The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) is announcing the availability of around $6,100,000 in cooperative agreement funding to control and prevent chronic wasting disease (CWD) in farmed cervids through the development and/or implementation of CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including the use of funds for the indemnification and removal of CWD-affected farmed cervid herds and CWD-exposed cervids as part of an overall CWD management plan.
Donor Name: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000 to $250,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
This funding opportunity is provided to control and prevent CWD in farmed cervids through the development and/or implementation of CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including the use of funds for the indemnification and removal of CWD-affected farmed cervid herds and CWD-exposed cervids as part of an overall CWD management plan.
This funding opportunity is provided to control and prevent CWD in farmed cervids through the development and/or implementation of CWD surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including the use of funds for the indemnification and removal of CWD-affected farmed cervid herds and CWD-exposed cervids as part of an overall CWD management plan.
Goals
USDA APHIS Strategic Goal 2: Safeguard American agriculture.
- Objective 2.2: Manage plant and animal pests and diseases once established in the United States to promote plant and animal health.
- Objective 2.6: Provide and coordinate timely diagnostic laboratory support and services
Priorities
Eligible applicants are encouraged to develop project proposals that directly support at least one of the five funding priorities described below:
- Improve the management of CWD-affected farmed cervid herds.
- Improve the management of CWD-affected farmed cervid premises
- Conduct novel research on amplification assays and other new test methods in farmed cervids
- Conduct additional research on, or implement, whole genome predictive genetics in farmed cervids
- Develop and/or deliver educational outreach materials or programs to farmed cervid stakeholders
Funding Information
APHIS VS anticipates awarding around thirty cooperative agreements and typically range from $50,000 to $250,000 each.
Period of Performance
Projects must be completed no later than twelve months after the start date.
Considerations
Each proposal should describe how the project will leverage existing resources through partnerships with local, State, and/or Federal government agencies, industry organizations, professional associations, producer groups, and/or non-profit organizations with direct and significant interest in the control or prevention of CWD in farmed cervids.
While all proposals meeting the administrative eligibility criteria will be considered for funding, APHIS VS may give priority to management proposals submitted by an eligible applicant: (1) in a State that has either experienced recent incidents of CWD in farmed cervids or that has farmed cervid herds bordering a CWD endemic area; and, (2) either has a CWD Federal HCP or a State CWD control program that includes, but is not limited to, monitoring and surveillance, or proposes to create a Federal or State CWD control program. Eligible applicants not meeting these criteria are encouraged to apply and their proposals will be considered for funding.
Eligible Applicants
The following entities are eligible for funding through this opportunity:
- State departments of agriculture
- State animal health agencies
- State departments of wildlife or natural resources
- Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments and Native American Tribal organizations or universities representing Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments
- Research institutes and universities
NOTES:
State agencies and Tribes or in the case of Native American Tribal organizations or universities the Native American Tribal governments they are representing, must have regulatory oversight or direct responsibility for farmed cervids to be eligible.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
