Title:
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations – Institutional Support 2023
Agreement Number:
7448756 P012334001
Agreement Value:
$100,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 31, 2023 - Jun 30, 2030
Description:
This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). CEPI uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate.
CEPI’s mission is to accelerate the development of vaccines and other biologic countermeasures against epidemic and pandemic threats so they can be accessible to all people in need. This project supports CEPI’s 2022 to 2026 strategy (CEPI 2.0), which has three strategic objectives: (1) preparing for known epidemic and pandemic threats; (2) transforming future responses to novel infectious disease threats; and (3) creating, building and enhancing new and existing connections to enhance global collaboration on infectious disease threats. Project activities include: (1) investing in research and development for promising vaccine candidates and platforms that target emerging infectious diseases of concern, along with enabling science activities that would help produce these vaccines; (2) advocating globally
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is ended; (2) accelerated development of vaccines and other biologic countermeasures against known high-risk pathogens; (3) reduced risk of further coronavirus pandemics; (4) increased use of vaccine prototypes and platform innovations in preparation for novel threats; (5) scaled enabling sciences to accelerate vaccine development; (6) transformed vaccine manufacturing to be faster, cheaper, and closer to an outbreak; (7) secured financing for epidemic preparedness and response; (8) increased coordination among key stakeholders to enable system readiness; and (9) strengthened equitable access principles in effective responses.
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q2-00506
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
1200000000000
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Amendment Date
Mar 4, 2025
Recipient's Legal Name:
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness
Federal Riding Name:
Not Coded
Federal Riding Number:
NA
Program:
Grants - Multilateral Programming
Program Purpose:
Subvention Programmation multilatérale