Pilot Research Projects

2025 Applications Now Being Accepted!

The Emory National Primate Research Center (ENPRC) is seeking proposals for new pilot research projects. The application deadline is Friday, March 7 at 5 pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.

These awards will provide one or two years of support for up to $70,000 in direct costs. The ENPRC especially encourages applications from outside researchers, early career investigators and those new to research with nonhuman primates (NHPs), as well as applications that propose translational research projects. The award for us to $70,000 is the total funding over the entire funding period; no indirect costs are allowed.

Given the ongoing nationwide shortage of primates that are available for research, studies using analyses of archival materials or data generated in primates are encouraged.

The ENPRC's National Scientific Advisory Board and appropriate outside experts will review and select the 2025 recipients 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.

Full Application Details and Submission Form

For full details about the 2025 ENPRC Pilot Research Program, including application guidelines, formatting requirements and timeline details, please view this document.

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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 NPRC), 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 NPRC)

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

 

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

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

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

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


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

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 NPRC)

Single-Cell Profiling of Immune Activation After Early Life Adversity


Susan P. Ribeiro, PhD (Emory NPRC)

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 NPRC)

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 NPRC)

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