This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a research project titled "OPUS: Synthesizing Theory and Data in the Ecology of Zoonotic Diseases: A Multi-System Perspective". The $298,354 award from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026 will enable the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to create a comprehensive database and online portal integrating data from various NSF-funded studies on emerging...
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 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 $1,000,000 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...
This $231,141 federal Project Grant, awarded on August 1, 2024 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), seeks to understand the process by which virus-derived genetic material can be integrated into host organisms such as insects and then utilized for the benefit of the host. The research will focus on multiple examples of these evolutionary processes, with the goal of discerning physiological and genetic patterns that lead to new traits and increased...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,999,998 Project Grant to the University of Oklahoma under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to support the development of the International Center for Avian Influenza Pandemic Prediction and Prevention. The University will provide research services focused on avian influenza virus modeling, data integration, and decision support systems development. Numerus Inc., the University of Kansas Center...
The University of California, San Diego was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems to develop a collective intelligence cyberinfrastructure prototype for pandemic prediction, prevention and response under the Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) Phase I program. The award period is from August 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024. The grant will support testing a new digital platform to merge currently...
The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received a $245,404 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The award will support the development of novel statistical and machine learning methods to analyze mobility data from September 2023 through August 2026. Specifically, the researchers will reconstruct transmission time, identify infected individuals, and...
This $2,340,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a collaborative research project between the United States, United Kingdom, and China to understand the impact of poultry vaccination on the evolution and ecosystem dynamics of H5Nx avian influenza viruses. The key objectives are to: (1) measure the antigenic diversity of recent H5 influenza viruses, (2) identify H5 viruses evolved from vaccine protection, and (3)...
The National Science Foundation awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to develop predictive models and community engagement strategies to prevent future pandemics. Over an 18-month period ending January 2024, the university will utilize computational and experimental methods to analyze animal virus genomes to predict their potential to infect humans, identify drug repurposing...