Each organization’s focus is different. CEPI, with an eye to near-term product development, is primarily backing platform development at small biotech companies. The NIAID is supporting more basic immunology discovery efforts in academia. But their shared overall objective prompted the two organizations to team up. In March, CEPI and the NIAID announced the creation of a joint scientific forum for their funded researchers to discuss their progress and work together toward safe and broadly protective jabs. Its first meeting is scheduled for 25 April
