Pilot Research Program Opportunities

Annual ONPRC pilot grant program

The annual ONPRC pilot grant program supports meritorious preliminary studies employing nonhuman primates that are appropriate for the research focus of the ONPRC and have the potential for subsequent national funding. Annual program announcements are released in December. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Jon Hennebold, ONPRC Associate Director for Research at henneboj@ohsu.edu

2024 Pilot Program Announcement

Additional pilot opportunities

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM) Nonhuman Primate Care Pilot Grant Program. Click on the link to view more information and apply. 

We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2024 ONPRC New Approach Methodology (NAM) Pilot Grant Research Program.  Click on the link to view more information and apply. 

2024-2025 Pilot research program recipients

Kathleen Chirco, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University. Developing a nonhuman primate retinal organoid model to study inherited retinal diseases

Mark Heise, Ph.D., Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rhesus Macaque Model of O’nyong Nyong (ONNV) Infection, Immunity, and Disease

Mark Slifka, Ph.D., Professor, Oregon National Primate Research Center. Rational design of an optimized multivalent Campylobacter vaccine based on bacterial epidemiology and immunological cross-reactivity of circulating strains