Microbiome grant program

The PennCHOP Microbiome Program, an initiative between the Perelman School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has launched a pilot/feasibility grant program designed to bring together microbiome investigators and stimulate other researchers to enter the field and investigate the influence of the microbiome in their subject areas. Projects can focus on the microbiota at any body site of the human or animal hosts or on composition and/or function of bacterial, fungal, archaeal, and viral communities, as well as the physiological and pathological effects on their hosts.

All Penn faculty members, including instructors and research associates who meet the following criteria, are invited to submit proposals: new investigators who have never held extramural support, established investigators in other areas of biomedical research who wish to apply their expertise to a problem involving microbes, or established investigators in the microbiome field who wish to study an area that represents a significant departure from currently funded work. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident visas.

Complete proposals are due on Monday, Jan. 25. For details, go to www.med.upenn.edu/penn-chop-microbiome or contact April Weakley at 215-573-4970 or aweakley@mail.med.upenn.edu.