NIAID awards $17.9 million to re-establish the CREID research network

NIH says NIAID awarded $17.9 million to fund peer-reviewed applications to re-establish the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases Network in fiscal 2026. The network will study how viruses spill over to people. NIH says its safety measures include no intentional hunts for novel viruses, especially in wildlife, reinforced monitoring against dangerous gain-of-function research and immediate reporting of any novel viruses discovered inadvertently.