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$57,145,935

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE

biotechactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_U54MD007598_075
Award description

ACCELERATING EXCELLENCE IN TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE (AXIS)

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds translational science research at Charles R. Drew University to accelerate movement of discoveries from lab to clinical application.

Sub-sectors
nih-research-grantstranslational-scienceacademic-research
Why this matters

Supports minority-serving institution research capacity and addresses health disparities through advanced biomedical research infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Strengthens academic research ecosystem and builds institutional capability for life sciences R&D at historically underrepresented institutions.

U.S.–China competition angle

Invests in U.S. biomedical research talent and infrastructure to maintain competitive advantage in translational science and drug development.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002178.

Period of performance
Start
2009-09-28
End
2029-02-28
Status
activein 1019 days
Sources

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