# NIH Reporter #2UC7AI094660-16

Integrated Support Services Core

**Recipient:** University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

**Award Amount:** $848,730.00
**Ceiling:** $848,730.00

**Awarded:** August 27, 2026

**Identifier:** 2UC7AI094660-16

Award for Integrated Support Services Core providing high-containment research services and support for pathogen research and countermeasure development at BSL-4 level.

### Description

Core F: Integrated Research Support provides specialized, high-containment research services enabling BSL-4 studies. It includes three divisions: Aerobiology, Insectaries, and Veterinary, supporting aerosol exposure platforms, tick-vector laboratories, and veterinary care, respectively. The core advances workforce development, embeds SOPs, and collaborates with other cores to accelerate pathogen research and countermeasure development.

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