This $1,487,500 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund the establishment of the Center for Insights into the Pre-Emergence Phase of Pandemics (CI3P) at the University of California, Davis. The center will develop innovative technological solutions and conduct transdisciplinary research to enhance the ability to detect and predict pandemic threats in the pre-emergence phase. Key deliverables include: Building...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Tennessee on September 1, 2024 for the "PIPP PHASE II: ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF PANDEMIC EXPANSION (APPEX)" project. This project aims to study the complex, combinatorial factors that contribute to pandemic expansion, with a focus on enabling multidisciplinary collaboration and developing a rigorous hierarchy of evidence for pandemic risk....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations supports the development of computational tools and frameworks for bio-social modeling of future pandemics through Arizona State University's PIPP PHASE I: Computational Foundations for Bio-Social Modeling of Unseen Pandemics project. Funded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070), the $807,531 award will advance predictive...
This $1,999,688 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of predictive intelligence for pandemic prevention through transdisciplinary innovation. Funded by NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), the two-year award to the University of California, Davis enables advancement of predictive capabilities for forecasting pandemic risk through three key research areas. First, the team will characterize environmental conditions and human...
This $1,000,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports the development of a Center for Pandemic Decision Science at the University of Texas at Austin from September 1, 2022 to February 29, 2024. The Center aims to advance the integration of complex systems science into pandemic decision-making through a series of multidisciplinary workshops, pilot studies, and educational/community outreach activities. Key goals include identifying...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Tech, Cornell University, Meharry Medical College, the University of Michigan, and Wake Forest University for the "PIPP PHASE II: COMMUNITY EMPOWERING PANDEMIC PREDICTION AND PREVENTION FROM ATOMS TO SOCIETIES (COMPASS) - THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERING PANDEMIC PREDICTION AND PREVENTION FROM ATOMS TO SOCIETIES (COMPASS) CENTER" project. The COMPASS...
This National Science Foundation project grant award of $1,000,000 supports the establishment of the Center for Ecosystems Data Integration and Pandemic Early Warning Systems in Western New York. Funded under the NSF Engineering Directorate's Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase I program, the award will support the development of an integrated early warning system to monitor and track emerging pathogens through wastewater surveillance and clinical sampling analysis....
The National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded the University of Georgia Research Foundation a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The grant funds the PIPP PHASE I: HETEROGENEOUS MODEL INTEGRATION FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE INTELLIGENCE project from August 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024. The project aims to develop a systems-of-systems framework to integrate knowledge from different disciplinary approaches for infectious...
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $1,999,074 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) for the project "PIPP PHASE I: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Messaging and Modeling during Pandemics." The goal of the project is to develop models and tools to help public health officials and policymakers more effectively communicate and respond during future pandemics. Specifically, the university...
This $1 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities supports research at Oregon State University under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The two-year award will fund the establishment of a Pandemic Predictive Intelligence and Policy Center to develop feedback loops between predictive modeling and adaptive response strategies that can attenuate pandemic transmission in urban environments. Key deliverables...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation provides $999,610 to The University of New Mexico to establish the Center for Emerging Pathogen Prediction and Integration (CEPPI) from September 1, 2022 through February 29, 2024. CEPPI will develop predictive models and workflows to strengthen global pathogen surveillance and pandemic prevention under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program. Key products include establishing informatics baselines on pathogens and hosts from existing biorepositories; streamlining sequencing and bioinformatics methods; integrating social, environmental and pathogen data to predict disease emergence risks; expanding strategic sampling across biorepositories; and developing educational resources. $249,990 in subawards to the University of Kansas and New Mexico Consortium will support coordinating surveillance efforts, modeling pathogen interfaces and population dynamics, and identifying emerging fungal pathogens through targeted sequencing. The award advances the Foundation's mission of supporting basic biological research and pandemic preparedness through predictive intelligence.