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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Funding
$9.8M
$9,826,646
Awards
23
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
23
18 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#47
of 119 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Microbiology & Immunology row of the University of Georgia page.

Leads a grant in this department

18 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Michael Stephen Trent

    Leads 3 awards · $1,770,575

    • 5R01AI176776-04Department: NIH department code
      Synthesis and transport of outer membrane components across the Gram-negative cell envelope
      $640,850
      award amount
    • 5R01AI150098-07Department: NIH department code
      The Cell Envelope of the Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii
      $579,302
      award amount
    • 5R01AI174416-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of cardiolipin in the biogenesis of the Gram-negative bacterial cell envelope
      $550,423
      award amount

  2. Elyssa Campbell

    Leads 1 award · $1,023,862

    • 1R24AI201120-01Department: NIH department code
      Production and Distribution of Filarial Research Reagents

      Principal investigators: Elyssa Campbell (contact PI), Michael T Dzimianski

      $1,023,862
      award amount

  3. Frederick D Quinn

    Leads 3 awards · $931,034

    • 5R33AI169204-05Department: NIH department code
      Novel Nanoparticle Respiratory Tract Mucosal Vaccine
      $783,839
      award amount
    • 3R21AI182993-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the Mycobacterium tuberculosis carriage state

      Principal investigators: Frederick D Quinn (contact PI), Christopher C. Whalen, Noah Kiwanuka

      $104,370
      award amount
    • 5R21AI182993-02Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the Mycobacterium tuberculosis carriage state

      Principal investigators: Frederick D Quinn (contact PI), Christopher C. Whalen, Noah Kiwanuka

      $42,825
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI197097-01, led by Balazs Rada.

  4. Eric T Harvill

    Leads 2 awards · $841,926

    • 1R01DC023205-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Interactions between resident microbiota and invading middle ear pathogens
      $660,846
      award amount
    • 5R21AI182884-02Department: NIH department code
      Maternal vaccination impacts on neonatal susceptibility and response to Bordetella pertussis
      $181,080
      award amount

  5. Karen A Norris

    Leads 1 award · $759,935

    • 1R01AI198196-01Department: NIH department code
      Pan-fungal vaccine development targeting recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
      $759,935
      award amount

  6. Jorge C Escalante

    Leads 1 award · $708,492

    • 5R35GM130399-08Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of the Metabolic Capabilities of Prokaryotic Cells
      $708,492
      award amount

  7. Xiaorong Lin

    Leads 1 award · $577,287

    • 5R01AI140719-08Department: NIH department code
      Cryptococcal vaccine development based on strong immunity induced by morphological strains
      $577,287
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI195147-01A1, led by Wendy T Watford.

  8. Wendy T Watford

    Leads 1 award · $400,932

    • 1R21AI195147-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Immunity induced by cryptococcal morphological strains in CD4+ T cell-deficient hosts

      Principal investigators: Wendy T Watford (contact PI), Xiaorong Lin

      $400,932
      award amount

  9. Mekala Sundaram

    Leads 1 award · $393,673

    • 1R35GM165843-01Department: NIH department code
      Modeling the Emergence Cascade: From Wildlife Pathogen Circulation to Human Outbreak Amplification
      $393,673
      award amount

  10. Chester J. Joyner

    Leads 1 award · $379,960

    • 5R61AI187112-02Department: NIH department code
      Establishing strains and conditions for long-term P. vivax cultures
      $379,960
      award amount

  11. Diana M. Downs

    Leads 1 award · $377,500

    • 5R35GM153189-03Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of Metabolic Stress and Functional Integration in Prokaryotes
      $377,500
      award amount

  12. Zachary Lewis

    Leads 1 award · $365,002

    • 5R35GM152134-03Department: NIH department code
      Control and function of repressive chromatin domains
      $365,002
      award amount

  13. Katherine Ruth Hummels

    Leads 1 award · $361,297

    • 5R35GM157138-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the regulation of cell envelope biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
      $361,297
      award amount

  14. David W Morgens

    Leads 1 award · $242,200

    • 7R00AI173531-04Department: NIH department code
      Separating late gene transcription from viral DNA replication in KSHV
      $242,200
      award amount

  15. Whitney Amber Sachi Rabacal

    Leads 1 award · $228,000

    • 1R21AI202073-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of pan-fungal monoclonal antibodies targeting Aspergillus
      $228,000
      award amount

  16. Balazs Rada

    Leads 1 award · $224,857

    • 1R21AI197097-01Department: NIH department code
      Establishing a cystic fibrosis ferret model of chronic Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection

      Principal investigators: Balazs Rada (contact PI), Frederick D Quinn, Tuhina Gupta

      $224,857
      award amount

  17. Alexander Rozenberg

    Leads 1 award · $190,000

    • 1R21AI196824-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Plasmodium Liver-Stage Secreted Effector Proteins

      Principal investigators: Alexander Rozenberg (contact PI), Sam Kurup

      $190,000
      award amount

  18. Joseph Dainis

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI197783-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of the Naegleria fowleri secretome in a Host-Pathogen Context
      $50,114
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.

  • Michael T Dzimianski

    Co-investigator on 1R24AI201120-01, led by Elyssa Campbell

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Tuhina Gupta

    Co-investigator on 1R21AI197097-01, led by Balazs Rada

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Sam Kurup

    Co-investigator on 1R21AI196824-01A1, led by Alexander Rozenberg

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Christopher C. Whalen

    Co-investigator on 3R21AI182993-02S1, led by Frederick D Quinn; 5R21AI182993-02, led by Frederick D Quinn

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Noah Kiwanuka

    Co-investigator on 3R21AI182993-02S1, led by Frederick D Quinn; 5R21AI182993-02, led by Frederick D Quinn

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.