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$107,530,978

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

biotechactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2019 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2019-09-10·LATEST ACTION2026-03-19·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75N93019C00051_7529_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THIS CONTRACT WILL SUPPORT COMPONENT A OF THE COLLABORATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE INNOVATION CENTERS (CIVICS) PROGRAM TO DESIGN AND EVALUATE INNOVATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE APPROACHES, BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF INFLUENZA IMMUNITY, THAT ACHIEVE DURABLE, ROBUST

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation on a 2019 NIH grant supporting Mount Sinai's work designing next-generation influenza vaccines through the CIVICS program.

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

Influenza vaccine innovation directly addresses pandemic preparedness and seasonal flu burden; durable, broadly protective vaccines could reduce annual mortality and healthcare costs.

Supply-chain signal

Advances in vaccine platform technology may influence downstream manufacturing capacity and clinical trial infrastructure for rapid vaccine deployment.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in next-generation vaccine platforms competes with international efforts to develop superior influenza countermeasures and establish vaccine technology leadership.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-27. Cost: $0.002992.

Period of performance
Start
2019-09-10
End
2027-02-28
Status
activein 241 days
Sources

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