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Funding Arrangements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Funding Arrangements  
Funding Arrangements

7. Funding Arrangements

NIH

In June 2020, the Company entered into a contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, which is effective beginning July 1, 2020 and provides the Company with reimbursement of certain qualified expenses incurred. The initial award consists of approximately $3.0 million, with the potential to increase up to $15.5 million, and will be used to develop novel molecules from the Company’s non-β-lactam inhibitor, or NBP, platform. Funding from the contract will support research towards developing molecules with expanded Gram-negative spectrum against antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens including E. coli, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas and Klebsiella. The contract will be accounted for consistent with the Company’s Government Contracts and Grant Agreements accounting policy as disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 11, 2020.

CARB-X

In March 2017 and October 2017, the Company entered into funding arrangements with the Trustees of Boston University to utilize funds from the U.S. government through the Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator, or CARB-X, program, in support of the Company’s ETX0282CPDP and ETX0462 programs. In June 2020 CARB-X exercised an option that resulted in an increase in the amount of specified research expenditures of the Company that could be covered from $16.8 million to $18.2 million from April 2017 through September 2021.

The Company recognized grant income in connection with the CARB-X agreements of $48 thousand and $0.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $0.1 million and $1.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company received $1.1 million and $1.5 million of payments under the grants during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company’s receivables for unreimbursed, eligible costs incurred under the CARB-X agreements totaled $0.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively.