# Tulane NPRC SPF Sheltered Outdoor Enclosure Expansion

> **NIH NIH P51** · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · 2020 · $499,999

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC) is one of seven National Primate Research Centers
(NPRCs) sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. The Center is dedicated to providing the infrastructure
and support for basic and applied research efforts to advance scientific knowledge and improve human and
animal health and wellbeing. The TNPRC has one of the largest Indian-origin rhesus monkey breeding colonies
in the United States. Over the past five years these breeding colonies produced between 200-900 infants a year
and provided close to 2,000 animals for biomedical research programs. Currently, there is high demand for
specific pathogen free (SPF) macaques on a national level, which requires continued availability of these
resources. The TNPRC P51 base grant (P51 OD011104) provides funds to support and maintain this colony,
while two U42 grants and program income derived from animal sales supply additional funds. Ongoing support
for moderate expansion of the SPF colony will continue to come from sources other than the TNPRC P51 base
grant and U42 grants, including program income from the sale of animals, construction grants, and supplements.
This supplement to the P51 base grant will be used to add a housing enclosure unit to complement a recently
awarded NIH C06 grant, which provides funding for construction of infrastructure needed to support placement
of the housing unit requested in this application. The proposed facility will be used for housing SPF animals and
has been designed to maximize capacity and flexibility for the available funding as well as to provide novel and
proven environmental enhancement components. The use of the facility is within the goal of the Breeding Colony
Management Program component of the parent award, “to maintain and improve, where possible, the health
and characterization of the colonies so that only high-quality animals are utilized contributing to high quality and
reproducible experiments.” The benefits realized from this improvement will assist in our efforts to enhance
animal welfare and help ensure the sustainability of this unique animal resource.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10156880
- **Project number:** 3P51OD011104-59S1
- **Recipient organization:** TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
- **Principal Investigator:** L Lee HAMM
- **Activity code:** P51 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $499,999
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1997-05-09 → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10156880

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10156880, Tulane NPRC SPF Sheltered Outdoor Enclosure Expansion (3P51OD011104-59S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10156880. Licensed CC0.

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