The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to California State University, Fresno. The grant, titled "Surveillance of Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Resource-Limited Settings: A Focus on Cost-Effective Long-Read Sequencing of Eyedrop-Associated P. Aeruginosa and Locally Sourced Metagenomic Samples," aims to develop a decentralized antimicrobial resistance...
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), provides $881,303 to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to conduct high-resolution, whole genome tracking of pathogen transmission and infection in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The key objectives are to use whole genome sequencing and diagnostic allele surveillance to determine bacterial transmission and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.855), provides $401,191 to The Johns Hopkins University to characterize the neonatal nasal microbiome following a parent-to-child nasal microbiota transplant. The goal is to determine whether bacteria from the parent's anterior nares can be transferred to and seed the neonate's nares, engraft in the neonatal microbiome,...
This Project Grant award of $781,129 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) supports a 5-year study to validate and extend an integrated host-microbe (IHM) diagnostic approach for accurately diagnosing lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in critically ill children. The study aims to: 1) validate the performance of the existing IHM LRTI diagnostic classifier, 2) develop a novel host gene expression...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $220,340 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to the Carnegie Institution of Washington for the project "Coordinated Growth in Microbial Communities and Implications for Antibiotic Sensitivities". This research aims to understand how cross-phylum signals between Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Acetobacter species affect cellular physiology and antibiotic...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $490,788 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The grant, titled "Quantifying Genomic and Pharmacometabolomic Differences in Antiretroviral Exposure in MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study", aims to identify genetic and metabolic factors that influence the plasma concentrations and associated...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.855), supports research to develop real-time detection methods for Staphylococcus aureus transmission in hospital settings. The $3,210,845 award to New York University aims to integrate whole-genome sequencing with weekly colonization sampling to analyze transmission dynamics and create predictive models that can...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $2,205,213 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research (CFDA 93.855) program to the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The grant, titled "Deciphering Immunopathogenesis of Mucormycosis to Advance Risk Stratification, Diagnosis and Management of the Disease", aims to improve understanding of the immune response and pathogenesis of mucormycosis, a...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $126,174 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.855) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). The grant, with a performance period from May 29, 2025 to Dec 31, 2027, will support research to investigate the local immune response in bacterial skin infections using a novel skin-on-a-chip model. Specifically, the project aims to demonstrate the role of...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), provides $582,350 to the University of Illinois to conduct research on microbiota-mediated colonization resistance to Acinetobacter baumannii. The goal is to identify keystone gut microbial species that can synergize with a diverse microbiota to prevent colonization by this opportunistic pathogen, which poses a...