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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research

Federal program · program number 93.855 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · also called “National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases”

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Typical award
from $2,500 to $6,395,901 and the average $426,165.

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What it pays for

To assist public and private nonprofit institutions and individuals to establish, expand and improve biomedical research and research training in infectious diseases and related areas; to conduct developmental research, to produce and test research materials. To assist public, private and commercial institutions to conduct developmental research, to produce and test research materials, to provide research services as required by the agency for programs in infectious diseases, and controlling disease caused by infectious or parasitic agents, allergic and immunologic diseases and related areas. Projects range from studies of microbial physiology and antigenic structure to collaborative trials of experimental drugs and vaccines, mechanisms of resistance to antibiotics as well as research dealing with epidemiological observations in hospitalized patients or community populations and progress in allergic and immunologic diseases. Because of this dual focus, the program encompasses both basic research and clinical research. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program expands and improves private sector participation in biomedical research. The SBIR Program intends to increase and facilitate private sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development; to increase small business participation in Federal research and development; and to foster and encourage participation of socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in technological innovation. The Small Business Technology...

Who can apply

Universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or private nonprofit domestic institutions, including State and local units of government, and individuals are eligible to make application for grant support of research by a named principal investigator or a research career development candidate. For-profit organizations are also eligible, with the exception of NRSA. Individual NRSA awardees must be nominated and sponsored by a public or nonprofit private institution having staff and facilities appropriate to the proposed research training program. All NRSA awardees must be citizens or have been admitted to the United States for permanent residence. To be eligible, predoctoral candidates must have completed the baccalaureate degree, and postdoctoral awardees must have a professional or scientific degree (M.D., Ph.D., D.D.S., D.O., D.V.M., Sc.D., D.Eng., or equivalent domestic or foreign degree). SBIR grants can be awarded only to domestic small businesses (entities that are independently owned and operated for profit, are not dominant in the field in which research is being proposed and have no more than 500 employees). Primary employment (more than one-half time) of the principal investigator must be with the small business at the time of award and during the conduct of the proposed project. In both Phase I and Phase II, the research must be performed in...

How applications are judged

The major elements in evaluating proposals include assessments of: (1) The scientific merit and general significance of the proposed study and its objectives; (2) the technical adequacy of the experimental design and approach; (3) the competency of the proposed investigator or group to successfully pursue the project; (4) the adequacy of the available and proposed facilities and resources; (5) the necessity of the budget components requested in relation to the proposed project; and (6) the relevance and importance to announced program objectives. The following criteria will be used in considering the scientific and technical merit of SBIR/STTR Phase I grant applications: (1) The soundness and technical merit of the proposed approach; (2) the qualifications of the proposed principal investigator, supporting staff, and consultants; (3) the technological innovation of the proposed research; (4) the potential of the proposed research for commercial application; (5) the appropriateness of the budget requested; (6) the adequacy and suitability of the facilities and research environment; and (7) where applicable, the adequacy of assurances detailing the proposed means for (a) safeguarding human or animal subjects, and/or (b) protecting against or minimizing any adverse effect on the environment. Phase II grant applications will be reviewed based upon the following criteria: (1) The degree to which the Phase I objectives were met and feasibility demonstrated; (2) the scientific...

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

24 awards to Tennessee groups since 1996. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$63.8M spent that year2025
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, Shelby County$43.7M2019
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$43M2020
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$38.1M2024
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$33.3M2011
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$32.8M2007
University of TennesseeMemphis, Shelby County$21.8M2019
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.Memphis, Shelby County$19.3M spent that year2025
State of TennesseeNashville$15.1M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$13.2M2020
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$12.3M2008
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$12M2015

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse, USAspending.gov.

Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 190 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Meharry Medical CollegeNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University Medical Center$2.8M2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyWashington University, the$2.8M2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyWashington University$2.1M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyThe Johns Hopkins University$2M2026
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston$2M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvilleVumc$1.9M spent that year2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvilleVanderbilt University Medical Center$1.8M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyThe Johns Hopkins University$1.5M2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyDuke University$1.4M2024
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.Memphis, Shelby CountyUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison$1.1M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore$1.1M2024
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston$1M2023

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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