University Of Malaya

University of Malaya, located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is a public research university that has been registered to receive awards from the U.S. federal government since September 1, 2009. As a non-profit educational institution and state-controlled institution of higher learning, the university provides various research and educational services to the U.S. government through federal contract and grant awards. These services primarily focus on medical research, public health initiatives, and scientific studies in areas such as infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, and quantum physics. University of Malaya is recognized as one of the leading universities in Malaysia and has a strong reputation for research and academic excellence in the Southeast Asian region.

Through prime federal contract awards, University of Malaya has primarily provided medical research services to the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. These contracts, typically in the form of firm fixed-price purchase orders ranging from $124,000 to $380,000, have supported research activities related to COVID-19, respiratory illnesses, and febrile diseases in Malaysia. The university's work includes surveillance studies, etiology research, and immunity studies as part of programs like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ECHO program and Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Indo-Pacific activities. These contracts do not have set-aside designations and often involve collaboration with other academic institutions. The most recent federal contract award to University of Malaya was on October 20, 2023, for a $124,000 purchase order from the Naval Supply Systems Command for research services under the DARPA ECHO program.

University of Malaya has received numerous prime and sub federal grant awards from various U.S. government agencies. As a prime grantee, the university has conducted research on topics such as skin microbiome and fungal infections among indigenous Malaysians (funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), human trafficking training for law enforcers (funded by the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs), and quantum physics studies (funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory). As a sub-grantee, the university has partnered with institutions like Yale University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Connecticut on projects related to HIV prevention and treatment, neurocognitive impairment in aging HIV patients, and early life environmental influences on health outcomes. These collaborations have been funded by agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and have allowed University of Malaya to contribute its expertise in various medical and public health fields to international research efforts. The most recent federal grant award to University of Malaya was on April 22, 2024, for a $124,924 project grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the relationship between skin microbiome and fungal infections in indigenous Malaysians.