Pilot Projects to Enhance the Human Virome Program (R03 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

The NIH Common Fund Human Virome Program seeks up to 13 small pilot projects (R03 grants) to advance tools, assays, and cohort expansion for studying the healthy human virome. Projects may leverage existing human specimens, incorporate animal samples, develop new analytical methods, or explore virome‑host interactions. Applications must not overlap with current HVP efforts, and clinical trials are prohibited. Each award ranges from $50,000 to $100,000 and is intended to be completed within a two‑year period. Collaboration across the HVP consortium is encouraged, and applicants from any U.S. nonprofit, educational, government, or for‑profit entity (excluding foreign organizations) may apply.