The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) is announcing the availability of around $5,500,0001 in cooperative agreement funding to further develop and implement wild cervid chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance, testing, management, and response activities, including further development and evaluation of techniques and strategies to prevent or control CWD in wild cervids.
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 wild cervids, including the development and/or implementation of CWD surveillance, testing, management, prevention, and response activities.
The overall objectives of the funding opportunity are to control, manage, and/or prevent CWD in wild cervids. Through this funding opportunity, APHIS WS is soliciting collaborators who will further develop and implement wild cervid CWD surveillance, testing, management, prevention, and response activities, including the use of funds for providing the information or tools needed to control and prevent CWD.
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 2.4: Manage conflicts caused by wildlife, detect, and control wildlife disease, and protect agriculture and natural resources.
- Objective 2.6: Provide and coordinate timely diagnostic laboratory support and services.
Priorities
- Improve the management of CWD-affected wild cervid populations.
- Improve the management of wild cervid CWD-affected areas.
- Conduct research on amplification assays in wild cervids and other new test methods
- Development and/or application of predictive genetics for wild cervids
- Develop and/or deliver educational outreach materials or programs to wild cervid stakeholders or Tribal entities
Funding Information
APHIS WS anticipates awarding approximately 40 cooperative agreements and typically ranges 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 agencies6 , Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments and Native American Tribal organizations, industry organizations, professional associations, producer groups, institutes of higher education and/or non-profit organizations with direct and/or significant interest in the control or prevention of CWD in wild cervids. Successful projects will meet the criteria described in Section E.1.
While all proposals meeting the administrative eligibility criteria listed in Section C.4 will be considered for funding, APHIS WS may give priority to management proposals submitted by an eligible applicant (1) in a state or Tribal land that has either experienced recent incidents of CWD in wild cervids or that have wild cervid populations bordering a CWD endemic area; and, (2) has a State or Tribal CWD control program that includes, but is not limited to, monitoring and surveillance, or that proposes to create a 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
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
