# Establishment of the Bat Resource Center for the Study of Zoonotic Diseases

> **NIH NIH C06** · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $6,748,541

## Abstract

Project Summary
This proposal outlines request to establish the Bat Resource Center for the Study of Zoonotic Diseases at
Colorado State University. The Bat Resource Center is a $7.99M facility located adjacent to the Center
for Vectorborne Disease and the Rocky Mountain Regional Biocontainment Laboratory. It is uniquely
designed to be a vivarium with the necessary environmental and biosafety controls to successfully breed
and maintain bats for use as animal models. This important animal model is critical to our understanding
of viral pathogenesis and disease transmission as bats have been shown to be a reservoir for a number of
human pathogens including the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The Bat Resource Center will greatly
enhance our abilities to study these agents and will serve as a national resource for others using bat
models.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10374306
- **Project number:** 1C06OD032019-01
- **Recipient organization:** COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Gregory David Ebel
- **Activity code:** C06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $6,748,541
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-09-20 → 2025-03-19

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10374306

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10374306, Establishment of the Bat Resource Center for the Study of Zoonotic Diseases (1C06OD032019-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-12 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10374306. Licensed CC0.

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