Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: GINKGO BIOWORKS, INC.
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Period of performance: 2020-09-16 to 2022-06-17
Current total value of award: $5886277
Description: THE CONTRACTOR WILL SUPPORT DARPA'S REVECTOR PROGRAM WHICH DEVELOPS METHODS TO USE HUMAN SKIN MICROBIOMES TO MODULATE CHEMICAL PRODUCTION IN ORDER TO AVOID MOSQUITO ATTRACTION AND REDUCE THE THREAT OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE TO WARFIGHTERS.