This federal contract award, valued at $1,431,975.00, was granted to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania. The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, is a grant for research to support future long-duration space expeditions, which the agency notes will be among the most challenging operations ever undertaken.
The University of Pennsylvania is a renowned private research university and academic medical center that has a long history of conducting cutting-edge research and providing services to the federal government through contracts and grants. Penn has extensive expertise across disciplines, including biomedical sciences, engineering, and the social sciences, which it leverages to deliver high-quality research and services aligned with federal priorities.
This specific award is part of a larger indefinite delivery contract (IDC) valued at $146.3 million that Penn holds with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop and use animal and animal replacement models for evaluating candidate countermeasures against infectious diseases. The contract supports NIAID's research objectives by providing critical preclinical data to facilitate the advancement of medical countermeasures against emerging, infectious, and bioterror agents.
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