Pilot Projects to Enhance the Human Virome Program (R03, Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
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- Posted
- March 10, 2026
- Closes
- See announcement
- Award ceiling
- $100,000
- Award floor
- $50,000
- Program funding
- $2,000,000
- Expected awards
- 13
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 93.310
- Category
- Health
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.310 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1.2B
- FY2025 obligated
- $1B
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $564M
- Awards in window
- 4,858
Top recipients: Washington University, the, The Leland Stanford Junior University, Yale Univ, The Johns Hopkins University, New York University
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026
Synopsis
The Common Fund Human Virome Program (HVP) aims to extensively and comprehensively characterize the human virome and create tools, models, and methods that will enable an in-depth study of its variation and composition in relation to host factors and its influence on health and disease. The purpose of this NOFO is to support small pilot projects that extend the goals of the HVP, including further validating, improving, and complementing existing and newly developed tools from the HVP program by leveraging human specimens collected from the cohorts under the program; samples from animals to promote the refinement, utilization, and translation of these tools to better serve the goals of the HVP program; expanding existing cohorts and/or biospecimen sampling sites for virome characterization; developing tools and methods to study the human virome; and defining interactions between the human virome and host. These pilot projects will encourage collaboration across the HVP and expand the consortium. Pilot projects should not overlap with existing HVP efforts. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.
Who can apply
- Private institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Other Eligible ApplicantsIndian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized);Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government;U.S. Territory or Possession;Faith-based or Community-based Organizations;Regional Organizations;
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