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NIH/NIAID grants and subawards to EcoHealth Alliance and its partners.

Tagged on **416** documents.

# Principal voices

* [Ashley Sanders](/people/ashley-sanders.md) - 66 documents
* [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) - 50 documents
* [Emily Linde](/people/emily-linde.md) - 40 documents
* [Erik Stemmy](/people/erik-stemmy.md) - 20 documents
* [Michelle G Bulls](/people/michelle-g-bulls.md) - 14 documents
* [Lawrence A. Tabak](/people/lawrence-a-tabak.md) - 12 documents
* [Michael Lauer](/people/michael-lauer.md) - 12 documents
* [Christina Salazar](/people/christina-salazar.md) - 9 documents
* [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) - 8 documents
* [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) - 7 documents
* [Chase Crawford](/people/chase-crawford.md) - 6 documents
* [David Spiro](/people/david-spiro.md) - 5 documents
* [Sara Selgrade](/people/sara-selgrade.md) - 5 documents
* [Randall Hall](/people/randall-hall.md) - 4 documents
* [Holli Beckerman Jaffe](/people/holli-beckerman-jaffe.md) - 3 documents

# Statement timeline

Attributed statements in chronological order. Each is quoted verbatim and cited to its page.

* **2020-05-03** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (asserts): "This cracked me up - from CBS 60 minutes: _"We have been working with Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, and looking at his effort to identify viral threats in the wild." [^slack_pm]
* **2020-05-03** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (questions): "Given the recent announcement of their cut in funding, we're looking to speak with someone inthe scientific community *who has used EcoHealth Alliance's data and sequences from samples in their own work* and can speak to the importance of this type of field…" [^slack_pm]
* **2020-06-09** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): ""Disease ecologist Peter Daszak, president of the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance in Manhattan, said the Harvard study"is absolutely fascinating."" [^slack_pm]
* **2020-08-27** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (asserts): "Disappointing to see Helen write about the EgoHealth grant, as opposed to writing about how great it is that NIAIDwill be supporting these centers with an $82 million commitment...…" [^slack_pm]
* **2020-09-09** — [Ashley Sanders](/people/ashley-sanders.md) (acknowledges): "In a recent discussion with HHS OIG and the FBI, they noted they received information that the below-grant with Ecohealth Alliance was "suspended" or "terminated"." [^reading_room]
* **2020-09-09** — [Ashley Sanders](/people/ashley-sanders.md) (questions): "What was the reasoning for NIAID ending the grant and/or collaboration with Ecohealth Alliance? 3." [^reading_room]
* **2020-09-09** — [Ashley Sanders](/people/ashley-sanders.md) (acknowledges): "In a recent discussion with HHS OIG and the FBI, they noted they received information that the below-grant with Ecohealth Alliance was "suspended" or "terminated"." [^reading_room]
* **2020-09-09** — [Ashley Sanders](/people/ashley-sanders.md) (questions): "What was the reasoning for NIAID ending the grant and/or collaboration with Ecohealth Alliance? 3." [^reading_room]
* **2020-09-10** — [Ashley Sanders](/people/ashley-sanders.md) (asserts): "/O) cE /0)) cE) as /0)) (] as Cc: Shannon, Mike (NIH/OD) [E] @nih.gov>; Kearse, Deborah (NIH/OD) [E] @nih.gov> Subject: RE: Grant Questions - FBI Inquiry - 1-R01AI110964-01 - 2-R01AI110964-06 Importance: High Hi Emily, These questions are specific to whether…" [^reading_room]
* **2020-09-10** — [Emily Linde](/people/emily-linde.md) (asserts): "/O) cE /0)) cE as /0)) (] as Cc: Shannon, Mike (NIH/OD) [E] @nih.gov>; Kearse, Deborah (NIH/OD) [E] @nih.gov> Subject: RE: Grant Questions - FBI Inquiry - 1-R01AI110964-01 - 2-R01AI110964-06 Hi Ashley, For this award the most relevant and accurate source of…" [^reading_room]
* **2020-09-11** — [Ashley Sanders](/people/ashley-sanders.md) (asserts): "Lauer, We are following-up on an ongoing case related to the above-captioned grant with NIAID awarded to Ecohealth Alliance." [^reading_room]
* **2021-04-18** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (asserts): "I can't imagine what his life must be like...https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/EcoHealth-Alliance-Letter.pdf" [^slack_pm]
* **2021-05-13** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Also there was John Mascola and Cliff Lane. • Things continue to heat up regarding the innuendoes about our being responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic because of our grant to EcoHealth." [^fauci_diary]
* **2021-05-15** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "Speaking of profoundly nuts - I actually do think that that is where eDim is going with his call to investigate all theUSG agencies, EcoHealth etc." [^slack_pm]
* **2021-05-28** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "May 28, 2021 - • The secretary of HHS we'll ask the Inspector General to do an audit of EcoHealth and its oversight up the subaward to the Wuhan institute of virology." [^fauci_diary]
* **2021-09-30** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "A group of non USA scientists and others Whom I have never heard of Are trying to get rid of Peter Daszak at ecohealth ." [^fauci_diary]
* **2021-10-21** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Oct. 21, 2021 Larry Tabak, representing the NIH, released some progress reports from the EcoHealth grant which were late in their submission." [^fauci_diary]
* **2021-10-22** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): ""It's just another chapter in a sad tale of inadequate oversight, disregard for risk, and insensitivity to the importance oftransparency," said Stanford microbiologist Dr. *David Relman.* "Given all of the sensitivity about this work, it's difficult to…" [^slack_pm]
* **2021-10-23** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Oct. 23, 2021 Global - 242,300,000/4,900,000; USA - 45,300,000/733,834 There was the typical but not unexpected backlash on the part of the far-right media concerning the letter that Larry Tabak sent out concerning the progress report from EcoHealth that was…" [^fauci_diary]
* **2021-10-23** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "In order to be totally transparent, Larry sent out a note to Congressman Comer saying that Ecohealth was late in submitting a progress report of their grant and mentioned in the letter that some of the mice in the study had an increase in viral growth and…" [^fauci_diary]
* **2021-10-27** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "We are getting bombarded by letters from Republican congressmen and senators (Ranking Minorities) on the various committees asking pages and pages of ridiculous questions that really have no answers concerning our oversight of the Wuhan Ecohealth grant and…" [^fauci_diary]
* **2021-10-27** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "One letter in question was 14 pages long from Cathy McMorris Rogers addressed to Francis Collins. it contained the most miniscule details about technicalities of grants that was getting to the point that we did not have good oversight of the ecohealth grants…" [^fauci_diary]
* **2022-01-14** — [Andrew Rambaut](/people/andrew-rambaut.md) (acknowledges): "I should have been more specific: what I mean is that both Fauci and Collins were aware that NIH funds had been subawarded to the WIV in the past for certain types of research.> But you make a good point." [^slack_pm]
* **2022-01-24** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (asserts): "That being a legal process, they could also obtain all our documents, emails, etc. - so the game we're playing right now is to be helpful enough such that we can defuse future developments." [^slack_pm]
* **2023-03-08** — [Sara Selgrade](/people/sara-selgrade.md) (asserts): "Hello all, Background As you may be aware, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, as well as the House Energy and Commerce Committee, have requested documents related to EcoHealth Alliance's NIH grants." [^reading_room]

# Matching terms

High-confidence: `ecohealth alliance`, `ecohealth`, `subaward`, `r01ai110964`, `sub-award`, `defuse`

Supporting: `grant`, `award`, `funding`, `progress report`, `no-cost extension`, `daszak`, `budget`, `renewal`

# Sources

[^baric_ti]: [baric_ti](/sources/baric-ti.md)
[^daszak_cbp]: [daszak_cbp](/sources/daszak-cbp.md)
[^diary_prequel]: [diary_prequel](/sources/diary-prequel.md)
[^fauci_awards]: [fauci_awards](/sources/fauci-awards.md)
[^fauci_diary]: [fauci_diary](/sources/fauci-diary.md)
[^fauci_intel]: [fauci_intel](/sources/fauci-intel.md)
[^gates]: [gates](/sources/gates.md)
[^letter_dni]: [letter_dni](/sources/letter-dni.md)
[^monkeypox_release]: [monkeypox_release](/sources/monkeypox-release.md)
[^reading_room]: [reading_room](/sources/reading-room.md)
[^slack_pm]: [slack_pm](/sources/slack-pm.md)
