Project Grant HDTRA11410052

This Project Grant award of $1,447,376.00, provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), will fund a comprehensive investigation into the dynamics of viruses in wild bat populations. The primary objectives are to: Examine how virus shedding dynamics in bat populations and bat use of anthropogenic structures shape virus exposure risk for humans and domestic animals. Identify local- and...

This Project Grant award of $392,500.00 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) supports a research program at Arizona State University (ASU) focused on improving the understanding of cross-species viral transmission from wild mammals to humans. The key objectives of the five-year project are to: 1) develop automated tools to curate and maintain up-to-date taxonomic data on mammal and virus species, 2) test...

This $814,512 National Science Foundation award under the Biological Sciences (47.074) program will fund collaborative research on integrated mechanisms of environment-host-virome interactions in Egyptian fruit bats. The University of California, Davis will lead the project to study how factors like food access, animal health, and immune responses influence viral infection levels in bat populations experiencing variable human exposure. Researchers will use integrative approaches to illuminate...

This Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training program) supports research to understand pathogen transmission dynamics between wildlife and human settlements in rural western Uganda. The key objectives are to: 1) conduct longitudinal surveillance of adenovirus across diverse hosts and environmental sources; 2) apply advanced phylogenetic and bioinformatics analysis to model viral transmission routes; 3)...

This federal Project Grant award of $452,475 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) supports a research project at Colorado State University to investigate the adaptive immune responses of bats, which are known reservoirs for zoonotic viruses that cause significant disease in humans. The project aims to determine the effector functions of helper and cytotoxic T cells in bats during infection with influenza A and...

This three-year, $581,244 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers will fund research into integrated mechanisms of environment-host-virome interactions in Egyptian fruit bats. The grant was awarded to Texas Tech University on August 1, 2022 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which supports basic biological research to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise and increase knowledge of major problems. Specifically, the grant will...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), will fund research to investigate the relationship between the physiological demands of migration and coronavirus (CoV) infection in wild Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis). The $376,932 award, effective July 21, 2025 through June 30, 2027, will support field studies to characterize CoV diversity and infection...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $739,197 supports collaborative research on environment-host-virome interactions among Egyptian fruit bat populations from August 2022 to July 2025. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the award aims to examine how factors like food access, health, and immune responses influence viral burdens in bat colonies experiencing variable human exposure. Researchers will assess relationships between landscape resources,...

This five-year, $2.94 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at Cornell University to understand the mechanisms by which land use change triggers zoonotic pathogen spillover from wildlife to humans. The grant funds an interdisciplinary team to apply convergent biological, computational, and social science approaches to identify the "rules of emergence" driving land use-induced spillover of bat-borne...

The Shivwits Band of Paiutes received a $713,554 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Zoonotic Disease Initiative (CFDA 15.069) program. The tribe will conduct zoonotic disease surveillance and prevention activities through its "Building Capacity for Wildlife Zoonosis Surveillance and Prevention" project. Services will include educating tribal members and the local community about zoonotic disease threats, training tribal...