Academic Development of a Training Program for Good Laboratory Practices in High Containment Environments (U24)

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Academic Development of a Training Program for Good Laboratory Practices in High Containment Environments (U24): The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of cooperative agreement funds for the support of a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled "Academic Development of a Training Program for Good Laboratory Practices in High Containment Environments (U24).' In this FOA, FDA announces its intention to accept and consider a single source application for an award to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Galveston National Laboratory (GNL) for the development and implementation of a certified, academic training course for instruction in Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) in a Biosafety Level (BSL) 4 High Containment Environment. FDA seeks to support an effort to design a robust, collaborative, and educational program using problem-based learning techniques designed to bring researchers and regulators together to educate each other on the challenges related to these issues and to identify solutions that are acceptable from both scientific and regulatory perspectives.