The University of Illinois at Chicago was awarded a $20,247,270 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director federal grant program titled Construction Support.
The grant will support the modernization and expansion of the University's animal-based research programs through critical renovations to the Biologic Resources Laboratory, the institution's centralized animal facility. Renovations will upgrade heating, ventilation,...
This $340,302 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will support The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in upgrading and modernizing its animal research facilities. Specifically, the funding will enable MUSC to:
Implement new animal housing and caging systems equipped with remote microenvironment monitoring capabilities. This will increase housing capacity by 50-100% in certain areas, supporting growing...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $349,788 Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) Project Grant to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to establish a state-of-the-art vivarium dedicated to the UTRGV laboratory opossum (Monodelphis domestica) research colony. The grant will fund the purchase and installation of ten racks of an individually ventilated cage (IVC) system to house the colony, which will allow the steady state to increase to 1,726 animals and...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $4,704,000 Project Grant to Ohio University under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) on September 30, 2024. The grant supports the delivery of targeted healthcare, mental health, and community development projects identified by Congress to address specific regional needs and improve access to critical services for underserved populations. Through this funding, Ohio University will implement various interventions,...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $3,999,070 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) to expand its macaque breeding capacity. The funding will support the construction of two new multi-run housing buildings with a total capacity of 1,600 macaque breeders and their offspring. This expansion is critical to accommodate the rapidly increasing research programs at NIRC,...
This $8,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) will fund the expansion of the Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) breeding colony housing at the Emory National Primate Research Center (ENPRC) in Georgia. The funding will be used to demolish an existing small animal housing building and replace it with a larger run housing facility to support the growing demand for non-human primates,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Construction Support program (CFDA 93.352) provides $7,385,819 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York to construct a new gnotobiotic animal research facility at the University at Buffalo. The facility will support microbiome research, enabling NIH-funded investigators to conduct controlled studies on the human oral microbiome and its connection to diverse diseases....
This federal Project Grant award of $185,500 was provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to Idaho State University. The project aims to improve animal welfare, research outcomes, and facility operations in a shared animal research facility by detecting and monitoring extrinsic environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, light, noise, and vibration. The expected outcomes include enhancing the rigor and...
The University of Toledo was awarded a $6,831,000 Project Grant by the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617). The grant will fund the expansion and renovation of the university's biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) and animal research facilities.
Specifically, the project will double the size of the existing BSL-3 lab space by adding three new biocontainment suites capable of studying Tier 1 select...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director has awarded a $255,235 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to the University of Montana. The grant will fund a 5-year project from August 1, 2024 to May 31, 2029 to provide remote learning and STEM research opportunities for approximately 1,200 middle and high school students annually, primarily from rural and medically underserved areas of Montana, Idaho, and Alaska. The project aims to...