HPAI Poultry Innovation Grand Challenge
APHIS invests $100 million in funding for innovative projects aimed at combating highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
The selected projects advance prevention, therapeutics, vaccine development, and research to understand transmission and improve biosecurity. APHIS selected these projects through a competitive process, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Recipients include vaccine manufacturers, universities, producer organizations, and other research partners.
Topic 1: Develop New Vaccines
Vaccine-based control strategies to mitigate HPAI outbreaks in layer chickens
APP-92468
Duke University School of Medicine
PI: Nicholas Heaton, PhD
In collaboration with Isabel Gimeno, Ravi Kulkarni, and Rocio Crespa at NCSU
