The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
This grant focuses on supporting research aimed at improving the understanding of trained immunity, specifically innate immune memory, and its functional implications. It seeks to explore immune system development and function, the response to vaccines or natural infections, and issues related to allergic diseases, autoimmunity, or rejection of organ/tissue/cell transplantation.