# Frederick Animal Health Vet-LIRN Network Capacity Building Project

> **NIH FDA U18** · MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $22,500

## Abstract

Abstract: The focus of this proposal is to seek funding for the Frederick Animal Health Laboratory (FAHL) to expand
the capability to support the mission of Vet-LIRN (Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network),
though the addition of a Pathology Grossing Station in Necropsy, a Biological Safety cabinet in Microbiology, and a
centrifuge for sample processing. FAHL is an ISO 17025 Accredited diagnostic laboratory and is part of the Maryland
Department of Agriculture. FAHL has the staff, equipment, technology, and management system to be able to
provide critical resources that will benefit and support Vet-LIRN.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10145998
- **Project number:** 1U18FD006994-01
- **Recipient organization:** MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Kimberly Harrs Abramo
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $22,500
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-08-01 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10145998

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10145998, Frederick Animal Health Vet-LIRN Network Capacity Building Project (1U18FD006994-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10145998. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*