**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** VACCINES REMAIN THE GREATEST TOOL FOR THE CONTROL OF CURRENT AND EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE THREATS TO ANIMAL AGRICULTURE, AND EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED VACCINES WILL PROVE CRITICAL FOR A BIOTECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCING, GLOBALIZING, AND RESOURCE-STRETCHED WORLD. WE PROPOSE TO CREATE THE U.S. VACCINOLOGY RESEARCH COORDINATION NETWORK, COMPRISED OF ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT, AND CORPORATE VACCINE RESEARCHERS, WHO WILL BE BROUGHT TOGETHER ON A FORMAL BASIS TO IDENTIFY CURRENT AND FUTURE VACCINE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE US, AND TO COLLABORATIVELY SET BROAD GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR ADDRESSING THEM. WE WILL LEVERAGE CURRENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH AT MULTIDISCIPLINARY MEMBER INSTITUTIONS OF THE U.S. VACCINOLOGY RESEARCH COORDINATION NETWORK TO DEVELOP NEXT GENERATION, SAFE AND EFFICACIOUS VACCINES, AND IN DOING SO CONSOLIDATING TECHNOLOGIES AND PROGRAMS TOWARD A COMMON PURPOSE, QUICKLY GATHERING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION FROM WITHIN AND ACROSS THE NETWORK, AND ULTIMATELY DEVELOPING INTEGRATED STRATEGIES BASED ON THE COLLECTIVE DATA OF THE NETWORK PARTNERS.