# Task B08: Production of Well Characterized Challenge Material (WCCM) for BSL-3/BSL-4 Viral Pathogens

> **NIH NIH N01** · AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION · 2024 · $182,303

## Abstract

This contract provides in vitro testing of potential anti-viral agents, maintenance of viral stocks and cell lines needed to grow the viruses, and development of related assays.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11079410
- **Project number:** 75N93019D00002-P00015-759302200001-1
- **Recipient organization:** AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION
- **Principal Investigator:** HEATHER COUCH
- **Activity code:** N01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $182,303
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2022-01-17 → 2024-09-14

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11079410

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11079410, Task B08: Production of Well Characterized Challenge Material (WCCM) for BSL-3/BSL-4 Viral Pathogens (75N93019D00002-P00015-759302200001-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11079410. Licensed CC0.

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