# Usona

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/nimh25008893

- Solicitation number: NIMH25008893
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: National Institutes of Health
- Contracting office: National Institutes of Health (n-NATIONALINSTITUTESOFHEALTH)
- NAICS: 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- Product or service code: R499 Other Professional Services
- Set-aside: 8(a) sole source
- Place of performance: Bethesda, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Bethesda. https://abierto.us/cities/bethesda-md-2407125
- First posted: July 25, 2025
- Last posted: July 25, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9faf73ba35ab493598a3701a15e642f8/view

## Description

This study is an NIH/NIA–sponsored investigation examining the potential of psilocybin-assisted cognitive training in healthy older adults and individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Psilocybin is a Schedule I compound that can only be sourced from a limited number of qualified manufacturers authorized to produce it under GMP conditions for human research.

Usona Institute is the only U.S.-based non-profit organization with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) licensure, GMP manufacturing capacity, IND-enabling material suitable for NIH-sponsored human trials, and holder of an existing IND, who agrees to allow the NIA to cross-reference it in our own application to the FDA. This purchase supports the primary investigational product required to fulfill the scientific aims of the clinical study.

## Publications

- July 25, 2025: Special notice, due August 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 9faf73ba35ab493598a3701a15e642f8. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9faf73ba35ab493598a3701a15e642f8/view

## Points of contact

- Joseph Kennedy, joseph.kennedy@nih.gov

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