Pilot Research Projects

2027 Applications will be Accepted Later this Year

The Emory National Biomedical Research Center (ENBRC) offers pilot research projects that provide one or two years of support for up to $70,000 in direct costs; indirect costs are not allowed.

Recipients are selected based on the potential for the research to generate high-impact preliminary data in support of applications for peer-reviewed research project grants from outside sources and peer-reviewed publications, and on how well the research proposal meets the three primary factors considered in NIH review:

  1. Importance of the proposed research,
  2. rigor and feasibility, and
  3. expertise and appropriateness of available resources.

Questions?

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Prashant Bajpai, PhD, and Mirko Paiardini, PhD (Emory NBRC)

Deep Spatial Profiling of Granuloma Architecture and Immuno–Metabolic States in SIV-Induced Tuberculosis Reactivation


Tracy Fischer, PhD (Tulane NBRC) and Mar Sanchez, PhD (Emory NBRC)

Subordination stress and neuroimmune aging: CSF and plasma metabolomic–proteomic signatures with functional BBB readouts

Jing He (Emory NBRC)

Detection and Registration of Layer 5 Extratelencephalic-Projecting Neurons in Rhesus Macaque Prefrontal Cortex


Steven C Kim, MD, and A. Brad Farris III, MD/MBA (Emory University)

Investigating the Spatial Transcriptome of Archived Nonhuman Primate Xenotransplantation Specimens Using the 10x Visium HD Platform

Prasun K. Datta, PhD (Tulane NPRC), with Mirko Paiardini and Jessica Raper (Emory NPRC)

Serum and CSF biomarkers for Neuro-COVID in Rhesus macaque: Olink proteomics approach


Adriana Galvan, PhD, with Guoyan Zhao, PhD, (Washington University)

Investigating cell heterogeneity in the substantia nigra of young and old Rhesus macaques

Stella Papa (Emory NBRC), Anumantha Kanthasamy (University of Georgia)

“Evaluation of Novel Genetically Engineered L-DOPA-Producing Bacterial Live-Biotherapeutic in a Non-human Primate Model of L-DOPA-induced Dyskinesia”

 

David Gordon (Emory University), Mirko Paiardini (Emory NBRC)

“Proteomics and genetic modification of Rhesus macaque T cells for development of HIV cure strategies”

 

Timothy Gershon (Emory University), Jessica Raper (Emory NBRC)

“Developing TLR7/8 agonist treatment for modulating innate immunity in the brain”

Vivien Sheehan (Emory Pediatrics), Rama Amara (Emory NBRC)

CRISPR/Cas9 Based In Vivo Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease


Michael Treadway (Emory Psychology), Vas Michopoulos (Emory NBRC)

Social status determinants of maladaptive glutamate responses to stress in nonhuman primates


Tauras P. Vilgalys (University of Chicago), Vas Michopoulos (Emory NPRC)

Genetic variation in the response to yellow fever in nonhuman primates

Shannon Gourley, PhD (Emory NBRC)

Single-Cell Profiling of Immune Activation After Early Life Adversity


Susan P. Ribeiro, PhD (Emory NBRC)

Dissecting the Mechanisms of SARS-COV2 Protection Induced by 3M-052+alum+RBD Vaccination in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Rhesus Macaques

Sudhir Pai Kasturi, PhD (Emory NBRC)

Evaluating a new SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) based COVID-19 vaccine with clinical alum and alum adsorbed 3M-052 adjuvants in rhesus macaques


Mirko Paiardini, PhD (Emory NBRC)

Determining SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis, viral dynamics, and immune responses in nonhuman primate models