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NIAID reviews grant against GoF pause — determines not subject

NIAID initially flagged possible GoF; EcoHealth responded with stop-and-report benchmark for >1 log enhanced growth. NIH concluded grant was not subject to the pause and did not refer for P3CO after 2017.

Linked sources

HHS OIG A-05-21-00025 — EcoHealth Alliance audit
Tier 1 · report · WIV subaward $598,611 (2014–2019)

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Gain-of-function definitions

Unresolved definitional dispute. Tabak letter (Oct 2021) acknowledged delayed reporting of enhanced growth in mice; NIH still denied ePPP classification.