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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.116 · baric_ti:utt:01005

Date: 2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type: transcript segment · interview
recipient: Christina Salazar, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker: Ralph S. Baric

So the way research grants work is that there are several aims, sub-aims. And research grants are always written in the context of being more fluid than contracts. So discoveries that you make in the context of doing the science may cause direction changes, which are then typically reported to the NIH, in your progress reports. So are you asking me if -- from how I just answered that, what's the context of the question?

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2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

I don't know. You're going to have to give me more context. I can't remember it off the top of my head.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Let's go back to funding. Did you always receive funding for work that you did?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

What do you mean?
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

I mean, I think we talked about this a little bit earlier, but, I mean, would there always be a funding stream for work that you did? If you created a virus or did anything like that, would you always be paid for it, and how would you track that?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric

So the way research grants work is that there are several aims, sub-aims. And research grants are always written in the context of being more fluid than contracts. So discoveries that you make in the context of doing the science may cause direction changes, which are then typically reported to the NIH, in your progress reports. So are you asking me if -- from how I just answered that, what's the context of the question?
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

So if you were going to, you know, transfer any kind of biological material, would there DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com always be like a material transfer agreement?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Oh, absolutely. Well --
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

That may or may not --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Yes.

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