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HHS Draft Module Announcement; Universal Patching and Remediation for Autonomous Defense (UPGRADE)

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data-id="content-viewer"><div class="WWZmE"><div type="first" data-hook="rcv-block-first"></div><div class="d-cxn"><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-foo" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:inherit"><span>Opportunity Title:</span></span></strong></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block1"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-9wyne411" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>Draft Module Announcement; Universal Patching and Remediation for Autonomous Defense (UPGRADE)</span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block2"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-9iows132" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span>&nbsp;</span></strong></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block3"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-2venb134" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span>Funder/Agency:</span></strong></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block4"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-9reht191" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)</span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block5"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-b2ge5136" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span>&nbsp;</span></strong></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block6"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-9w1je138" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span>Opportunity Number:</span></strong></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block7"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-4mvgn350" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>ARPA-H-MAI-24-01-05</span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block8"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-nbel0140" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span style="color:#1B1B1B;text-decoration:inherit"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block9"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-iecb1142" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span>Description:</span></strong></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block10"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-ogphn484" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>ARPA-H seeks proposals to develop a revolutionary new cybersecurity platform to enable hospitals and health systems to protect themselves from cyberattacks. The Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense (UPGRADE) program will empower hospital information Technology (IT) teams to protect health systems from cyberattacks and ensure continuity of patient care without requiring additional personnel or manual effort.</span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block11"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><div class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-4t53r518" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><br role="presentation"></span></div></div><div type="empty-line" data-hook="rcv-block12"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-bl4aq519" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>UPGRADE aims to fund the creation of vulnerability mitigation tools that act as a force multiplier for hospital IT/cybersecurity teams, dramatically advancing hospitals’ capacities to understand, source, plan, and deploy security upgrades for connected hospital equipment (e.g., equipment germane to hospital environments including but not limited to infusion pumps, patient monitoring equipment, and imaging equipment). See the attached draft Module Announcement, ARPA-H-MAI-24-01-05 for details on the UPGRADE program.</span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block13"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-vz7ck144" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block14"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-mr2dm146" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span>Eligibility:</span></strong></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block15"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><ul class="O-pRi _3ea47"><li dir="auto" aria-level="1" class="lb1Jq" style="margin-inline-start:1.5em;list-style-type:disc"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="" id="viewer-z4gt5148" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>Universities</span></span></p></li><li dir="auto" aria-level="1" class="lb1Jq" style="margin-inline-start:1.5em;list-style-type:disc"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="" id="viewer-xsezl558" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>Non-profit organizations</span></span></p></li><li dir="auto" aria-level="1" class="lb1Jq" style="margin-inline-start:1.5em;list-style-type:disc"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="" id="viewer-ndiav560" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>Small businesses</span><span>

</span></span><br role="presentation"></p></li></ul></div><div type="bulleted_list" data-hook="rcv-block16"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-nkce3166" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span>Deadline:</span></strong></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block17"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-0jfe4172" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>Applications Due September 18, 2024</span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block18"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-gciqk176" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block19"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-qxwg6178" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><a target="_blank" href="https://sam.gov/opp/ce9065a247c34a87a05ec330ad19476e/view" rel="noopener" class="PEY94 _4dQlf" data-hook="web-link"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span style="color:#787878;text-decoration:inherit"><u style="text-decoration:underline"><span>Opportunity Link</span></u></span></strong></a></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block20"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-46ga7180" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block21"></div><div data-breakout="normal"><p class="n58GL wgYGg _3ea47 EsZzH" dir="auto" id="viewer-9d9i6182" tabindex="-1"><span class="HWr-d"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span>Grant Management Associates has years of experience with opportunities like this one. </span></strong><a target="_blank" href="mailto:cwinter@grantmanagementassoc.com" rel="noopener" class="PEY94 _4dQlf" data-hook="web-link"><strong style="font-weight:700"><span style="color:#787878;text-decoration:inherit"><span>Contact us</span></span></strong></a><strong style="font-weight:700"><span>&nbsp;today for a consultation.</span></strong></span></p></div><div type="paragraph" data-hook="rcv-block22"></div></div><div type="last" data-hook="rcv-block-last"></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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