Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
CFDA 12.351 · Federal Grants & Funding
Total Funding
$315.5M
Awards
132
Recipients
76
States
29
Last Updated
Nov 25, 2025
Yearly Funding Trend
| Fiscal Year | Obligations | Awards | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $270.9M | 107 | |
| 2025 | $44.5M | 25 | -83.6% |
Award Type Mix
| Type | Obligations | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | 0 |
Top 50 Awards under CFDA 12.351
Largest individual obligations for Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction.
| Award | Recipient | Awarding Agency | Place | FY | Obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASST_NON_HDTRA12020001_097 MATERIALS SCIENCE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Maryland | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | BALTIMORE, MD-07 | 2024 | $49,238,279 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12020002_097 INTERACTION OF IONIZING RADIATION WITH MATTER | THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Pennsylvania | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | UNIVERSITY PARK, PA-15 | 2024 | $33,856,090 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11910013_097 DETERMINING THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES AMONG TISSUE ORGANOIDS FROM DIFFERENT SPECIES FOR MODELING THE EFFECTS OF BIOCHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS AND DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE COUNTERMEASUR… | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES North Carolina | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | WINSTON-SALEM, NC-90 | 2024 | $5,974,993 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11910040_097 HIGH RESOLUTION CHARACTERIZATION OF SAXTOXIN. | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE California | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | SAN FRANCISCO, CA-11 | 2024 | $5,150,041 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110011_097 FUNDING | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE California | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | SAN FRANCISCO, CA-11 | 2024 | $4,999,996 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11910032_097 A COLLABORATIVE INTERDISCPLINARY APPROACH TO AN ENDEMIC ZOONOTIC DISEASE IN CAMEROON: ENHANCING CAPABILITIES TO PREVENT, DETECT, AND RESPOND TO BRUCELLOSIS. | TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH Texas | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $4,988,492 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11910033_097 REDUCING THE THREAT OF RIFT VALLEY FEVER THROUGHT ECOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SOCIOECONOMICS | ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE INC New York | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | NY-90 | 2025 | $4,988,193 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11710003_097 FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH INTO RADIATION RESILIENCY OF EMERGING CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGIES APPROPRIATE TO CWMD MISSION | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Tennessee | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | NASHVILLE, TN-05 | 2024 | $4,263,780 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11710051_097 IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND SUSCEPTIBILITY MARKERS IN BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI. | NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY Arizona | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | FLAGSTAFF, AZ-02 | 2024 | $3,997,215 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110040_097 MONKEYPOX THREAT REDUCTION NETWORK: USING THE SENTINEL SITES IN THE DRC AS A REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE BIOSURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES California | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $3,989,318 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12010029_097 REDUCING THE THREAT OF MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS AND AVIAN INFLUENZA IN JORDAN & STRENGTHENING REGIONAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE CAPACITY. | ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE INC New York | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $3,924,953 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11810039_097 A BASIC RESEARCH PIPELINE FOR DISCOVERY AND EARLY PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HOST-TARGETED ANTIVIRAL STRATEGIES TO COMBAT ENCEPHALITIC ALPHAVIRUSES | THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY California | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | STANFORD, CA-16 | 2024 | $3,750,000 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110028_097 REDUCING THE THREAT FROM HIGH-RISK PATHOGENS CAUSING FEBRILE ILLNESS IN GUINEA | GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY District of Columbia | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $3,749,156 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12010016_097 REDUCING THE THREAT FROM IGH-RISK PATHOGENS CAUSING FEBRILE ILLNES IN LIBERIA | ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE INC New York | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $3,692,698 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11910039_097 EVALUATE FERRET AS A NEW SMALL ANIMAL MODEL OF AEROSOL EXPOSURE TO ENCEPHALITIC ALPHAVIRUSES | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION Pennsylvania | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | PITTSBURGH, PA-12 | 2024 | $3,691,822 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12010018_097 CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER: REDUCING AN EMERGING HEALTH THREAT IN TANZANIA | ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE INC New York | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $3,681,714 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110037_097 INFORMING BIOSURVEILLANCE: CONSTRUCTION OF PTEROPODID FRUIT BATS TO VIRUS SPILLOVER IN THE PHILIPPINES. | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $3,634,370 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110021_097 THE MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA FLYWAY TRANSBOUNDARY DETERMINANTS OF AVIAN ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES AVIAN ZOONOTIC DISEASE NETWORK (AZDN) | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Michigan | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $3,630,669 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110041_097 ROLE OF CAMELS IN TRANSMISSION OF BRUCELLA SPP AND MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS TO HUMANS IN KENYA | WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY Washington | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $3,626,355 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11910012_097 UNDERSTANDING SEPSIS WITH HUMAN RELEVANCE: AN INTEGRATIVE STUDY USING IN VITRO, IN VIVO AND IN SILICO MODELS. | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION Pennsylvania | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | PHILADELPHIA, PA-02 | 2024 | $3,246,113 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11910029_097 BUILDING LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC CAPACITY FOR ZOONOTIC DISEASE RISK MITIGATION IN UNDERSERVED ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS OF KENYA | COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Colorado | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | CO-90 | 2024 | $3,190,233 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12410007_097 A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PREVENT, DETECT AND CONTROL BRUCELLOSIS IN ARMENIA | TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH Texas | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $2,999,502 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210028_097 VECTOR BORNE DISEASES SURVEILLANCE IN GEORGIA, TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN | NATIONAL FOOD AGENCY - LEPL | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $2,998,810 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11810002_097 A RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION EFFECTS RELIABILITY MECHANISMS UNIQUE TO 3D INTEGRATION | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Tennessee | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | NASHVILLE, TN-05 | 2024 | $2,995,215 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12010028_097 BIO-SURVEILLANCE OF BRUCELLOSIS IN AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA, AND TURKEY | NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY Arizona | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $2,992,256 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210015_097 ENHANCING ARBOVIRUS SURVEILLANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS OF GEORGIA, TURKEY AND UKRAINE. | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Florida | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $2,931,041 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210013_097 PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF BRUCELLOSIS IN IRAQ | NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY Arizona | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $2,928,892 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210019_097 ACUTE FEBRILE ILLNESS IN NIGERIA: SURVEILLANCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE THREATS | RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE North Carolina | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $2,886,074 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110035_097 CAMELS AS BIOSURVEILLANCE SENTINELS: RISK AT THE HUMAN-CAMEL INTERFACE | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $2,879,575 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110004_097 NATIVE TOXIN/TOXIN-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS FOR ENHANCED CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE OF CONOTOXINS | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES California | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | LOS ANGELES, CA-36 | 2024 | $2,859,634 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110030_097 ONE HEALTH APPROACH FOR MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR BACILLUS ANTHRACIS IN INDIA (OHAI) | THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Pennsylvania | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $2,769,409 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11910020_097 USING MACHINE LEARNING AND IN VITRO METHODS TO ASSESS HUMAN METABOLISM OF ORGANOPHOSPHATES PESTICIDES AND CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS | COLLABORATIONS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. North Carolina | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | FUQUAY VARINA, NC-13 | 2024 | $2,754,147 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210018_097 MITIGATING THE RISK OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE IN NORTHERN KENYA | SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION District of Columbia | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $2,727,187 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110014_097 DECRYPTING NATURAL ANTIBIOTICS TO COUNTER BIOLOGICAL THREATS | TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE Pennsylvania | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | PHILADELPHIA, PA-03 | 2024 | $2,706,623 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210017_097 ESTIMATING AND MODELING MELIOIDOSIS RISK AND PREVALENCE IN VIETNAM | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Florida | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $2,700,086 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210012_097 THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO PROVIDE INCREMENTAL FUNDING. | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Washington | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | SEATTLE, WA-07 | 2024 | $2,553,588 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110010_097 PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT OF BROAD-SPECTRUM NEURONAL NANOSPONGES | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO California | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | LA JOLLA, CA-50 | 2024 | $2,500,000 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11410021_097 UNDERSTANDING DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS POST-WMD ATTACK IN INTERDEPENDENT NETWORKS | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Texas | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | AUSTIN, TX-25 | 2024 | $2,491,779 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11910011_097 RATIONAL DESIGN OF STATISTICAL HETEROPOLYMERS AS BIOMIMETIC ENZYMES AND BINDERS. | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE California | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | BERKELEY, CA-12 | 2024 | $2,484,465 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11810047_097 ON-CHIP HYBRID DUAL-COMB SPECTROSCOPIC SENSING OF CHEMICAL THREATS. | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY California | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | PASADENA, CA-28 | 2024 | $2,465,562 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210030_097 ENTRY OF ALPHAVIRUSES INTO THE MACAQUE BRAIN AND VIRAL PERSISTENCE: CORRELATION WITH DEVELOPMENT OF ENCEPHALITIS | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION Pennsylvania | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | PITTSBURGH, PA-12 | 2024 | $2,433,746 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210004_097 SEQUENCING OF TICK-BORNE VIRAL DISEASE AGENTS IN INDIA IDENTIFYING UNIQUE GENOMES IN TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS (TBE) AND CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (CCHF) VIRUSES | EPIPOINTE LLC North Carolina | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2025 | $2,279,105 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12010004_097 EXERCISE OPTION PERIOD 3 | CORNELL UNIVERSITY New York | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | ITHACA, NY-19 | 2024 | $2,250,000 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110001_097 DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL MOLECULE AND ANTIBODY THERAPEUTICS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING. | WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION West Virginia | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | MORGANTOWN, WV-02 | 2024 | $2,200,000 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110007_097 DEOBLIGATION OF EXCESS FUNDING FROM CLIN 2001 | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Washington | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | SEATTLE, WA-07 | 2024 | $2,138,560 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA11710037_097 DEOBLIGATE FY20FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $226,744.46. | ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE INC New York | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $2,121,776 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110013_097 INCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR CLIN 2001. | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Massachusetts | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | CAMBRIDGE, MA-07 | 2024 | $2,100,000 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210001_097 ITERATIVBE SIMULATION, AI/ML RESEARCH | UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW COURT | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | — | 2024 | $2,014,675 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210010_097 DEEP LEARNING-GUIDED DISCOVERY AND STRUCTURAL VALIDATION OF MARINE TOXIN INHIBITORS | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Massachusetts | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | CAMBRIDGE, MA-07 | 2024 | $2,000,000 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12110026_097 REAL-TIME DETECTION OF CONTAMINANTS IN BIOPHARMACEUTICALS BY AI-ENABLED QUANTUM COHERENCE SPECTROSCOPY | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Michigan | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | EAST LANSING, MI-07 | 2024 | $2,000,000 |
Top 50 awards shown, ranked by obligated amount. Dates reflect performance period; last-modified dates match USAspending.gov. Complete listings include all transaction history going back to FY2024.
Spending by State
| State | Funding | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | $53.4M | 4 |
| Pennsylvania | $51.6M | 10 |
| California | $33.5M | 16 |
| Massachusetts | $10.3M | 9 |
| North Carolina | $10.1M | 3 |
| Virginia | $10.0M | 10 |
| New York | $9.4M | 4 |
| Texas | $8.2M | 7 |
| Tennessee | $7.3M | 2 |
| Illinois | $5.4M | 4 |
| Michigan | $5.2M | 5 |
| Arizona | $5.1M | 2 |
| Washington | $4.9M | 3 |
| Colorado | $3.7M | 2 |
| New Mexico | $3.2M | 4 |
| Georgia | $2.7M | 3 |
| West Virginia | $2.3M | 2 |
| Alabama | $1.9M | 1 |
| Rhode Island | $1.5M | 1 |
| Iowa | $1.1M | 1 |
| Nevada | $1.0M | 1 |
| Florida | $955K | 1 |
| Missouri | $854K | 1 |
| Wisconsin | $820K | 1 |
| South Carolina | $761K | 1 |
| New Jersey | $747K | 1 |
| South Dakota | $700K | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | $482K | 1 |
| Idaho | $449K | 1 |
Top Recipients
Agencies Administering This Program
Department of Defense$315.5M
Source: USAspending.gov · All Programs