NIAID is conducting and supporting research to find new and improved ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent Zika virus infections. Through the information offered here, the scientific community can learn about NIAID funding opportunities, programs, and networks to further research and encourage collaboration. This section also provides information on resources provided by NIAID to advance product development.
Support for Research
Funding Opportunities
NIAID is always accepting researcher-initiated applications. Connect with NIAID program officers about potential or related funding for Zika virus research.
Program Officers
- L. Jean Patterson, Ph.D., Acting Branch Chief
- Mindy Davis, Ph.D., Acting Section Chief, Translational Research; Program Officer, Antiviral Discovery
- Ruth Florese, Ph.D., Program Officer, Clinical Research, Virology Branch
- Kaitlyn Morabito, Ph.D., Program Officer, Flaviviruses, Virology Branch
- Sara Woodson, Ph.D., Team Lead, Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID) Network
Resources for Researchers
NIAID offers resources such as technologies available for licensing or collaboration, computer applications, and other tools and services to the general scientific community to advance basic, preclinical, and clinical research. See all resources for Zika virus researchers.
For researchers developing products such as diagnostics, vaccines, or drug therapies, NIAID provides repositories, genomics and bioinformatics services and tools, preclinical studies, and clinical evaluation that support each stage of the product development pathway. Read more about NIAID's support for infectious disease product developers.
Programs & Networks
The NIAID-funded Centers of Excellence for Translational Research program is funding innovative research to develop novel therapeutics and vaccines against Zika virus.
NIAID also funds the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID), a global network of multidisciplinary investigations into how and where viruses and other pathogens can emerge from wildlife and spillover to cause disease in people. Research is led by 10 Centers and one Coordinating Center and involves collaborations with peer institutions in the United States and 28 other countries.
Connect With Other Researchers
Search for scientists at NIAID who research Zika virus in the scientist directory.
Search for scientists funded by NIAID who research Zika virus on RePORTER.