Chemical and Biological Defense Program
Abstract
This program element (PE) resources basic research efforts directed at promoting theoretical and experimental research in Life and Physical Sciences. These efforts are part of an integrated portfolio addressing emerging chemical and biological (CB) threats, and are a key enabler supporting the Understand, Protect, and Mitigate portfolios. Basic research focuses on pursuing fundamental science to advance a greater understanding of threats, improve situational awareness of emerging threats, and support transformative research in emerging research areas that can potentially foster paradigm shifts in the CB defense research arena to a rapid response capability. Individual projects include: - Life Sciences (LF1): fundamental efforts to understand living systems' response to biological or chemical agents to support detection, diagnostics, protection, and medical treatment (e.g., microbiology, biochemistry, pathogenic mechanisms, cell and molecular biology, immunology, nanoscale science, and information science). - Physical Sciences (PS1): fundamental scientific phenomena to support the investigation of physical and chemical properties and interactions for enhanced functionalities important to detection, diagnostics, protection, and decontamination (e.g., chemistry, physics, materials science, nanotechnologies, nanoscale science, and environmental science).
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 0601384BP_1_0400_PB_2024
- Change Summary Explanation
- Funding: FY 2022 (+$2.500 Million): Congressional Add for chemically resistant, high-performance military cordage, rope and webbing is included in the Previous President's Budget total. FY 2022 (-$1.022 Million): Below threshold reprogramming to support priority protection and hazard mitigation efforts within Advanced Technology Development. FY 2022 (-$0.859 Million): Transfer of funding to support Small Business Innovative Research/Small Business Technology Transfer efforts. FY 2023 (+$5.000 Million): Congressional Add for waterless solutions for decontamination. FY 2024 (+$0.894 Million): Basic Research enhancements for strategic competition (+$0.722 Million) and Departmental inflation rate adjustments (+$0.172 Million). Schedule: N/A Technical: N/A
- Service Agency Name
- Chemical and Biological Defense Program
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