CREID Pilot Research Program
The CREID Network Pilot Research Program supports, trains, and mentors the next generation of emerging infectious disease researchers. This program helps develop capacity for emerging infectious disease research around the world through the performance of scientific research projects.
Scientific research project topics could include but are not limited to studies on pathogen transmission, emergence, or maintenance in an ecosystem; pathogenesis; characterization of viral antigens; phylogenetics; viral diversity; sociological or behavioral influences on emerging or reemerging viral diseases; development of reagents and diagnostic assays to improve detection of emerging pathogens; and studies aimed at detailing human immune responses to new or emerging infectious agents. Preliminary data are not required.
The CREID Pilot Research Program is designed for researchers who are in the early stage of their careers, including applicants from lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) who are poised to lead research studies and postdoctoral fellows and investigators who fit within the NIH definition of New Investigator AND who establish a collaboration with one of the ten CREID Research Centers. Each CREID Research Center can support three applications for submission for each round of applications and each applicant must collaborate with at least one of the ten CREID Research Centers.
The CREID Coordinating Center administers and oversees the Pilot Research Program. Three rounds of awards have been made to early career investigators from around the world and across all continents (see CREID Network Map). The next Call for Applications will be available in fall 2023 with anticipated awards announced in spring 2024.
For questions: info@creid-network.org
2021 Pilot Research Program Awardees
| PI(s) and Institution(s) | Award Title | Pathogen | Country | Research Center | |
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Issa Abu-Dayyeh, PhD Biolab Diagnostic Laboratories |
Development of a real-time pathogen surveillance system in Jordan | SARS-CoV-2 | Jordan | WARN-ID |
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Daniel Moura de Aguiar, DVM, PhD Federal University of Mato Grosso |
Revealing vector species with potential to mediate pathogen spillover from wildlife to livestock in the Pantanal | Arboviruses | Brazil | CREATE-NEO |
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Nguyen Van Cuong, DVM, PhD Oxford University Clinical Research Unit |
Mixed-species farming, viral diversity, and risks of cross-species transmission in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam | Zoonoses Coronaviruses Paramyxoviruses |
Viet Nam | EID-SEARCH |
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Betania Drumond, PhD Federal University of Minas Gerais |
Investigation of the spatiotemporal dynamics and ecological drivers of enzootic arboviruses circulation in non-human primates in Minas Gerais state/Southeast Brazil | Yellow Fever Mayaro Virus |
Brazil | CREATE-NEO |
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Bronwyn Gunn, PhD Washington State University |
Defining antiviral humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in Kenya | SARS-CoV-2 | Kenya | CREID-ECA |
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Robert Langat, PhD University of Nairobi |
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Janin Nouhin, PhD Pasteur Institute of Cambodia |
Hantavirus detection and characterization in rodents and human seroprevalence study in Cambodia | Hantavirus | Cambodia | PICREID |
2022 Pilot Research Program Awardees
| PI(s) and Institution(s) | Award Title | Pathogen | Country | Research Center | |
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Ohnmar Aung, MA Nature Conservation Society Myanmar |
Investigation of ecological drivers of sarbecovirus spillover in Myanmar and Nepal | Coronaviruses | Nepal Myanmar |
EpiCenter |
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Stephanie Seifert, PhD Washington State University |
Surveillance for known and novel viruses with zoonotic potential at the interface between humans and livestock in Kenya | MERS-CoV | Kenya US |
CREID-ECA |
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Isaac Ngere, PhD Washington State University – Kenya |
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Laura Dickson, PhD University of Texas Medical Branch |
Characterization of the mosquito microbiome and its role in arbovirus emergence and maintenance in Senegal | Arboviruses | Senegal US |
WAC-EID |
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Alioune Gaye, PhD Institut Pasteur de Dakar |
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Jurre Siegers, PhD Institut Pasteur of Cambodia |
In the air tonight: Metagenomic pathogen discovery as tools in pathogen surveillance | Pathogen Surveillance | Cambodia | EID-SEARCH |
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Vireak Heang, MS Institut Pasteur of Cambodia |
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Najia Ghanchi, PhD Aga Khan University |
Vector surveillance in context of urban transmission and spread of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) | Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus | Pakistan | UWARN |
2023 Pilot Research Program Awardees
| PI(s) and Institution(s) | Award Title | Pathogen | Country | Research Center | |
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Ngu Njeu Abanda, PhD Centre Pasteur du Cameroon |
Reconstructing historical patterns of arbovirus transmission in Cameroon using serological data | Arboviruses | Cameroon | WAC-EID with PICREID |
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Maria Martin, PhD Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas |
Pathogenic mammarenavirus and orthohantavirus in Argentina | Arenavirus Hantaviruses |
Argentina | WAC-EID with CREATE-NEO |
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Carina Sen, PhD Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas |
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Christian Ranaivoson, PhD Association Ekipa Fanihy |
Development of a comprehensive serological, molecular, and genomic surveillance platform for potentially zoonotic bat-borne viruses in Madagascar | Henipaviruses | Madagascar | CREID-ESP |
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Miguel Garcia Knight, PhD National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Virome diversity across ecological niches in mosquito vectors | Arboviruses | Mexico Uganda |
EpiCenter with WAC-EID |
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Francesca Falconi Agapito, PhD Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia |
Application of mNGS to identify etiologies of acute undifferentiated fever in the Peruvian Amazon | Viruses causing acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses | Peru | EpiCenter |
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Phillippe Selhorst, PhD Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp |
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Bianca Bratuleanu, PhD Iasi University of Life Sciences |
Arbovirus discovery and surveillance in Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania | Arboviruses | Romania France |
PICREID |
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Sarah Temmam, PhD Institut Pasteur |
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Momoh Mambu, PhD Kenema Government Hospital |
Cellular immune responses to rVSVDG-ZEBOV-GP vaccination in Ebola survivors in eastern Sierra Leone | Filoviruses | Sierra Leone | WAC-EID with WARN-ID, CREID-ECA, CREATE-NEO |
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Nell Bond, PhD Tulane University |
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