SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER
A LEGACY OF PRIMATE RESEARCH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RENEWS SUPPORT FOR SNPRC FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS
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Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) reapplied in 2020 for its National Institutes of Health designation and funding as a National Primate Research Center and will receive an award of more than $37 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue operations into 2026. The P51 grant, given by the NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, provides essential funding to house and care for nearly 2,500 non-human primates that are part of life-science research programs at Texas Biomed and partners around the globe.
Deepak Kaushal, PhD
“Non-human primates play an essential role in pre-clinical research, including most recently helping to show the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine would be safe and effective for humans,” said Director of the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) Deepak Kaushal, PhD. “The support from NIH for our Center will ensure
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we can continue this critical work finding new treatments and vaccines against a variety of infectious diseases, while maintaining the absolute highest standards of animal care.” The SNPRC is one of seven National Primate Research Centers in the U.S., all of which must have their P51 grants renewed
