# Facility Maintenance and Operation Core

> **NIH NIH UC7** · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · 2020 · $3,741,369

## Abstract

Facility Maintenance and Operations: Summary
The NEIDL Facilities Maintenance and Operations Core is comprised of three functional areas, including
Facilities (FAC), Information Technology (IT) and Community Relations (CR). Each is tasked with closely
related but distinct responsibilities that collectively maintain the function, safety, and standing of the NEIDL
BSL-4 operation. The Facilities Core is integrated with its equivalent units at the institutional level. The aims of
the Facilities functional area are to 1) Support the operations and maintenance of the laboratory and support
systems; 2) Improve the laboratory infrastructure for function, safety, and finance; 3) Maintain training,
documentation and continue refinement of standard operating procedures. The aims Information Technology
functional area are to 1) Continue the development, implementation, and staff training of the BSL-4 “in-suit”,
hands free voice over internet protocol (VoIP) communications systems; 2) Implement, modify as need, and
train staff on the select agent inventory software and its radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking systems
in the BSL-4 laboratories; 3) Continue the development, implementation, modification, and staff training of an
online library of “video-enhanced SOPs” of BSL-4 operations for in-lab reference, training, and safety review.
Finally, the aims of the Community Relations functional area are to: 1) Broaden community outreach and
expand efforts to inform and educate the community as well as build and sustain community trust about the
NEIDL and its mission, in partnership with the Community Liaison Committee as well as engage other tactics;
and 2) Use the NEIDL and its scientific and support personnel as an ongoing educational training resource for
students, their parents and the lay public in the surrounding community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9939425
- **Project number:** 5UC7AI095321-07
- **Recipient organization:** BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
- **Principal Investigator:** Matthew D Rarick
- **Activity code:** UC7 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $3,741,369
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2021-07-07

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9939425

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9939425, Facility Maintenance and Operation Core (5UC7AI095321-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9939425. Licensed CC0.

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