“To promote and protect the health of the citizens of the Commonwealth through human health research.”

Key Dates Calendar for FY 2021.2022 Grants Process

Life-to-Date, CHRB has made 246 grant awards totaling approximately $20.7 million in grant funding.
When institutional matching funds added, total cumulative grant funds totals over $30 million.
CHRB grant recipients have leveraged over $38.2 million in additional private and federal grant funds to further their research studies.
CHRB grant recipients have reported over 300 publications in scientific, medical or other health-related journals

CHRB Featured projects

Molly Hughes, MD — Molly Hughes, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Virginia

Interaction of Host Chemokines with Pathogenic Bacteria: A Novel Antimicrobial Strategy

Deborah Kelly, Ph.D. — Deborah Kelly, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

BRCA1-directed Transcriptional Regulation in Hereditary Breast Cancer

Woong-Ki Kim, Ph.D. — Woong-Ki Kim, Ph.D.
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Targeting of CD16+ Monocytes in HIV NeuroAIDS

Michael Leopold, Ph.D. — Michael Leopold, Ph.D.
University of Richmond

Amperometric Biosensors Incorporating Nanoparticle Networks: Monitoring Sepsis Using Lactate Measurement

CHRB at a Glance