ensures U.S. and global capacity for infectious disease detection, surveillance, and pandemic preparedness through standardized biological resources.

Supply-chain signal

Strengthens domestic biotech supply chain by maintaining critical reference material repositories that support downstream diagnostic and research industries.

U.S.–China competition angle

Establishes U.S.-led global standard-setting for biological reagents, reducing dependence on foreign sources for pandemic response capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001376.

Period of performance
Start
2019-03-01
End
2029-02-28
Status
activein 1020 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier CONT_AWD_75D30119C04205_7523_-NONE-_-NONE-.

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