· CEPI to provide up to $4.98 USD million to Houston Methodist Research Institute-led consortium to use artificial intelligence for design of vaccines to fight diseases with pandemic potential. · The project will support a consortium, led by HMRI, to design potential antigenic targets for up to 10 priority virus families with epidemic or pandemic potential. Laboratory-based tests will then be used to verify antigen designs for possible further development. · Consortium will include The University of Texas, Austin, The University of Texas Medical Branch, J Craig Venter Research Institute, La Jolla Institute, and Argonne National Laboratory (University of Chicago).