Opportunity Information: Apply for EP IDS 18 004
QUICKFIRE (Funding Opportunity Number EP IDS 18 004) is a discretionary cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and BARDA, focused on sparking major innovation in respiratory protection. The opportunity centers on a global challenge run in collaboration with Janssen Research and Development, LLC, with Janssen partnering through JLABS and its QuickFire Challenge model. The basic idea is to use a structured innovation challenge to attract new concepts and accelerate early development of next-generation respiratory protective devices that could be used during outbreaks of novel or emerging respiratory diseases.
The problem the grant is trying to solve is that most widely used respiratory protective devices were originally designed for workplace and industrial settings, mainly to filter dangerous particulates. Devices like disposable N95 respirators, while valuable, have practical limits in public health emergencies: they are generally made for adults, often require fit-testing to work properly, and can be uncomfortable enough that people may not wear them correctly or consistently. During the early stages of an outbreak, before vaccines, therapeutics, or other countermeasures are widely available, respiratory protection may be one of the only immediate tools to reduce exposure for health care workers and the general public. BARDA is therefore trying to encourage a "reimagined" approach that is more transformative than incremental tweaks to existing masks and respirators.
A key feature of the program is the use of JLABS QuickFire Challenges as the mechanism to generate interest and focus innovation efforts. The description emphasizes that JLABS offers a specialized, healthcare-oriented innovation challenge infrastructure that BARDA views as distinct from typical government innovation support. By partnering with an established organization that runs these challenges and by leveraging Janssen's broader capabilities and infrastructure, BARDA aims to stimulate solutions that can realistically progress beyond concept stage toward testing, development, and ultimately regulatory clearance or approval.
In terms of mission alignment, the opportunity is positioned as directly supporting BARDA's role under the Public Health Service Act to support innovation that strengthens national health security. The expected payoff is improved readiness for 21st-century health security threats by developing respiratory protection that is more usable, more comfortable, and more broadly applicable across populations, including children. The program frames respiratory protection as a first line of defense, and it specifically highlights the need for designs that work in real-world emergency conditions, not just controlled occupational environments.
The award parameters in the posting indicate an award ceiling of $100,000, with one expected award. The funding instrument type is a cooperative agreement, which typically signals more active involvement by the funding agency than a standard grant, often including collaboration, shared milestones, or programmatic engagement during the project period. The activity category is health, and the CFDA listing is 93.360. Eligibility, as listed, includes nonprofits that do not have 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), reflecting a fairly specific applicant category.
Timing-wise, the opportunity was created on September 24, 2018, with an original closing date of September 25, 2018, suggesting a very short application window for that posting. Overall, QUICKFIRE is best understood as a targeted, challenge-driven funding effort aimed at catalyzing breakthrough respiratory protection concepts that could be advanced into later-stage development pathways, with the long-term goal of making revolutionary protective products widely available for future public health emergencies.Apply for EP IDS 18 004
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "QUICKFIRE" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.360.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 24, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 25, 2018 No Explanation. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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