The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) awarded a $7,998,916 Project Grant to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE), also known as the World Organisation for Animal Health, under the Training and Support - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (CFDA 12.501) federal grant program. The grant, which runs from July 2024 to August 2028, supports OIE's efforts to prevent, detect, and mitigate biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear threats through a multi-sectoral approach involving...
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) awarded a $2,609,649 Project Grant under the CFDA 12.501 "Training and Support - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction" program to the World Health Organization (WHO) on October 1, 2024. The primary goal of this grant is to build national capacity and capabilities across all countries to prevent, detect, and manage biological challenges and risks, including appropriate management strategies for biosafety incidents or biosecurity breaches...
The Department of Defense's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) under the Training and Support - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (CFDA 12.501) federal grant program. The funding supports UNICRI's execution of the Countering Proliferation Financing and Sanctions Program (CPFP) from September 2024 through September 2027. Under this award, UNICRI will provide specialized...
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) awarded a $603,665 Project Grant under the Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (CFDA 12.351) federal grant program to The Washington University in St. Louis. The grant, awarded on November 11, 2024, supports research and development to harness DNA molecular recognition to trigger self-immolative dendrimers for fluorescence-based detection of vesicants on surfaces. The five-year project, with a completion date of November 10,...
This federal Project Grant award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) under the Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction program (CFDA 12.351) provides $631,742 to support research and development to create color-changing coatings for the selective detection of chemical warfare agents known as vesicants. The primary objective is to develop bioengineered enzymes and optical signaling agents that can visually indicate the presence of vesicants on surfaces, in order to...
The federal Project Grant award HDTRA12510008, funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) under the Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (CFDA 12.351) program, supports research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to discover highly stable materials for adsorption and catalytic decontamination. The $200,000 award, with a performance period from February 26, 2025 to February 25, 2026, will fund MIT's work to advance scientific knowledge and...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance provides funding from October 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026 to support the following activities: Funding for the Trust Fund for Syria Missions and OPCW assistance to Ukraine Work by the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board and on chemical forensics Support for two Junior Professional Officers The grant is awarded under the Department of State's Nonproliferation and Disarmament...
This $1,970,774 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Office of the Biological Policy Staff (CFDA 19.334) program supports the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in technical cooperation efforts to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and operationalize the UN Secretary-General's mechanism for investigating alleged use of chemical and biological weapons. The funding, effective...
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction program (CFDA 12.351) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct research utilizing complementary proteomic approaches to identify conserved host responses during infection of emerging viruses. The 5-year grant, awarded on February 5, 2025, aims to advance fundamental knowledge and capabilities for defending...
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) awarded a $481,680 Project Grant to the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust (PRSTRT) under the Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (CFDA 12.351) federal grant program. The objective of this 5-year project, which commenced on May 1, 2025, is to develop methods to facilitate the quick identification of natural products in extracts and the quick identification of human protein targets. The technical approach involves...