he National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Systems Modeling of Infection and Immunity across Biological Scales that will:
- Develop and conduct innovative computational multi-scale modeling research for NIAID priority biomedical questions, including HIV/AIDS;
- Coordinate the NIAID and broader modeling community that conducts research on infectious- and immune-mediated diseases, through model and data sharing, opportunity funds, educational activities, and community-organizing activities;
- Conduct innovative research and coordination activities to improve data and model sharing in the NIAID and broader modeling community;
- Foster a diverse community of new and existing investigators dedicated to Infectious and Immune-mediated Disease (IID) multi-scale modeling and collaboration between experimental and computational scientists;
- Serve as point of contact to NIAID for the modeling community and pivot research activities to address acutely emerging NIAID needs, such as outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics;
- Establish community development and educational opportunities in IID multi-scale modeling for students, post-doctoral fellows, and new/early-stage investigators;
- Enable new approaches for multi-scale model sharing and reproducibility aligned with the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles and the NIAID Data Ecosystem Portal.