NIGMS Awards over $15 million for Surveillance Studies of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Strains in Underserved US Communities

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has funded 21 supplements to active Institutional Development Award (IDeA, P20, P30, and U54) and Native American Research Centers for Health (S06) grants to support surveillance studies of SARS-CoV-2 viral strains. The supplements will advance research on the emergence, evolution, and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating in the United States.

The one-year supplements are expected to total more than $15 million. For more details about a specific award, search NIH RePORTER by the project number.

Institutional Development Award Supplements

• University of Alaska Fairbanks – Brian M. Barnes, P20GM103395
• Arkansas Children's Research Institute – Alan Tackett, P20GM121293
• University of Hawaii at Manoa – Robert Alan Nichols, P20GM103466
• Idaho Veterans & Research Education Foundation – Dennis L. Stevens, P20GM109007
• University of Idaho – Carolyn Hovde Bohach, P20GM103408
• University of Louisville, Kentucky – Jun Yan, P20GM135004
• Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport – Christopher G. Kevil, P20GM121307
• Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University – John P. Kirwan, U54GM104940
• Montana State University - Bozeman – Brian P. Bothner, P20GM103474
• University of Montana – Bruce E. Bowler, P20GM103546
• University of Nevada, Reno – Jonathan E. Baker, P20GM103440
• Dartmouth College, New Hampshire – Michael L. Whitfield, P20GM130454
• University of New Hampshire – Rick H. Cote, P20GM113131
• New Mexico State University, Las Cruces – Shelley Lusetti, P20GM103451
• University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center – Matthew J. Campen, P20GM130422
• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center – Judith A. James, U54GM104938
• University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus – Marcia Roxana Cruz-Correa, U54GM133807
• Clemson University, South Carolina – Hai Yao, P20GM121342
• University of South Dakota – Barbara Eason Goodman, P20GM103443
• West Virginia University – Sally Lynn Hodder, U54GM104942

Native American Research Centers for Health Supplement

• Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. – Maria Dadgar, S06GM127980