BARDA DRIVe EZ-BAA (EZBAA - 22-100-SOL-00003)
BARDA’s EZ-BAA funds proposals from eligible non-federal applicants for pandemic and medical countermeasure-related R&D and advanced development within specific areas of interest.
⚑ Broad agency announcement with topic-specific Areas of Interest and separate closing dates · Federal contract solicitation; eligibility depends on the specific AOI and attached amendments · Not a university-only program; public universities may apply directly unless an AOI or amendment imposes narrower limits
BARDA DRIVe EZ-BAA is primarily biomedical/applied clinical development, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccine technology, which is outside this team’s core social-behavioral risk/communication and policy evaluation portfolio. The only overlap is very indirect via emergency/public-health resilience or digital communication, but not enough to make it a plausible PI-level fit for anyone on this roster.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-07
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 80 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 45 partial | portfolio topics: public_health, emergency_disaster_resilience (primary); social/behavioral work is none; funds applied research; biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped); capped at 45 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
This announcement serves as a reissuance of the BARDA DRIVe EZ-BAA, now known as EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. This announcement hereby supersedes and replaces prior iterations of the BARDA DRIVe EZ-BAA (e.g. BAA-20-100-SOL-0002). Please reference the attached announcement and applicable amendments for specifics. Additionally, please visit https://drive.hhs.gov/. _______ Amendment 001: This amendment to the EZBAA hereby opens the following research areas of interest ("AOI"). Please review the amendment for details of each AOI, including closing dates: AOI #15: ReDIRECT AOI #16: Lab at Home AOI #17: Digital MCMs AOI #18: Host-Directed Therapeutics AOI #19: Healing Lungs AOI #20: DRIVe Forward AOI #21: Vaccines on Demand AOI #22: ReBooT AOI #23: Host-Based Diagnostics _____ 11/8/22 - Please see Amendment 002 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Adding the the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: REPAIR 2. Clarifying an adminstrative error. _____ 11/14/22 - Please see Amendment 003 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs _____ 12/15/22 - Please see Amendment 004 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #21: Vaccines on Demand ______ 1/11/23 - Please see Amendment 005 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Pausing the following Area of Interest (AOI) by establishing a new closing date of February 15, 2023 at 12:00PM ET: AOI #15: ReDIRECT ______ 2/1/23 - Please see Amendment 006 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #19: Healing Lungs 2. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #17: Digital MCMs 3. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16: Lab at Home 4. Revising the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #16: Lab at Home ______ 2/3/23 - Please see Amendment 007 for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) EZ-BAA-22-100-SOL-00003. Under this Amendment, BARDA is: 1. Updating the closing date for the following Area of Interest (AOI): AOI #24: REPAIR
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Solicitation. Organization: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF / OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE / BARDA - ASPR / DAAPPO / BARDA DCMA.
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