UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM: $17.8M Department of Health and Human Services Federal Award
Summary
The NIH awarded $17.8M to the University of Alabama at Birmingham for a primary care research network in the Deep South. Since the recipient is a private university, no public company is directly implicated, and the contract is too small to move any healthcare sector index.
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Key Takeaways
- 1.No publicly traded company is the direct recipient or a clear parent of the recipient, so no ticker is implicated.
- 2.The $17.8M award is modest in the context of the $3T+ U.S. healthcare sector, making it a low-impact, routine grant.
- 3.Related legislation (e.g., HR10520, HR10440) shares healthcare research and rural care themes but does not authorize this specific contract, so no legislative catalyst is directly tied.
Market Implications
No ticker is affected by this contract. The award is a research grant to an academic institution, not a procurement from a public company. Healthcare sector investors should view this as a routine funding event with no measurable impact on any public company's revenue or earnings.
Full Analysis
This contract is a direct federal grant to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), a private public research university, to establish a primary care research network across Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi. The $17.8M award over nearly six years (2025-2031) is funded by the National Institutes of Health and focuses on integrating research into primary care clinics serving rural and medically underserved populations. Because UAB is not a publicly traded entity and no parent company or public subsidiary exists, there is no direct ticker to map this award to, and the analysis must avoid speculative supply chain guesses.
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Contract Details
Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
Award Amount
$17,800,873
Awarding Agency
Department of Health and Human Services
Sub-Agency
National Institutes of Health
Contract Type
DIRECT PAYMENT FOR SPECIFIED USE, AS A SUBSIDY OR OTHER NON-REIMBURSABLE DIRECT FINANCIAL AID (C)
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