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The NVPO Unmet Needs Program: FY 2005 Update

National Vaccine Advisory Committee Meeting, October 2004. The NVPO Unmet Needs Program: FY 2005 Update. Ben Schwartz National Vaccine Program Office. The NVPO Unmet Needs Funding Program , 1. Provides support for high priority vaccine and immunization projects

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The NVPO Unmet Needs Program: FY 2005 Update

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  1. National Vaccine Advisory Committee Meeting, October 2004 The NVPO Unmet Needs Program: FY 2005 Update Ben Schwartz National Vaccine Program Office

  2. The NVPO Unmet Needs Funding Program, 1 • Provides support for high priority vaccine and immunization projects • Based on National Vaccine Plan (1994) & current HHS, NVPO, and NVAC priorities • “Seed money” and “catalytic funding” to address new and emerging issues • Addresses needs that arise outside the normal funding cycle • Applicants include scientists/project officers from HHS agencies, DoD, and USAID

  3. The NVPO Unmet Needs Funding Program, 2 • Projects funded for a maximum of 2-years • About $5 million distributed annually for new and continuation projects • Funding decisions made competitively based on a defined review process • Application deadline November 19, 2004

  4. FY 2004 Adolescent vaccines Adult vaccines Future vaccines Recently licensed vaccines Maternal immunization Racial/ethnic disparities Pandemic influenza Vaccine supply & financing Vaccine safety Vaccine risk communications FY 2005 Adolescent vaccination Future vaccines for emerging infections or with near term U.S. licensure Annual or pandemic influenza Vaccine supply, financing, & economic analysis Vaccine safety NVPO Unmet Needs Priority Categories: FY04 and FY05

  5. Criteria & Process for Selection of Projects for Unmet Needs Funding • Proposal review criteria • Meets NVPO priority criterion (absolute requirement) • Importance • Scientific quality and feasibility • Inter-Agency collaboration • Proposal review process • Review committee composed of Agency representatives and NVAC members (to be identified)

  6. Next Steps for the Unmet Needs Program • Program review – identify accomplishments of projects funded between 1995 and 2001 • Process review – assess potential improvements in establishing priorities; soliciting proposals; and selecting projects for funding • Potential greater role for NVAC

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