Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$1,933,570.00

Award Date

7/30/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging, mosquito-borne alphavirus and potential biological weapon that has caused debilitating, chronic arthralgia in at least 2 million persons in Asia and Africa since 2005. CHIKV was recently placed on the National In

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON	Primary recipient	$861,978.65
INVIRAGEN, INC.	Sub-recipient	$426,708.57
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	Sub-recipient	$357,045.39
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM	Sub-recipient	$254,184.39
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM	Sub-recipient	$23,501.00
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	Sub-recipient	$10,152.00