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...
This Project Grant award of $649,815.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will support research to study the transmission and disease mechanisms of novel highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses in poultry.
The researchers at the University of Minnesota will comparatively analyze three HPAI H5N1 viruses from the 2.3.4.4b clade to understand their...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $200,000 to Montana State University to investigate how different stakeholders, from government officials to the general public, use and perceive information about the 2024 outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in U.S. dairy cattle. The research aims to provide insights to guide better communication and decision-making for safeguarding public and animal...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $199,999 provides funding for a research project titled "RAPID: Measuring Host Competence Across Wild Bird Species During Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza." The project will be carried out under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program.
The award supports research at the University of Massachusetts Boston to characterize the range of host competence of wild birds for highly pathogenic avian...
The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGA Research Foundation) was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will fund research to develop effective mass vaccination strategies using modified live attenuated vaccines (MLVs) against the H9N2 avian influenza virus. The project will analyze the genetic makeup of the H9N2 virus,...
This $298,354 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) aims to synthesize data from NSF-funded studies on zoonotic diseases like West Nile virus, avian influenza, and MERS-coronavirus. The award will create a comprehensive, interoperable database accessible through an online portal, leveraging a data-driven approach that combines ecology, data science, and mathematical modeling. This will generate actionable knowledge to...
This $667,763 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to San Diego State University (SDSU) Research Foundation on August 15, 2023. The grant will fund a highly integrated, interdisciplinary research collaboration between analytical chemists, virologists, and veterinary pathologists to study the spatial metabolic changes associated with avian influenza virus infection in...
This five-year, $1 million Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will fund research under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The awardee, the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service South Atlantic Area, will generate mathematical models of viral evolution for avian influenza viruses using phylogenetic modeling techniques. These models will produce risk maps indicating the spread...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $428,203 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to Iowa State University of Science and Technology. The grant supports the development and evaluation of mRNA vaccines and polyanhydride delivery vehicles to vaccinate poultry, including chicken eggs, against highly pathogenic and low pathogenic strains of avian influenza. The project also involves creating transgenic...
This federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $650,000.00 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to develop "TRANSFORMATIVE PLATFORMS TO PREVENT AND CONTROL HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA." The 3-year project, commencing on April 15, 2025, aims to advance research, education, and extension efforts to address critical challenges in animal...