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Smoking Machine Adaptor Design Project for ENDS, Cigars, and Heated Tobacco Products (UC2)

Award Number: UC2FD007229
ORGANIZATION: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
OPDIV: FDA
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2025

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Smoking Machine Adaptor Design Project for ENDS, Cigars, and Heated Tobacco Products (UC2) - ABSTRACT The purpose of the smoking machine adaptor design project is to develop a standardized and validated adaptor, or family of adaptors, for attachment to existing smoking and vaping machines to ensure the accuracy and reliability of scientific data obtained from the study of the physical and chemical properties of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), cigars, and heated tobacco products (HTPs). Equally important, the project will produce a set of protocols for the generation and collection of mainstream yield data for these four product types. For the proposed research efforts, the Ohio State University (prime contractor) will collaborate closely with the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), and with our proposed team members, including our Particle and Aerosol Characterization Laboratory, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tobacco Products Laboratory (CDC-TPL); our smoking and vaping machine industry partner, Cerulean; and former Borgwaldt KC USA linear smoking machine design implementation engineer, Jeremy Jones, President, Produced Better. The project is comprised of four main phases: 1) Feasibility, 2) Prototype Design and Testing, 3) Adaptor Validation, and 4) Continued Stakeholder Support. Once the validation of the adaptors is complete, our team will be responsible for the manufacture, sale, and continued device support, including continuous design improvement, of the USMA in the final phase of the project and after CTP sponsorship has concluded. The project will provide a public benefit by ensuring that stakeholders can generate accurate scientific data and reduce measurement variability to help fill current scientific gaps regarding the chemical and physical properties of ENDS, cigars, and HTPs. These data will assist FDA in their mission to protect Americans from tobacco-related death and disease by regulating tobacco products and by educating the public, especially young people, about tobacco products and the dangers their use poses to themselves and others.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $490,381 )
2025	2025	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	000	5	12/18/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$490,381
														Subtotal = $490,381

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $491,888 )
2024	2024	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	001	4	7/10/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2024	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	000	4	12/12/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$491,888
														Subtotal = $491,888

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,110,175 )
2023	2023	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	001	3	1/17/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$997,258
2023	2023	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	002	3	3/15/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$112,917
2023	2022	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	000	2	12/1/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,110,175

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $996,891 )
2022	2022	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	000	2	11/2/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$996,891
2022	2022	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	001	2	5/18/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $996,891

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $1,995,436 )
2021	2021	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	001	1	11/26/2020	NEW	$0
2021	2021	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	000	1	11/25/2020	NEW	$1,995,436
														Subtotal = $1,995,436

Grand Total All Awards = $5,084,771

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Smoking Machine Adaptor Design Project for ENDS, Cigars, and Heated Tobacco Products (UC2)

Award Number: UC2FD007229

ORGANIZATION: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

OPDIV: FDA

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2025

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