About the Event

The BARDA Accelerator Network is hosting a 4-week series on the newly launched areas of interest at BARDA DRIVe! Please join us on September 29th to hear from Dr John Lee from BARDA for a Reverse Pitch on the EZ BAA area of interest #11a/11b, Home-based, Over-the-Counter Diagnostics for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Enabling Technologies to Support Home-Based Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 Acute Infection. In this live interactive session, Dr. Lee will discuss the overall scope, timeline and application process for those interested in working with BARDA and answer any questions about the AOI(s) and the EZ-BAA.

• AOI #11a: Home-based, Over-the-Counter Diagnostics for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2:  will support the development of Emergency Use Authorized (EUA), home-based in-vitro diagnostic assays that can detect SARS-CoV-2 in samples collected in a home setting. Please review the latest Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) special instructions #14 for more information. Register for a webinar on this AOI here, or check out our events page
• AOI #11b: Enabling Technologies to Support Home-Based Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 Acute Infection:  will support technologies that can enable more widespread adoption of at-home testing, and (2) improvements on current technological limitations of diagnostic sensitivity/specificity and performance. Please review the latest Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) special instructions #14 for more information. Register for a webinar on this AOI here, or check out our events page!

Below is the schedule of the entire 4-week series along with topics being discussed.

Wed 9/22: AOI #8: Bringing Laboratory Testing to the Home [closes 3 Feb 2023]

Wed 9/29: AOI #11a: Home-based, Over-the-Counter Diagnostics for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 AND AOI #11b: Enabling Technologies to Support Home-Based Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 Acute Infection [closes 15 Jan 2022]

Wed 10/6: AOI #10: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based Agnostic Diagnostic for Respiratory RNA Virus Pathogens [closes 30 Nov 2021]

Wed 10/13: AOI #9: Digital Health Tools for Pandemic Preparedness [closes 3 Feb 2023]